trail_monkey

Yeah but their handle design gets pretty hot doesn’t it? I was watching a YouTube video on the stove comparison and they were using a pot similar to those and the guy had to grab the handles with gloves because they were too hot to touch when is water was boiling.

BikeLite

Follow Erick L's advice ; ). That is what I use.

J.Higgins 

I'm serious. I used to be an AT hiker. I carried loads of stuff that just weighed me down, and for what - the opportunity to make my own trail food? Highly under-rated. Lots of people are going stoveless now, and its a lot easier that you think, especially when you are on a bike. I hated the cleanup after. I hated the fact that cooking smells attracted wildlife... and lowlifes... drooling hikers intent of persuading you to share, or ask you to boil some water for them. I'm okay with that. I'm not a dick... well not a complete dick, but it does get old. Now its just eat, hang my food, and crawl into my bag. Simple. Peaceful. Good night!

trail_monkey

Doesn’t trail mix and granola bars and jerky get old after a while (ok maybe not the jerky)? I love a good trail mix but trying to imagine eating nothing but

antokelly

no point in that ultralight even for overnighters .take what you need to be comfy warm dry and fed.you'll be dead a long time.enjoy.

J.Higgins 

It can get pretty dull, and it did at first, but now I almost look forward to it as a diet regimen. I make my own trail mix. Grains, fruits, nuts, seeds, dark chocolate pieces - all good stuff. You can make it as organic and healthy as you want it. I eat my mix and drink plenty of water.

I try to eat the truly aromatic stuff for lunch, such as sardines, and cured meats so that I can properly dispose of it along the way, and don't attract critters at camp. Sandwich shops and pizza houses are oasis stops for me. I always eat in a cafe if I can. Nothing like hot coffee, but I'm a big fan of Starbucks instant in a water bottle and hit the road.

trail_monkey

Amen to that. Most, if not all, of my bike packing friends are coffee snobs and carry one of those fancy presses with them. While I agree cheap camp coffee isn’t as good as stuff you brew at home, a good hot cup of water with a Folgers instant packet or two satisfies me just fine at camp. Those little foil packs of instant coffee take up no space at all. They get the job done.

fietsbob

I'd stop for breakfast and do a little hygiene in the Cafe WC, in the morning..

J.Higgins 

Amen indeed, brother. For some reason even the most vile brew is welcome when you are outside. Any decent instant is acceptable when you are on the road.

3speed

Thanks for posting the Olicamp pot! I’m thinking that paired with the “capilary hoop stove - universal” by tetkoba on youtube could be a really sweet setup. You should be able to easily fit another pot, stove, windscreen, and fuel all inside the Olicamp. It should be a light weight cook setup with fuel available most anywhere. That mounted in a blackburn cargo under the downtube might just be my new touring/bikepacking setup if it works out as well as my imagination has it going!

reppans

They can get scorching using an alcohol stove with the handles within the windscreen - it's the longer alky flames lapping up the sizes of the pot. I lowered my windscreen a height just to below the handles, and also tip the screen to touch the pot under the handles to prevent flames lapping - they stay perfectly cool now.

I like the idea of the heat exhanger of that Olicamp for better efficiency but THIS review thought the plastic handles and lid might have a problem with the lapping alky flames. Anyways, a full liter is too big for me, I only boil a pint at time. BTW, I use commercial (Toaks) capillary stove and adore it - fastest to bloom/boil/fill/empty/snuff, and it simmers, stuffs (being hollow), not to mention about smallest/lightest... it blows away my Trangia.

I use a Toaks 750 and nest it with a 1L standard Nalgene, which minimizes its space impact. The rest of my kitchen is not much more than a golf ball, and 2-3 decks of cards so is easy to stuff anywhere.