Comments on: Nesting cookware for camping

By: 10-Piece Nesting Cookware [Stuff We Like] | Beyond Tech – Technology Ahead Of Your Imagination

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:36:20 +0000

[...] The whole set costs a whopping $160 on Amazon, which is pretty pricey for the items we normally feature as Stuff We Like, but it also looks like a thing of beauty. Tried this set, something similar, or have your own recommendations for putting together your own nested cookset on the cheap? Let’s hear it in the comments. MSR Flex 4 System Cookset [Amazon via Unclutterer] [...]

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:30:43 +0000

I had something like this when I was a boy scout, some 30+ years ago. It’s nothing new .

By: tabatha

tabatha — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:20:28 +0000

this is so cool, i live in a small apartment and i might get something like this if it was stainless steel, i don’t like using no stick cookware. this would be perfect for someone living in an efficiency apartment.

By: Kalani

Kalani — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:42:11 +0000

This post is making me hungry.

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:46:20 +0000

I’d have to say this is NOT a unitasker. I don’t have this exact set, but one like it (GSI Bugaboo Backpacker set), and I LOVE it! I’ve used it for an overnight hike as well as regular camping. It’s not as heavy or as large as you’d think from the pics and I love how the components all stack inside of each other (yes, the handle clips on/off and stores inside the unit). If you’re cooking/eating you’ll take all the pieces out anyway, and if you’re not then it’s less clutter around since it all stacks away together.

For those of you who say it’s too much gear, I’ve obviously never seen you camp, but I have to say I did just as much with this set as some families did who had plastic storage bins full of cookware at their campsites. I think you’d really have to see it in person to see how packable it is.

By: Ash

Ash — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:16:36 +0000

My husband and I are planning a camper van road trip and were looking for something just like this. Thanks so much for the post!

By: Timo Kiravuo

Timo Kiravuo — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:09:40 +0000

This is really an unitasker, suitable for car camping with a tent and a family of four. If you have an RV, you get real pots, if backpacking you want less weight (unless you have eaxactly four people), if kayaking less space, if small apartment, real pots again (these are too thin to be good for anything else than carefully boiling water on a stove).

However there is an important issue here, camping, backpacking, sailing etc. tend to be very uncluttered. I am a gear hog and I have never met anybody who has beaten me in this game of having a backpack oven, comfy chair, miniature pepper mill (I am still looking for a lightweight mortar), assorted cheese graters (parmesan on the pasta was nice on last weekend’s paddling trip) etc. I am loaded with toys for boys when in the outdoors.

But because my kayak or carrying or pulling abilities limit me, I have to select what to take with me. I can’t take it all. It is worse than having a studio apartment, there you can raise the effective floor level with stuff.

So every time I go outdoors I have to select what to take and what to leave. And the limits are hard, if I can’t carry it or fit it into the kayak, it can’t go.

Now that I start to think about it, there is a very obvious analogy here. If I can limit the stuff I take with me when backpacking or if I can put everything to its place when sailing, why couldn’t I do this at home?

kiravuo

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:50:12 +0000

For plates, bowls, and cups try this http://www.aerostich.com/off-t.....g-set.html

By: adora

adora — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:28:41 +0000

Wow! So cool! Decent price too! I want one for home! (I can’t stop looking at the center photo!)

In a department store in Tokyo, I saw a set of cookware with 6 nesting pots and pans. There are only 2 handles in total, in which you snap on the cookware when you use them. Comes in 6 colors, super awesome looking. They were ridiculously expensive. I mean, if you can afford them, you probably have money to buy a large kitchen. Thus making the space saving feature useless…

By: Sandra

Sandra — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:21:42 +0000

Okay I am really not used to thinking that nesting cookware is ADORABLE… and yet I can’t help myself. O_o

By: SandyO

SandyO — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:35:37 +0000

@Lindsay – I had that exact type of set when I went to camp many, many (40+) years ago. I guess a good product is timeless.

By: mhb

mhb — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:27:16 +0000

For an individual backpacker, this would be too much, but I’ve gone on group trips with 6-8 people when this would have been great to have.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:05:13 +0000

Hi Lisa, most hobbies come with their own set of stuff and the dilemma of where to keep the stuff. Bicycling – you need to store your bike, your helmet, your tire pump, etc. Tennis? You need to store your rackets and balls. Some people’s hobby is camping, and they accumulate a lot more stuff than that, especially if they’re going “native” for up to a week at a time (my mom does this once or twice a year). So if that’s your hobby, you need kind of a lot of stuff (tent, sleeping bag, chair, clothes line, mess kit, etc), and it’s great to find versatile stuff that can be stored really compactly.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:00:59 +0000

Oh I am on the hunt now, but I have to share this because the price is amazing. This is a kit for one, it’s $6:
http://www.campingcomfortably......s-kit.html

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:58:54 +0000

This seems to be kind of a unitasker. Too awkward to use at home, too heavy for backpacking, and at $160, awfully expensive for car camping unless you’re REALLY tight for space while packing. It’s easy enough to grab regular dishes or even Corelle from Value Village. It would be great on a canoe trip. But yeah, I get the “Ooh, cool camping gear, Mmmm, I want!” reaction. Somehow having the gear in the basement, to hold and smell while reminiscing of summer helps make winter bearable.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:55:43 +0000

This looks like a great idea for my mom, who loves camping. I was disappointed with the price, so I went looking around and found something similar for $60, but this comes with only one pot, and no plates, looks like just two mugs, two bowls, one pot and one plate (and the pot lid):
http://www.ahappycamper.com/pr.....acker.html

By: JVM

JVM — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:48:05 +0000

Lots more pictures here.

The mystery handle bends vertical, and then folds down so that it’s lying on top of the pot.

http://www.moontrail.com/msr-flex-4-system.php

By: crunchycon

crunchycon — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:27:50 +0000

Not a camper, and it does look like a little much for a weekend camping trip, but I would have loved this in my early-poor days in a tiny galley-style apartment kitchen.

By: Snitzels

Snitzels — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:15:27 +0000

That would be awesome for camping, like with a tent in a campground, but I’d say leave most of it at home for backpacking (too heavy).

By: BT

BT — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:13:40 +0000

Sure, this looks great, but maybe only useful for car camping. I don’t think any backpacker would want that much weight and clutter in their pack!

My fiance and I use just a single titanium kettle that holds just enough water for us to make dinner with (http://tinyurl.com/m2nxtn). And we boil that water in a stove made out of a can of Fancy Feast cat food. Add in one foldable spork to share and we’ve got the ultimate ultralight NESTING COOKSET weighing only a matter of ounces.