Major brands include MSR Evernew and Northface
We use our set of lightweight pots and pans
daily. If we are camping or cooking in hotel rooms our set of camping
cookware becomes very important. Buying camping pots and pans is a big
decision because they last for years.
Living with only a small set of camping pots and
pans can be easy if you think before you buy. It boils down to overall
size and every piece having multi uses. Camp pans take up a lot of space
in your bags. If your set is cheap and large you will have trouble packing
them. If your set is two small you will find any type of creative cooking
impossible. It is important to choose the smallest set that can handle
your biggest meal.
The size and amount of the pots and pans that we
carry varies greatly depending on what continent we are cycling in. If we
are going to be doing a lot of wilderness camping and making our own showers we
like our full set with a 4 liter pan and a frying pan. A 4 liter pot is
great for retrieving water from a creek or heating shower water. If we are
going to be in more developed areas and mostly camping in campgrounds or staying
in hotels we scale back to the next smallest pan and skip the frying pan.
The pans that we carry are a mixture of several
different sets that we had laying around. Some are Titanium and others are
stainless steel. It never made much different to us what they are made of
as long as we like the pans and they fit well together.
Lightweight travel and trekking cookware can very
greatly in price and quality. If you are buying cheap camping gear you
will be sorry in the most remote locations.
Things
that we look for when buying a Camping Pots and Pans
- Fit nicely together If your
pans do not fit snugly together they will make a lot of noise in transit.
This is a very important aspect and should no be over looked.
- individual handles Some
camping pots and pan sets have a removable handle that is used with the entire
set. This is to avoid the redundancy of individual handles. The
problem is that we always misplaced the handle and was left with no way of
picking up hot pans. We prefer individual handles for each piece.
This way they are attached and are never lost.
-Cleans easy
We like the non stick surface, it makes cleaning the pots easier.
-Does not burn easily It is
important to remember when using a titanium pot that the entire surface heats up
and not just the bottom like stainless steel.
Accessories that we like
- Liquid dish soap - Many places in
the developing world only have solid bar dish soap. This is great for
traveling but difficult to use. There is often no other choice.
Liquid dish soap can be hard to
find in poor countries.
- Pan scrubber The little scrubby
things that you wash you pans with at home are sold universally around the world.
Our favorite is the plastic net type that does not absorb much water or scratch
the pots. We
often find ourselves washing up after dinner with a very limited supply of
water.
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