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- Hello there, just a quick video today to show you how
our ultra light backpacking cook system has evolved
over the last few years.
On the right here, we have the ultra light
titanium Snow Peak range,
and a bit of Trangia, and some aluminium baking trays
from thrift stores.
And in the middle here the kind of thing
that often just ends up in landfill.
Just simple meat trays that you get at the supermarket,
that could obviously be used as plastic plates
and little bowls to eat out of.
The entire three-piece set there only weighs about 50 grams.
And another use for these meat trays
is just for fanning your fire.
So when you need to blow a bit of air onto your campfire.
Lately we've also been using these to keep our cook set
off the snow when we were camping in the snow.
So, over to my favorite part of the entire cook range.
And that is the Snow Peak titanium.
Here we have the very smallest of the Snow Peak range,
that's the 300 mL cup,
which pops inside the 450 mL cup,
into the 600 mL,
then into the 700 mL pot,
700 mL of course into the 900 mL,
and then the largest of all in the Snow Peak range,
the 1400 mL pot,
which we use for cooking main meals and boiling water.
Let's just pull out the 600 mL
with the two cups inside.
So, if we were on a day hiking trip,
we may only carry just that part of the set,
along with maybe just one spoon for mixing up drinks.
One thing I've mentioned in other videos
is just this DIY lid that I made out of a tin can,
just cut off the top of a tin can with a hacksaw,
and put that wooden knob on top.
And the aftermarket
Four Dog lids.
There's the lid
made by a company called Four Dog in America.
Very reasonably priced, high quality titanium,
made in the United States.
It all stacks inside itself.
And of course the Four Dog lids,
also fit together.
It's definitely the most compact system
in ultralight cookware.
Just pop that in the middle there.
Unfortunately, I've mentioned this also before,
that is my DIY lid doesn't fit inside the Snow Peak set.
Just pop that there for now.
So, you may have noticed in some of our recent videos,
we've been using these baking trays.
So, it's just a three piece set that we've put together,
after a number of trips to thrift stores.
We didn't find the whole set on the shelf together,
but eventually just put this together
after a number of trips to various thrift stores.
So these are the kind of trays
that people use to bake small cakes.
And here we have possibly the largest aluminium pot
made by ultralight backpacking companies.
That is the 4 liter Trangia, made in Sweden.
With the lid,
for the four liter Trangia,
which of course, would you believe it,
fits onto the largest
of the
baking cake trays.
So often we use this to, just as a camp oven,
that is the larger of the
cake baking trays,
with a Trangia lid on top,
we put that in the campfire to bake bread.
Next thing I wanted to show you is just
the way the entire
cook set stacks together.
So the second largest of the
baking trays in the bottom of the Trangia.
And the Snow Peak inside.
Of course each of the Snow Peak lids
also doubles
as a fry pan or plate.
So that pops in like so.
All in all, with everything inside,
we now have a 14 piece
cook set that stacks inside itself.
And the 14 piece cook set also fits into
the larger of the baking trays.
And we now have a complete 15 piece cook set.
Now, I've tried many variations,
but unfortunately the smaller
of the baking trays will not fit.
There is no way of fitting that in there
with the lid on top.
A couple of other items that will fit inside.
Just a little cleaning pad that's often useful
to have when you're out bush,
'cause that small piece of scrubbing pad
only weighs about 5 grams.
We also like to have just highly flammable cubes,
for getting the campfire going when the conditions are wet.
So, obviously a quite heavy cook system,
with 15 pieces in there.
But if you did have a large group,
this could be quite useful.
And we do keep this in the car
when we're on car camping trips,
because there are many variations possible.
And I know a lot of people are going to be wondering
what's the overall weight?
So I'm just gonna switch on my digital scales over here.
Take the 15 piece cook set,
maybe just remove those 2 items out of there.
Lid back on top.
As you can see the scales are tared at zero.
Put the 15 piece cook set on top,
and hopefully the camera is picking it up, yes it should be.
1,491 grams.
So, it's just under one and a half kilos.
So for all you Americans out there,
that's probably three pounds.
We'll do a more accurate conversion for you,
and pop that information in the bottom of the description.
So, feel free to ask any questions in the comments
regarding this cook system.
And feel free to check out
our cooking videos on our channel,
where you'll see all of this equipment in action.
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