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Post by rebeccad on Jul 18, 2020 18:21:05 GMT -8
I failed to attach the photo of my new cups.
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Post by rangewalker on Jul 18, 2020 18:41:21 GMT -8
I've had the red one since '84 and the blue since about '04. I remember the green one from an avatar of yours years ago. Palco brand?. They seemed to standard for Taiwan scout mess kits in the 70's. I have a green one from the late 70's that recently went out when I was packing with a friend a bit OC about her cooking for a measure cup. The other requirements are an MSR Windpro, my best actual cooking stove, and a 8oz canister of fuel a day. And the oatmeal capacity on that tweaky green cup was one packet at a time.
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Post by BigLoad on Jul 18, 2020 19:41:42 GMT -8
Palco brand?. They seemed to standard for Taiwan scout mess kits in the 70's. I have a green one from the late 70's that recently went out when I was packing with a friend a bit OC about her cooking for a measure cup. Possibly. It was from a generic mess kit I my then-girlfriend bought to go camping with me for the first time. We still have all the pieces, but that's the only that ever gets used.
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Post by rebeccad on Jul 19, 2020 7:27:27 GMT -8
We have several cups like the green one, some from ancient mess kits, some bought individually at REI—I think they still sell them, or did not too long ago. I use one car-camping in my toiletry kit for brushing teeth, and will throw one in for my son who just wants a bit of hot cocoa some mornings.
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Post by ErnieW on Jul 19, 2020 16:42:01 GMT -8
This is the coffee mug I use everyday at home. I just like it and it has the camping connection. I do bring it backpacking. Morning coffee is a big thing for me on the trail.
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Post by rebeccad on Jul 19, 2020 20:28:21 GMT -8
ErnieW, Morning coffee is a big thing for me wherever I am :D
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Post by bluefish on Jul 20, 2020 3:16:21 GMT -8
For years I used a bear bell. A Sierra cup clattering around, hung on a 'biner on my pack. I found it at a lake campsite in the Yosemite backcountry in the 70's. My second long use was the same as the op's, the GSI lexan insert with the foam. I still like it, but have gone titanium MSR 650ml as it is also my cook kit. Morning coffee is next to godliness in my book, or at least keeps me from acting like I'm a devil. I never thought of pics, no visuals.
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Post by toejam on Jul 20, 2020 7:14:20 GMT -8
Had to take a picture this weekend. I normally have morning coffee from the pot of my JetBoil Zip with oatmeal in a folding bowl. The plastic bottom cover is for liquor in the evening. On large trail projects I'll bring a more substantial drinking vessel, because there's more substantial drinking.
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Post by Westy on Jul 20, 2020 8:37:24 GMT -8
Converted to Sea-to-Summit X-Mug in 2018. Compact, light weight and has measuring marks on internal surface.
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Post by gabby on Jul 20, 2020 8:46:41 GMT -8
I've been too busy to hunt for my old cups - been working in the back yard and the like. But I did find my old "milk shaker" from what now seems like 100 years ago. Gatorade no longer makes this sort of container. The black line on the side used to go all the way around - it's the "16oz line" for measuring water for mixing 2 cups of Nido whole milk powder. I also reclaimed a few Kool-Aid plastic containers and cut down the sides to the threads on the lid, but I could never get used to them. There are a lot of things I've gotten here and there: someone gave me a GSI insulated cup for Christmas one year long, long ago, but I already had one, and found I didn't really like the "press-in" lid. I have a couple of the old, old REI mugs with a handle, but I've mostly used them in the car for coffee. Once upon a time I had dozens of Nalgene bottles, but I gave them all up. I mostly use Smartwater bottles or collapsible bags now for carrying water.
I have a collapsible GSI Fairshare mug from some 3 generations back (the new ones don't collapse and look a lot different), multiple titanium single and double wall cups from Toaks, Snowpeak, Stoic and even a few uber-light demitasse-sized titanium cups from back when backpackinglight.com sold them. Those are so light that, if you hold them too tightly, they deform. There are dozens of cups from ballgames and other outings (Kerrville Folk Festival, SXSW and other Austin "festivals"), mostly insulated and mostly too heavy. I have an assortment of insulated cups I bought from the cafeteria at Texas Instruments that I used for coffee every day back in the 90s when the programmers would all take morning break down the long half mile hall to the cafeteria.
Once upon a long time ago, I was reading the sad tale of a guy who invented a process to induce air bubbles in recycled plastic to provide insulation. His plan was to set up a company to provide a replacement for the old foam cups that used to be in use on almost all airlines until they discovered that foam burns too readily and produces toxic gases in doing so. But he had problems after producing the first batch of them with financing that, as I recall, he got from an Indian tribe. The chief pulled in his investment and bankrupted the company. I started searching around on the web for the cups and found that Amazon still had a few cases. I bought a case of them. They're only 8oz, so not all that wonderful for this purpose, but they are insulated. If we ever get to Pickle Gulch again, I'll try to remember to bring a cellophane tube or two for coffee.
What I found was that I usually only need 2 containers: a 16 oz cup for coffee in the morning, and a small(ish) bowl for cereal in the morning and something cooked in the evening. A lot depends on where I'm going, and why. If I'm not too far off the beaten path, I take "heavier" (insulated ti cup, ti bowl). If I have to carry it, I improvise. That usually means "lighter" and doubling up on a single container for both purposes.
Yes, I do have both anodized aluminum and Snowpeak titanium bowls. I also have a Snowpeak titanium French press. And Snowpeak chopsticks.
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Post by gabby on Jul 22, 2020 13:32:21 GMT -8
I found these at my local grocery (Randalls) today while shopping for other stuff. They're "soup mugs", but they seem to be usable for just about anything you'd like, and they're pretty light. Don't know if the handle is a positive or negative. The lid is intended to provide some security for hot soups and the like, and has a pressure release valve in the top, making it relatively heavy. The cup also comes in a 30 oz version. I found it on Amazon, but I should mention that there are, as there usually are on Amazon, very similar things under many different names. ~$10. A bit more expensive than a "beer cup". :^D With lid, 102g Without lid, 58g
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Post by rangewalker on Jul 22, 2020 15:15:38 GMT -8
They're "soup mugs", but they seem to be usable for just about anything you'd like, and they're pretty light. Don't know if the handle is a positive or negative. The lid is intended to provide some security for hot soups and the like, and has a pressure release valve in the top, making it relatively heavy. They are interesting. Something I might use along with my faux lego block Rubbermaid lunch boxes. and if bring them home to wash that evening But these also cause my backcountry kitchen hygiene OC anxiety to kick in high gear. How much funk in the dark can you hide in those latches? Much less gaskets and moving bits and parts. No power jets in my wilderness dishwasher. Look at my OP and those cups were chosen for their clean lines and ease of cleaning.
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Post by bradmacmt on Jul 23, 2020 10:44:12 GMT -8
L-R: 1). Circa 1974 plastic cup from a mess kit. Used it on a 2.5 mos long AT walk in 1977. 0.7 oz. 2). Circa 1977 Sierra Cup. Tried to like it, but never did. 1.5 oz. 3). “Truck Stop Mug" from the long-gone Barrel Mountaineering here in Bozeman. 5.0 oz. 4). GSI Thermal Mug. 3.7 oz. 5). Snow Peak single wall 450 ml Ti Mug with carbon fiber lid. 2.5 oz. 6). Snow Peak single wall 450 ml Ti Mug from the “Solo” cookset. 2.3 oz. I’ve given up anything plastic for use with hot liquids, be it spoons, bowls or mugs. I’ve gone to Ti for everything I can. #6 on my list nests perfectly around the bottom of my Ti Jetboil (when the JB’s plastic cover is discarded), so I end up with a great little, compact cook kit. The Jetboil lid fits the top of the mug nicely. It's become my go-to mug.
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