It's that time of the year when most outdoor stores are having sales and after a white water paddling session filled with weekend car camping trips I'd like to scale down on my Coleman stove and cooking gear. No argument it's nice to have the double burners and large pots but I find we end up going out for dinner 1/2 the time and I'm only using it for breakfast and hot water. With this in mind I'm looking into getting pac size cook set. Looking into it I noticed a few companies are offering nonstick pans and I'm wondering how they hold held up. I also do some paddling in and around salt water. The set I was thinking about is the MSR Blacklite cook set. thanks JFF *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
At 11:51 AM -0700 10/24/01, Joe Federici wrote: >[SNIP] >With this in mind I'm looking into getting pac size cook set. >Looking into it I noticed a few companies are offering nonstick pans >and I'm wondering how they hold held up. I also do some paddling in >and around salt water. The set I was thinking about is the MSR >Blacklite cook set. I have a set of non-stick from Trangia and love them. I wouldn't use anything else now. I've had mine for several years and they show almost no signs of wear or tear. Just take care of them and they'll take care of you. I love being able to really cook/burn some refried beans and have everything just fall right out. I haven't used a souring pad in years. -Patrick *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Patrick- While looking into stoves I saw that Optimus makes an adaptor for the NOVA stove that allows the burner to be fitted into a Trangia windshields and pots. JFF >[SNIP] >With this in mind I'm looking into getting pac size cook set. >Looking into it I noticed a few companies are offering nonstick pans >and I'm wondering how they hold held up. I also do some paddling in >and around salt water. The set I was thinking about is the MSR >Blacklite cook set. I have a set of non-stick from Trangia and love them. I wouldn't use anything else now. I've had mine for several years and they show almost no signs of wear or tear. Just take care of them and they'll take care of you. I love being able to really cook/burn some refried beans and have everything just fall right out. I haven't used a souring pad in years. -Patrick *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ *************************************************************************** -- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Personaly I am not a big fan of non stick camp ware. I have a one time non stick frypan that is now a stick pan after rough treatment around camp. Another concern is that non stick coatings esp. teflon based coatings have been found to break down and release noxious bits and pieces when overheated. I don't know how your camp cooking skills are but I find that overheating a pan is not uncommon, so on my camp gear I steer clear of it. Best Regards, Warwick Carter *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Interesting results. All who have camped with me can attest to the fact that I enjoy making elaborate, and thus often rough on the cookware, meals. I do tend to take really good care of the cooking surfaces of the pots and pan though. I put a plastic bag between the surfaces of the nested pots, and everything that is nested inside is either plastic, or covered in plastic. My main stove is also a Trangia, which I am sure is not as hot as some other stoves, so possibly your stove is hotter and may cause the teflon breakdown. -Patrick At 7:48 PM +0200 10/25/01, Warwick Carter wrote: >Personaly I am not a big fan of non stick camp ware. I have a one time non >stick frypan that is now a stick pan after rough treatment around camp. >Another concern is that non stick coatings esp. teflon based coatings have >been found to break down and release noxious bits and pieces when >overheated. I don't know how your camp cooking skills are but I find that >overheating a pan is not uncommon, so on my camp gear I steer clear of it. > >Best Regards, > >Warwick Carter > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Warwick Carter wrote: > Personaly I am not a big fan of non stick camp ware. I have a one time non > stick frypan that is now a stick pan after rough treatment around camp. > Another concern is that non stick coatings esp. teflon based coatings have > been found to break down and release noxious bits and pieces when > overheated. I don't know how your camp cooking skills are but I find that > overheating a pan is not uncommon, so on my camp gear I steer clear of it. I've had Warwick's difficulty with lightweight, backpacker-style non-stick-coated cookware, and had discarded the notion of using the stuff until ... I happened onto the inexpensive, but __heavyweight__ stuff at discount stores (Fred Meyer, out here, is a good source). What I do is select a deep 12-inch Teflon-coated aluminum fry pan, drill out the rivets attaching the handle, and replace them with SS bolts and brass wing nuts. This makes for easy packing. Cost: under 20 bucks, all up. The critical feature is to use heavyweight pans, because they are not subject to the localized overheating that degrades the coating. I know they get hot, 'cause I do stir fry in 'em. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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