| When backpacking or camping you will need a | | | | moved constantly to ensure even cooking. |
| good set of cooking gear. Cooking in the outdoors | | | | Stainless steel is very tough and strong though, |
| is a lot harder than cooking at home in a nicely | | | | and will stand up to almost anything that can |
| furnished kitchen. So the Backpacking Cookware | | | | happen to it in the outdoors. |
| that you will use outdoors will be quite a bit | | | | LIGHTWEIGHT STAINLESS STEEL. |
| different from what you use at home. | | | | The introduction of new technology has come up |
| To make your choice of the right Backpacking | | | | with a lighter weight stainless steel, it has all the |
| Cookware to take, you will first need to know | | | | durability and strength, but as its name suggests |
| what is available on the market for you to buy. | | | | is considerably lighter. |
| Below is a list of the most popular types, along | | | | TITANIUM. |
| with their good and bad points. | | | | The modern first choice. It is very light, it is also |
| ALUMINIUM. | | | | very durable and tough, and a better distributor |
| This used to be the first choice of backpackers, | | | | of heat when compared to stainless steel. A good |
| lightweight campers, and hikers because it is very | | | | set of Titanium cookware will last a very long |
| light. However it is not as strong or durable as | | | | time. The only downside is its price, as it can be |
| some of the other materials used for cookware. | | | | expensive when compared with the other |
| Food tends to stick to it making it difficult to clean | | | | materials. |
| in an outdoor situation. Also Aluminium has been | | | | A FEW BASIC TIPS. |
| linked to some health problems, as it tends to | | | | (1)Are you choosing a solo backpacking set of |
| breakdown over time and can contaminate the | | | | cookware, or do you want a kit that will do for |
| food cooked in it. Having said this, I have used | | | | two or more people? |
| Aluminium for many years with no harmful | | | | (2)Pots with a slightly rounded bottom will |
| effects. (I would still rate it as a good choice as | | | | distribute heat better than flat bottomed ones. |
| you will properly only be using it for a few weeks | | | | (3)Make sure the pots have a good fitting lid, as |
| of any one year.) | | | | this will cut down on your cooking times, saving |
| STAINLESS STEEL. | | | | you fuel. |
| The main drawback here is the weight, as it is a | | | | (4)Try to buy proper Backpacking Cookware as |
| lot heavier than other types of backpacking | | | | opposed to ordinary cookware, as the former |
| cookware. Also it is not the best at distributing | | | | should have folding or detachable handles to make |
| the heat evenly and the food must be stirred or | | | | packing it into your backpack much easier. |