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Posted in Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear on Feb 15th, 2011
Over the past couple months we have tested out the MSR Quick Skillet. I know, I know…a skillet is something that when going lightweight one would be shamed for even dreaming about it. But let me put it this way: this is the BEST backpacking skillet/frypan I have ever used. It is almost worth getting [...]
Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear, Other, Outdoor Cooking Gear, Trail Cooking on Jun 8th, 2010
A couple weeks ago when REI was having its last sale I noticed the MSR® Quick™ 2 System was on sale for around $70. While I really didn’t need the two plates and mugs it was the same price as just the MSR® Quick™ 2 Pot Set (minus the goodies). Last year I picked up [...]
Posted in Gear, Outdoor Cooking Gear on Oct 8th, 2009
It is hard for me to resist new utensils – they are inexpensive in the big picture of gear and can update a “trail kitchen” setup quickly. When I was up at Rainier this week I spied some of the new MSR tools, that came out this year. I hadn’t picked up any of them [...]
Posted in Gear, Hiking Gear on Jul 31st, 2009
I was given the chance to play with a MSR Mutha Hubba 3 person tent. I have been in the solo and the 2 person versions before so I figured it would be fun to try it out. It is a well sewn tent, nearly bombproof. Well, at a bit over 7 lbs it had [...]
Posted in Gear, hiking, Other, Outdoor Cooking Gear, Trail Cooking on Jun 17th, 2009
Well it seems I love the MSR® Flex 3 System so much I just needed the Quick 1™ Pot. For a long time I have shied away from Titanium pots and went the way of hard anodized aluminum. Then I got an offering I couldn’t refuse and this sweet little pot came home. The set [...]
Posted in Freezer Bag Cooking, Gear, hiking, Insulated mug method, One Pot Meals, Other, Outdoor Cooking Gear, Trail Cooking on Jun 3rd, 2009
I have been looking for a larger set of pots for awhile now. Not necessarily for backpacking but rather ones for car camping. Yet, I didn’t want heavy pots nor ones that would fry everything on. Quick cleanup and fast heating were at the top of the list. I also was looking for an all-in-one [...]
Posted in Gear, hiking, Hiking Gear, Other, Outdoor Cooking Gear, Trail Cooking on Mar 7th, 2009
MSR is overhauling their line of cookware for the outdoors. It seems the siren lure of neatly organized sets hasn’t passed them by – and that they jumped on the bandwagon. (You might notice similarities between some of the new items by them and of GSI’s wildly popular Soloist, Dualist and Backpacker sets.) The new [...]
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