All good ideas people,

Hikemor/Nurit - I have never seen oatmeal in a tin container, I remember paper sacks, cardboard boxes and maybe a pressboard cylinder? I am not a big fan of oatmeal, but I guess I will be checking it out tomorrow.

Susan - Now beer I am fan of, but it was Heineken Can pots that I read the BPA report on, the ultra-light hiking crowd use these beer cans pots regularly and debate the health risk on the web. Draining them would be fun!

Hike4fun - I agree with you about the flat containers, I have lots of them but I think the tall "billy can" shape would be easier to use in this situation. My current pocket kit is in a flat steel tacklebox, but the items in this new kit would fit in a taller can better. I prefer square or rectangle containers to round ones as I find stuff packs in them better, but there are more round tin containers available.

Mike