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#198459 - 03/19/10 04:14 PM Re: Does cup size matter? [Re: ILBob]
RobertRogers Survivor Member Registered: 12/12/06 Posts: 198	I like a cup that is big enough to double as a cooking pot _________________________ FireSteel.com
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#198468 - 03/19/10 08:20 PM Re: Does cup size matter? [Re: ILBob]
Byrd_Huntr Old Hand Registered: 01/28/10 Posts: 1174 Loc: MN, Land O' Lakes & Rivers ...	Originally Posted By: ILBob I never understood why people were so obsessed with canteen cups. I drink water right out of my water container (usually it would be a 2 liter pop bottle) and if I need to heat something I have a small pot or mess kit for that. I can't say what I would do these days exactly because I have not been hiking in a while, but I usually had a plastic insulated mug with me for hot drinks. If I go to the trouble to heat water to make hot coffee, I want it to stay warm until I am done drinking it. Talking more of a survival situation than a routine camping or hiking scenario. It takes a lot of snow to make a little water. A sierra cup full of snow would melt down to an ounce of water. A canteen cup is bigger and heavier, but you can melt more snow, boil more water, make more tea, dig a hole with it, carry more water up from the lake, cook a rabbit in it....It's a matter of weight vs. utility. _________________________ The man got the powr but the byrd got the wyng
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#198471 - 03/19/10 09:56 PM Re: Does cup size matter? [Re: Byrd_Huntr]
Teslinhiker Veteran Registered: 12/14/09 Posts: 1419 Loc: Nothern Ontario	I use this SS cup for all my hot beverage needs. It goes on every hike or backpacking trip that I partake in. The cup fits perfectly on the MSR pocket rocket stove and also does not mind a hot campfire. For my needs, at 18 oz capacity, the cup strikes the perfect balance between size and over functionality which also includes heating up some food when needed. Photo was taken a few weeks ago while out on a day hike during tea break time. _________________________ Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books. John Lubbock
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#198476 - 03/20/10 12:34 AM Re: Does cup size matter? [Re: Teslinhiker]
dougwalkabout Crazy Canuck Carpal Tunnel Registered: 02/03/07 Posts: 3241 Loc: Alberta, Canada	A few weeks ago?! I haven't seen a vista like that since October. (It's official, I'm tired of winter.)
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#198488 - 03/20/10 03:47 AM Re: Does cup size matter? [Re: dougwalkabout]
Byrd_Huntr Old Hand Registered: 01/28/10 Posts: 1174 Loc: MN, Land O' Lakes & Rivers ...	Originally Posted By: dougwalkabout A few weeks ago?! I haven't seen a vista like that since October. (It's official, I'm tired of winter.) There's hope, our snow just melted, except for a few piles here and there. Bare ground is headed your way brother. _________________________ The man got the powr but the byrd got the wyng
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