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.
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