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Stranded in survival situations or just out in the great outdoors, you need a way to keep your valuables dry. For unparalleled protection with a twist of added functionality, the Ti2 Sentinel X Cache helps you stay prepared for anything the world has to offer Read More
Well, you get what you pay for and it's nice to have a food grade canister that lightweight and can boil water. It may not be for everybody but for those who need a reliable high quality lightweight canister like this that won't dent or crush, (like backpackers) This is worth every penny!
Cool object but the price is just way out there. I get why its expensive as CNC Machining is expensive. BUT this isn't something that is really appropriate for CNC machining other than the exterior it would be far quicker done by hand, and secondly its really on the border of something you shouldn't be machining, there is a reason we still do casting or welding for things like this. For me as an engineer myself its a case of fancy toys and looks over tried and true methods. CNC machining and additive manufacturing are great and they bring manufacturing and engineering to the less manually skilled, but they are way over used.
And personally to make this rather than billet I would have started with pipe, no practical reason to use a billet when you can get industrial grade pipe. Much more energy and time efficient compared to machining out a hollow cylinder from a billet.
Good idea though, I am tempted to ask some of the techs in the test house to run me up something similar(using pipe). Should only cost me a couple of crates of beer and few hours doing the finishing myself.
digitalcriminalcall me an idiot, but it's food grade anodizing (coating if you will). How many cooking pans/sheets,etc do you have? Any of them made of Aluminum? Do any of them have Teflon? Teflon is way worse for you than if the Aluminum was raw.
Hey Everyone -- Let me answer some questions..
Why does this exist? We did a project called the Sentinel.. It was a series of small caches made out of Titanium that was launched on KS. Both during and after the project we had lots of requests for something larger. This is what we put forward for our next project (Sentinel X) on KS and 400+ people pledged for 500 of them.
First and foremost this is a large format cache. We chose to hard anodize for durability and discovered that was the same process used on cookware. So we added a secondary use .... the ad says, "boiling water in a pinch" Meaning it was never intended for full time cooking duty.
Silicone O-rings can withstand 400 degrees F. As long as there is water (fluid) in the Sentinel X the heat will never exceed 212F so they will not burn. We've tested and our customers have not had issues.
Ti pricing... Not really.. To make this out of billet Ti you would 11" of 2.5 diameter rod stock. Good pricing on Ti is $25/lb. the piece weighs 8 pounds.. $200 in material required to make. It would require a massive amount of machine time.
Happy 4th of July!
Best,
Mike -- Ti2 Designs
The price comes from the machining. This isn't a China Cast product. It's machined from solid bar, on a $200,000 CNC Machine. I was a beta tester for this, and will say that it will stand up to anything you can throw at it. It has Food Grade Anodizing inside and out, that is very hard and won't come of. If this were Titanium you would add another 0 to the price tag. Is it overkill? You Bet :)
ButeoI only assumed he had one. Go to the Sentinel X KS Project comments, see if you can find him. I didn't try that yet. I know that he has supported other projects from Mike, but when he found Mike I'm not sure.
People are worried if it can stand fire and high heat.? . I would rather boil and drink water from stainless steel instead of coated aluminum . This is a fail .....
120 bucks for a tight sealed aluminum container. Please...... Lets strip it down to facts. A fancy name on a glitzy product but it is a sealed aluminum can. I could accomplish this for 20.00 bucks