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Happily-Me
38
Sep 18, 2017
I'm unfamiliar with the brand name and quality. Has anyone used pots and pans made by Snow Peak? Or at least know of people that have? The price seems excellent. Are there other competitors that would be equivalent or of better quality and/or functionality?
Thanks
Scott
JeremyHeld
47
Sep 18, 2017
Happily-MeI've never used their pots and pans, but have I use a snow-peak stove and titanium cup and spork on all my backpacking trips and love them. Have no complaints--they seem to be high-quality products. This seems like a really good deal considering my titanium cup cost me over $40 at REI.
K.T.N
1264
Sep 20, 2017
Happily-MeSnow Peak is a venerable and highly respected brand, especially known for their titanium products. There's no questioning the quality of their products. They make some of the best stuff on the market.
I think the only issue for me is how the thin bottoms of camping pots (especially titanium) can cause rapid burning of food if you're not careful to constantly stir while cooking or heating food.
Now this is not a fault of Snow Peak. This exists with all products of this class, regardless of manufacturer. There's simply not enough material on the bottom to absorb and distribute heat, so you get a hot spot right where the flame hits the pot.
It's a tradeoff that's made between lightness and heat distribution. It's a known issue in most lightweight camping cookware.
For titanium products, the key factor is obviously lightness, so make your purchasing decision with that in mind.
In any case, I would have absolutely no reservation about the quality of Snow Peak products.
eclectocrat
24
Sep 21, 2017
K.T.NYeah, I'm waiting for someone to make a titanium pot with an aluminum or steel heat plate underneath to distribute heat better. On the plus side, titanium dissipates heat really efficiently so it's hard to burn yourself on it!
DannyMilks
4557
Sep 21, 2017
eclectocratI've talked with a couple Ti manufacturers and it's not feasible to mix the metals for a heat conductor pot. Jetboil wanted to do this at one point but wasn't able to. It'd be awesome if someone can figure out how to do this, though!
seenypaul
Sep 21, 2017
eclectocratActually titanium does not dissipate heat well at all. That requires good thermal conductivity. It is titanium's poor conductivity that insulates you from nasty burns when you are sipping your too-hot tea from a single wall titanium cup. This is also the reason that it develops hot spots on cook pots. Good thermal conductivity would allow the heat to diffuse over a wider area of the pot bottom from the heat source and cook more evenly. Instead you get more concentrated point-source heating.
eclectocrat
24
Sep 21, 2017
seenypaulI guess I’m technically wrong, but I meant that it cools down startlingly fast.
DannyMilks
4557
Sep 21, 2017
eclectocratI wonder if that has to due with the thinness of the metal?
seenypaul
Sep 21, 2017
eclectocratYeah, that's due to its low mass. It isn't able to hold much thermal energy and so that what little is heated releases the energy again very rapidly.
seenypaul
Sep 21, 2017
DannyMilksin part, yes. "Thinness" is 3D. Titanium is a poor conductor through the thickness, just as it is along the other two dimensions. If it were thicker, it would insulate more. The lip of a titanium cup stays relatively cool because very little heat is conducted to the edge from the lower level where the hot contents touch the wall.
Happily-Me
38
Sep 24, 2017
K.T.NThank you!