There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
The SS BOT is perfect for my uses of it. I don't want handles and hate billy hooks. Pot grippers hold the BOT securely allowing me to move, adjust and pour it safely and easily. Just as good at boiling as most cook pots, which are bulky while the BOT is sleek and nests like a dream. Have spent several weekends with the BOT as my only cookware and love it.
Love that I can nest a BOT over a Nalgene and forget about it. Have been on some long hot hikes this summer where I was overjoyed to be able to carry two extra quarts of water because I took my BOTs off the Nalgenes and used them as water bottles. I would have been dangerously dehydrated without the BOTs because it was a long way to the next water.