Camping Cookware Outdoor Mess Kit Lightweight Backpacking Cooking Set Picnic Pots and Pans

Took a chance on these guys based off of the specs alone. I got them quickly by amazon and opened it up. Wow! These things are impressive. Small, compatible, lightweight! Everything a backpacker wants! They unpack into a modest cooking set, perfect for one person, can stretch it to cooking for 2 if you know what you're doing.But the test.........can they last on the trail? I took them along with me on north manitou island in lake michigan. Certainly nothing extreme but I gave them some good use. My thoughts: easy set up. Easy clean. I wouldn't put them on an open fire, these are for small alcohol or gas stoves. They heat up fast and worked well for myself. I cooked up oatmeal and eggs for breakfast. Boiled coffee and tea. Fried up fresh caught fish, and instant potatoes. It did it's job far better than I had imagined. If I had to pick a cook set to recommend? THIS IS IT.

I bought this for my daughter to have her own set and when all is said and done, not a bad product at all. They did stay nice and compact and made life easier for me and my 7 year old daughter on our backpacking trip. Cooked food/boiled water well and fast for us, plus they are very light weight. I did not use the bowls it came with, they looked a little smaller than I would have liked so I took my other ones. A few minor things I did not like about it. First, the bottom of the pot stuck to the bag after using and is now all snagged and unraveling. No big deal though since my daughters pack has a spot that almost looks like it was made for the set and fit perfectly in. It was also hard to keep the handles sticking out while cooking, they kept folding in and got hot and started to melt. The knob on the lid could be a little bigger too. I would recommend it for anyone who is a beginner like my daughter is, and does not want to spend big bucks.

This is a great little set! One of the things I love most about it is that the Wealers Wood Stove (link below) fits perfectly inside the inner pot of this set, with just enough room for the stove's mesh bag, the little lid still fits the pot! It's like they were made for each other. We have to remove the small plastic bowls, the collapsible ladle and the wooden spoon that come with the set, but that's no problem since we have other bowls, etc. already. When packed, there's an empty space inside the stove that we fill with some tinder and a box of matches. When it's time to boil some water or fry something, we pull out the stove, quickly forage for a few twigs, start a tiny fire, and within a few minutes can have a rolling boil or tasty fry-up.Even without the stove along, the pots are still a great set, quite small, but robust and well-made. A great size for small meals for 1 or 2 campers, this set would be stretched to handle much more capacity, but for the price it's an excellent buy. We used a small rubber band for each pot, to hold the halves of the handles together, never had any problem with them, and the plastic knob on the lid never really got that hot.As well as on our stove, we used these over an open flame, being careful not to let the plastic part of the handle melt. The pots do get carbonized on the outside, but since they're already black anodized to start with, you don't have to scrub very much (we use a tiny piece of steel wool) before they're clean enough to return to their little bag.Very happy with this little set. Wealers Stainless Steel Lightweight Wood Burning Camping Stove, Great for Outdoor Cooking Picnic Barbecue Camping and Survival

I purchased this set just so I’d have something small to bring along on camping trips. I’ve mostly used it on my MSR single burner camp stove, which works just fine. I’ve also tried using it to cook over hot coals; but the pans are so small that it’s really hard to manage and easy to burn yourself. They definitely aren’t nonstick, but they aren’t completely awful either. After cooking some grilled cheese sandwiches in the pan there was plenty of burnt on cheese left over, so I just poured in some water and and let it simmer over the hot coals for a bit; then it was fairly easy to scrape off. The little sponge and wooden spoon they give you are a nice gift, but overall the spoon is a little too short to safely keep your hand away from the heat, and the sponge is very squishy and not good for scraping at stuck food. Another issue I had was the handles of the pan. Initially when they came they were fairly tight and seemed stable, but after the first time being heated the metal must have softened and they flop all over now. I somewhat solved this by attaching carabiners around the handles, but in a perfect world there would be a way to latch them together once opened.All in all, it’s a reasonable cooking set for 1 or 2 people. Especially for the price. There’s things that could definitely be improved, but if you’re looking for a simple and lightweight set, you could do worse. But by no means underestimate how small these are. You can barely fit one piece of regular bread into the pan, so you’ll be cooking one thing at a time.

Bought this for a camping trip to cook on a butane stove. They're small and very lightweight. The pot looks tiny but can fit a whole can of soup with room to spare. The pan also looks small but is the perfect size to cook up scrambled eggs for two. Food heated up within seconds. Had a little trouble with food sticking because it heated up so fast, but everything washed off easily. The top fits the small pot very well and keeps food warm. The little fold out handles don't lock into place so they dangle a bit, but they're functional. Plastic ladle, sponge, wooden spoon, and tiny bowls will probably come in handy later - didn't use them this time around. Great, economical choice for a beginner camper.