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Was looking for a cup that would fit and nest with my 40oz stainless Klean Kanteen. Happy to find this one, it fits perfectly and I'm pretty happy with it.This was my morning everything while camping. First coffee, then oatmeal. The handle keeps your hands away from the hot body of the mug, and it’s a great size. You can fit a one liter Nalgene bottle inside it, so it’s also easily stowable.Perfect size, nice and lite, and looks good. What’s not to like?Great construction, lightweight and decent design.This perfectly fits my Nalgene bottle and gives me a tiny footprint pot I can cook over a fire with.I've owned the smaller version of this item. The thickness of the stainless steel is quite robust. You can barely flex it by squeeziez hard on it. The handles are well designed and are sturdy. You'll need gloves to remove it from your backpacking store, as the innermost part of the handle is hot. If you want to drink out of it, you need to let your coffee/tea, etc. cool as the lip of the cup is hot. I've owned other small pots and this one falls into the strong & sturdy category. Do be warned though, when cooking/heating on a white gas store that doesn't have much flame control, do assure you continually stir your oatmeal/potato pearls/noodles, as they'll stick to the bottom and burn. This is pretty normal for small pots and hot stoves -- just continuelle stir. I opted for this larger version because it fils my GSI insulted cup quite well. (sorry, my dump apple computer is stuck on French/English, thus the wierdo spellings sometimes). Anyway, the GSI insulted cup is my "bowl" at about 16 ounces, which is good for breakfast and single-bag hot meals, and hot drinks or coups. The benefit of this larger stainless cup is that you can boil about 22-24 ounces of water, eat your 12-16 once meal and then have a little leftover hot water to wash your cup and spoon/utensels. (sp). If you are solo, or if your style of cooking is along the good ol' canteen cup style of cooking, this is really a winner. Obviously it fils a Nalgene bottle for those faithful old-school folks out there like me. It will last you darn near a lifetime probably, and if you do burn your under-hydrated ramen nodules in the cup, remember this... use baking soda and warm (not hot) water to slowly abrade away the charred noodles or whatever you've got burned on the bottom of your GSI cup. That's it, folks... Buy with confidence if you're a solo backpacker or someone that likes dehydrated meals or simple Knorr packets or ramen noodles, or mac-n-cheese on the trail. Just remember... STIR CONSTANDLY WHILE ON THE FLAME, or else ! :) !!Of all my backpacking gear, one of the things that give me the most fits is the lowly cup. I just can't seem to find the perfect cup, or even one that comes close enough for me to be happy and give up the search. Plastic cups/mugs have cracked and don't do temperature extremes well; single-wall stainless steel cups are versatile and tough but in the cold will take your coffee from scalding to tepid in about 4 seconds flat; titanium cups are nice, save you a gram or two over stainless, and cost about as much as your kid's braces. So, I gave this GSI single-wall stainless cup (see above) a try...Size and Shape: are good. As described, a 32 oz. Nalgene bottle will nest nicely into this cup. That's a potential space saver, but only if you carry your bottle in your pack (probably not) or if you can fit the cup at the bottom of your bottle holder. The cup easily holds 16 fl. oz. with about 1/2 inch of space left at the top. That's pretty good capacity, to me, and allows for small ramen noodle meals on the go as well as extra large sizes of morning java or evening hot cocoa. The size also means a decent bottom, which is slightly indented, that will fit on most backpack or camp-stove burners. (I would have preferred a perfectly flat bottom without indent, but this is a nit-pick) So, this cup can double as a tiny pot, too, and that's nice.Handles: Meh. It comes with curved handles that do a pretty good job of hugging the cup when stored and can be folded out to hold when the cup's too hot. They are not spring loaded, which I suppose is fine, but when folded out they do not meet cleanly or 'lock' together, so when you are holding the cup, the two sides of the handle are constantly shifting in your grip. While it doesn't make the cup unusable, it is certainly annoying. Every time. It puzzles me that GSI, maker of such well-designed campware, could put their name on such clumsy and ill-conceived handles.Quality and Construction: The cup is bright and smooth on the outside and has a brushed finish on the inside. The lip is curled over and smooth. Weight and thickness are typical of a stainless camp cup and this one is plenty strong. Going back to the handles: Each curved handle is basically bent wire, hooked into a bracket that is tack welded onto the cup. I tend to prefer rivets over tack welds even though I know in my heart that I'm more likely to win the lottery than have my cup fail due to tack welds. Still. If you really, truly, hate the handles - as I do - you can simply spread them apart and take them out of the brackets.So would I recommend this cup? Well, I'm not sure. I really like the size and shape of it, but I HATE the handles. Honestly, I like it a lot better after I've taken the handles off, though now I've got to use gloves, or a multitool, or a pot-grabber to deal with the thing when it's hot. Also, it's still single wall stainless steel, making it problematic when it's cold. I think I'll put a neoprene sleeve over it, salvaged from my Nalgene bottle holder when it gives out This is my first purchase of a cup I'll be using 'in the field' and it's quality is very good I'd have no worries about it's performance for it's intended use. Unlike what a couple of others have commented on though I found the labels easily removed. I soaked them in very hot water for about an hour and then peeled them off. There was no residue or mark that would even indicate there were any labels on it in the first place. Certainly no need to burn them off! Just some hot water and some patience :-). A great quality item.Bought this to pair with it's smaller brother. They nest top and bottom of a nalgene bottle, add a lid and a spoon, hey presto! works a treat.Works well on a fire, but not so well with meths because it is narrow, but it works ok though.Robust. Will last longer than me.Great metal mug, with folding handles. Fits into my water bottle bag. I have 3three of them, a 24 oz and two18 oz. I put the 24 oz in the bag, then a Nalgene bottle goes inside the mug, and a 18 oz on the top, all fit snug in he bag. If the wife comes out with me, I throw the second mug in my bag. You can drink out of it, or boil water or heat food in it.the cup itself is good and solid. Easy to clean and holds up well to a wire sponge.The handles aren't particularly solid and come out of their hinge point quite easily.Unlike a few whining about the label I found it easy to remove without any residue. Yay me. It fits on the bottom of a nalgeen 1ltr bottle quite well making towards a compact brew kit coupled with a honey stove and esbit stove. Happy days.
