The Pathfinder School Stainless Steel Bottle Cooking Kit

High quality. I'm thinking this is my go to challenge survival kit. The bottle cup and stand are stainless steel. I love the knife spoon and fork spork combination The pouch leaves just enough room for me to add a few things. I added another tin with char wood, a mylar sleeping bag, iodine drops, a stainless steel knife, a black tarp (garbage bag) and a clear tarp (clear drop cloth), and some zip lock bags that get rolled around the bottle. A roll of electric tape for first aid and other uses and around 50 feet of cordage that are the only things tied to the outside. A small harmonica case filled with fishing gear, tiny flashlight, safety pins, etc. A harmonica for entertainment. Inside the bottle I have a bag of split peas and iodine for first aid and to sterilize water. Another bag of lentils and the pouch "grocery" bag fit above the bottle. If I need to sterilize water, I can add some lentils or split pea so I'm also cooking a little meal. The only thing not pictured is I have also carried a small plastic Gatoraid bottle with a shoulder strap for an additional source of water. This is part of my camping and hiking gear. It's very light, easy to carry, and frankly, I could survive indefinitely in the wilderness. I love the steel and flint fire starter. I mostly use my added char wood Altoids tin, but If I have to use the fire starter, I just tear off a tiny piece, that's all you need, so it will last a long time. Love this kit.

This is perfect for my hiking setup. I live in california and there is no safe water. I REALLY like the extra space inside the bag where I can stash extra things. I wrapped extra cotton bandana's around the base of the stove portion to keep it in place. The front pouch got compass, lighter, sparker, frensel fire starter lens, fork, spoon, small knife. Inside the base of the campstove I have a coil of bank line. This raises up the water bottle a bit, but that's ok with the extra space. Then I have my camp knife and Tarp attached to the MOLLE straps on the outside. Extra cotton bandana's are folded in the shoulder pad giving a bit of extra protection. Now when I go hiking I just toss in some meal bars or trailmix or whatever. I kept this nice and light weight because I normally carry a rather heavy camera to do animal and wilderness photography.

This seems like a decent kit. I would recommend it, even though it's a bit pricey. You do get quite a bit for your money.The bottle, as in the picture, does not stand as tall as the pouch, which looks like it would easily hold a 40 oz bottle and still have room for the stove and lid which sit on top of the bottle.The part of the lid that contacts the water appears to be stainless steel as well, so your water should not contact the plastic lid - a really good touch that I wash was mentioned in the description. In fact, I was going to give the whole kit a 4-star rating, but this feature pushes it up a notch, so I'm going with 5-stars for this reason.I doubt you'll regret purchasing this kit and I expect to get a lot of use out of mine.

Loved the pot. Water bottle was useful. A lot of the other gear in the bag we swapped out, like we used longer spoon, homemade fire biscuits, different striker. We also made a cozy for the whole set to protect it all out of reflective insulation and insulation tape, the cozy also helps keep food and drinks warmer longer. The bag was a little too tall and if you are not using a molle style pack it is a little bulky for regular backpacking packs. My personal preference for a fire is sticks and twigs so we did not use the base i use a kelly kettle hobo setup so we used that base instead. We do like the quality and prefer stainless steel so the extra weight is something others can consider when comparing this set to others like titanium and price.

This is my 2nd Pathfinder cook set. Got the 1st @ the SRO website about a year ago. The thickness of the stainless steel will undoubtedly insure durability. NOT... for gram weenies! It's a heavy piece of kit. As a stand alone, for day hikes or overnites, it's great. It fits "my needs" perfectly. The case is large... there's enough room for additional items, plus plenty of mollie webbing, on the exterior, to attach extra, (small), pouches. Value for the money for this quality is hard to beat. This entire 10 piece kit, purchased separately, would probably cost quite a bit more. The only negative comment I can make is... it's "Made in China 🇨🇳", I believe.

after receiving the product I went right out the very next day and used it while scouting for my 4 day camping trip with son. The fire steel that comes with it, is I'd say on the softer side and quite easy to get shavings to get the spark. The combo utensil is also good and pretty large in size. With the entire kit all packed up, there is still enough room to fit my Bahco folding saw and Bahco fixed blade knife with a couple of packets of instant rice and oatmeal!! I'm positive that you could fit a Toak's 900ml with everything else in the kit. Definitely a keeper in my final kit, even thinking about getting another one for my son.

Great value for those that do more than just a day hike. Has everything I needed for a prolonged (2-week) trip into the Porcupine Mts of UP.

Since I bought this set I've used it dozens of times. I usually hike several miles into the woods to find a good camp spot. Sometimes I'm not as close to a water source as I'd like to be. Having the option to detach this from my pack and carry it separately to go get my water is awesome! collecting water, boiling water, and cooking food with this set has been a pleasure to say the least. Well made, high quality, and durable! I have to get another set!!!