Trangia or cast iron skillet for prolonged /out/ings?

>>871596
if you're hiking your gear around not cast iron. if you're more-of-less staying in one place (cabin, shelter, tent, etc) go for the cast iron. especially if you want to cook real meals of things like meat, egg, and vedgies

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>>871596
Cast iron all the way. None of this pansy ass millennial titanium shit. If you want great food while camping, bring the iron. It is only heavy when your pussy is bleeding.

>>871607
t. never been backpacking

>>871615
Over 40 years of backpacking and trail hiking. It wasn't until the internet started that I even knew of "ultra light" shit. It is really laughable how defensive and sensitive this generation is over normal work. Work that isn't even hard or really "work" to boot.

I was out for 7 months and only used a titanium pot and lid. That's more time out than most of you will do in a lifetime. Leave the cast iron at the dumpy redneck yard sales you find it at these days.

>>871646
40 years and you never thought "huh i could do this better." ?

you're just confirming you're an idiot, if i'm going to backpack for a month or more (yes i do this every summer) i'm going to go light. it's much better that way, but i guess you'll have to take my word for it.

>>871666
You can't rustle me, satan.

Being honest medium weight is better. Lightweight you always are worried about those 2 extra pounds or that 5 pounds. Just go with a comfortable weight and leave. Sick of people saying oh you got a 2.2LBS sleeping bag? Disgusting I got a 1.9LBS sleeping bag. Like really its arguing over petty little things. I am with the anon of 40 years cast iron all the way. I pack a small frying pan (just for me) and it weighs 2.2 pounds cooks great and never let me down. Normally pack aluminum pots though... Ultra light people annoy me they really do.
>>871666
>>871667

>>871751
This

10 lbs does not make a difference unless you have zero muscle mass hiking over 10 k. Besides, its one cast iron pan and a wood fire or the combination of a stove, fuel canister, pot/pan, and wind screen in most cases.

Ultralight fags are just people with money to burn. Camping has no weight requirements, high or low.

>>871763
My antique 10.5" cast iron skillet with cast iron lid is only 8.75lbs. 5.5lbs for the skillet and 3.25lbs for the lid. I can't imagine making eggs, bacon, sausage, home fries, onions, and biscuits without it while camping.

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>>871779
These three items from my camp kitchen only weigh about 20 pounds but imo why bother hiking in 14 miles if you can't enjoy fish and clam chowder. Ultralighters are nu male faggots with osteoporosis

Neither, take a good carbon steel pan with you if you want to fry anything, this will work well over a fire and with a stove. If you do take a trangia get the gas burner, waiting for alcohol to boil water or cook in the freezing cold with the snow coming down heavy is no fun.

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>>871646
Shut it, gramps.

>>871831
pfff, pls, i take 50 pounds extra weight in wood, just because i can, you 20 pound extra light weighters are a disgrace.

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>>872639
He's only talking about 3 items in one section of his camp kitchen setup.

I for one just use a game dolly. I can carry as much as I like. They even fold up or you can get larger ones, etc. They are really nice. You can bring canvas tents, tent stoves, tons of stuff.

Cast iron if you are car camping, going a short distance (and want to pack the extra weight) or have a method of conveyane like a pack horse/mule or a canoe. For longer distances I like a well season carbon steel pan, all the benefits and a lot less weight. For thru hiking I'll use my titanium pot or aluminum pot. But my gear changes on every different trip because I'm doing different shit with different goals. If you thru hike the PCT with fucking cast iron you are a retard.

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>>872711
Humans evolved to use tools. Pack whatever the flying fuck you want, kid.

>>872711
Have any retards completed the PCT? I know they track that important information for things like niggers, eskimos, and cunts but how about retards?

>>872753
someday. I'm not in a position to try it right now

>>872753
I did on my second attempt, father died during the first and I waited till I graduated from college before I tried again. Great experience.

>>872637
respect your elders. one day some kid will be talking about how retarded it is to be carrying around a titanium frying pan when you can just take a miniaturized fusion oven to warm up your nutrition pellets.

>>872791
you should have eaten his carcass and powered through till the end the first time IMO

>>872804
So edgy. Fuck you millenials make me cringe.

>>872814
Identifying someone as millennials is pure 10/10 cringe. Especially since it is impossible to know for a fact unless expressly told so, the age of the person you're calling a millennial.

So congrats on being a fucking failure at life.

>>872967
We know who the millennials are by how triggered they are when being called a, "millennial", kid.

>>871831
holy shit that towel

>>872967
Need a safe space to take your tranny horomone injections?

>>872791

You right gud for a ree tard

i dunno is it false to worry about rust on your eggs? INBF... it adds"flavor".

10 years later... stomach cancer, who knew?

>>873220
Why do you add rust to your eggs?

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>>873220
> letting your cast iron rust
> Why?

I love my cast iron, but I'm sure as fuck not going to backpack with it!

Cast iron
>heavy as fuck
>low conductivity
>brittle and easy to break
>takes a huge amount of heat to get up to cooking temperature

This is the antichrist of outdoor cookware

>>872637
>Shut it, gramps.
Respec the eldery, brat.

>>871646
Maybe they are conserving their energy for other work, like running away from a bear or climbing a tree to get away from a bear.

>>873220
Your food gets only very marginal amounts of iron from cast iron. You're probably iron deficient anyway.

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No point in starting a new thread with this here.

Winter's coming and in that spirit I'm looking for a good stockpot/dutch oven sorta thing for comfy food prep while camping. Something cheap, medium-sized, and good for putting over a fire. Anybody have any suggestions? This is pretty much the cheapest thing I could find that had the handle attached. Are there any other features I should look for or general tips I should know about doing this?

>>873232
>Easy to break

Prob the last thing out of all your gear to break. Cast iron is strong.

>>873503
A well-cared for iron skillet will outlast a couple generations. Too bad it can't handle impacts, drops, or exposure to corrosive environments well and aluminum far outshines it in these respects. If you were to drop a cast iron skillet on the ground you will probably break off a handle.

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>>871763

>mfw when it's hilariously obvious this guy has zero days over 10k feet

>>873499

that'll do you fine so long as you care for it properly

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>>871596
I absolutely love cast iron and literally use it every day.

However, unless you're packing in by mule or setting up for a long term stay in a cabin, cast iron is too heavy.

If you want similar taste, usability and durability, look at carbon steel. It's still heavy, but arguably packable. Definitely better than they replace-every-season ultralight cookware that only works on special burners and all that bullshit (unless you're literally hiking and camping on top of a glacier).

>>873230
Sounds like you don't know how to cast iron.

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>>873847
> mfw as well

Are you me?

>>873861
You sound like you don't know how to cast bait.

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>>873847
>>873901
>actively bragging about living in the western USA and Canada

>>873220
>>873861
Your cast iron should not ever be rusty for any reason, kid.

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>>873990
Jokes on you, eurofag here.

>>873990
>>Not bragging about living in the western USA and Canada.

Aka the best place on earth.