BeGrit Backpacking Camping Cookware Picnic Camp Cooking Cook Set for Hiking 8pcs set 410 Stainless Steel

Enjoying these pots and pans.

Small little cooking set perfect for backpacking or camping. Not the highest quality steel cookware.

These don't nest well at all. They clang around and are pretty loud. Only one lid comes with the set, but that lid only fits on one pot and can't be used with the others. The plates are about the size of saucers that Brits get their tea served on. The cups have a goofy handle that completely prevents them from being stored inside the other items, where if those handles were like the ones on the pots they would nest. Overfall, I'm not happy with the set but I did only pay $12.

I can't actually say enough about this kitchenware set. For my expectations and purposes, it's very useful. The only things I would change is the material... I would have preferred titanium but I also should have stayed in school and got a job paying 6 digits a year. The SSteel is decent, tough and not too thin, though I suspect that you will have to dry it really well to avoid possible rust down the road. The handles are loosely fit, so that they flop around unless "locked" in the open position, or safely tucked into the bag. I solved this by using a needle nosed pliers to squeeze the metal "loops" on the pots and pan... voila, they stay where I put them. If you like quiet while hiking, this set all packed up in the bag (rugged and high quality mesh and black, like the soot which will be on the cookware) still rattles though, so maybe store your dry socks in there, but not your dish cloth or drying towel, as rust will take over your SSteel in due time. I have omitted the solid fuel burner dish (I use double layer tinfoil if burning solid fuel, so you can just crumple it up after and toss it into a sealed baggy or something, because even after they burn, the residue they leave can be hard to clean and smelly), the two plates (I have a lightweight, plastic portion plate I use) and have inserted my biofuel stove and a medium sized gas burner stove, solid fuel pellets for wet tinder days, my steel fire starter and homemade tinder kit. It's pretty tidy, fits nicely into the bag, and I still have a large and small pot, a good-sized pan (doubles as a cover for the pot if need be, for quick boiling water), the top for the small pot (to use as a small frying pan or a side plate for stuff like chicken cordon bleu or a t-bone steak). The plates are a bit small, but fine for use on the trail, but I like my food very hot, and the SSteel plates would be very hot to hold. The cups, unfortunately, don't have collapsible handles, so I won't use them, though they are light and big enough for a cup of tea or coffee. So all in all, even though I have modified my set, anyone with a desire to have everything you need for one or two ppl hiking in the back country, this little rig is a decent, affordable and compact set of cookware for exactly that. Good buy, I love it. Btw, if it seems like all the stuff in it would mean that it must be big, it isn't. It's just that pots and pans sets are usually hollow for a good portion when put altogether for storage. The set is small, reasonable light and tough and ultimately.. totally useful. As well as being storage for other kitchen stuff, if the right shape and size to fit in that "hollow" spot.

Before I bought this, I read a number of reviews, and they often mentioned that the pictures didn't really give you an idea of how small the items were, but they never went into much detail about the size. I will. You can fry an egg in the skillet. The plates will hold a fried egg, you'll have to put the bacon on top of the egg. The cups hold exactly 8 ounces of liquid each (it would be nice if they had gradient markings on them, but they don't). The small pot will hold one brick of ramen, the large pot will hold two. The metal's a bit thin but is stainless steel. (I worked as a fabricator at a kitchen equipment company and I can tell what's stainless and what's not.)There's no way to fit the cups in the pots, so they have to sit on top of them in the bag if you're carrying the whole thing. Not something I'd take with me if I was going deer hunting and was planning on cooking my deer in the field but if you were going backpacking and wanting to make simple meals, it'll work just fine.