My bikepacking cooking system is now complete and consists of:
- Vargo Titanium Bot and Bot Cosy
- Kovea Spider stove and igniter
- Snowpeak Titanium spork
- Vargo 450ml Titanium Travel Mug, also usable as a pot
- Carbon felt wind shield.
Other than the windshield, everything fits in the Bot and there is still room to pack a Chux cloth and a small scourer/sponge.
Under different circumstances my choices would also be different, for example I would prefer a squat pot over a tall pot. But the rationale is simple. For bikepacking, packability is king. Hence a tall pot is chosen because it can be carried in an Anything bag. The Bot is chosen because the screw on lid will better protect it from accidental crushing than an open mouthed pot, and as a bonus it can be used as a bottle if desired. The Bot Cosy will help save fuel and give extra protection while travelling, as will the carbon felt wind shield wrapped around it.
The Bot and a 220g gas canister occupy about half the capacity of a BBD Anything bag, leaving the other half available to carry food supplies.
And all of this occupies just
one Anything cage.