Steel mug with folding handles 300 ml single-wall — for heating on a burner and dry fuel

Steel mug with folding handles 300 ml, single-walled, 72 g — the lightest steel mug in which you can both drink and heat. A wire handle made of two loops folds along the wall and doesn’t stick out: the mug fits into a larger mug, pot or backpack pocket, and together with dry fuel tablets and a spoon-fork becomes a kitchen for one weighing up to 200 g. Single-wall stainless steel — 300 ml of water boils on a dry fuel tablet in 8–10 minutes, on a gas burner in 3–4: tea, coffee, instant porridge, heating a ration without a pot. Unfolded handles keep fingers away from the hot wall — you can hold it without a glove if the flame was under the bottom. Steel doesn’t rust, doesn’t retain odor, doesn’t break, doesn’t melt near a campfire; washes in a pot and in a dishwasher. Size approximately Ø 7.5 × 8 cm, with unfolded handles 10 cm.

The mug complements the kitchen from the section Thermoses, dishes and cutlery: on a pocket stove with dry fuel UWOIL it makes hot tea at a location without gas, and on a folding burner 3200 W it boils in three minutes. A variant that fastens on the outside is a mug with carabiner handle 300 ml; for both — spoon-fork with carabiner.

For whom

• Fighters: a mug in a backpack pocket or pouch, tea on a dry fuel tablet right in it — 72 g, folded handles don’t catch on anything
• Ultralight tourists, cyclists, runners: the lightest steel kitchen for one — mug, tablets, spoon
• Groups on a hike: mugs nest inside each other and into a pot — four mugs take up the space of one
• Fishermen, hunters, car tourists: a mug that doesn’t break, doesn’t melt and heats up in the heat
• Emergency backpack and home during power outages: boil water on a tablet or candle — you can do it in a steel mug

Advantages

• 72 g — the lightest steel mug for 300 ml
• Folding wire handles — fits into a cauldron, larger ladle, pocket
• Single wall — heat water on dry fuel, burner, near a campfire
• Unfolded handles keep fingers away from the hot wall
• Stainless steel — does not rust, does not retain odor, does not break
• 300 ml — cup of tea, portion of instant porridge or heated ration
• No plastic or rubber — nothing to break or burn
• Washes in a cauldron and dishwasher

Instructions for use

1. Before first use, wash with detergent and boil water. Unfold the handles: pull both loops away from the wall to the stop — they become perpendicular and do not fold under the weight of the pot.
2. To heat, place the pot on a dry fuel stove, a stand above a tablet, or in the center of the burner supports. Pour no more than 250 ml — boiling water does not splash out.
3. 300 ml boils: on one tablet of dry fuel — in 8–10 minutes, on a burner at half power — in 3–4. Keep the flame under the bottom, not along the walls, spread the handles away from the flame.
4. Remove by the handles; if the flame licked the walls — use a glove. For the first few minutes, drink carefully, the rim is hot.
5. After use, rinse, wipe off soot from the outside with soda or sand, fold the handles to the side and place the ladle in a cauldron or pocket.

Do not lubricate the handle hinges — they collect dust; after sand and dirt, rinse with water. If the handles become loose, this does not affect durability: the loops are held on steel ears welded to the body. The ladle is not for microwave ovens.

Safety

A steel pot heats up completely over fire: hold by the handles, without touching the body; if the flame was on the sides — the handles are also hot, hold with a glove. Do not heat an empty pot and do not evaporate water completely. Do not fill to the brim when heating. Do not place on fire while in a case. Do not use in a microwave. Folded handles are pressed against the side — unfold before heating, otherwise they will heat up together with the body.

Specifications

Frequently asked questions

Folding handles or carabiner?
Folding — when the mug travels inside the pot or pocket and weighs 72 g; the handles don’t catch or rattle. Carabiner — when the mug is carried outside on a backpack or pouch and quick access is needed; it’s twice as heavy. You can heat water in both.

Can you heat water directly in the mug?
Yes, the wall is single-layer, without coating or plastic: on a solid fuel tablet, burner, or in the heat of a campfire. 300 ml of boiling water — in 3–10 minutes depending on the source.

Don’t the handles fold when the mug is full?
No: the loops fully extended press against the ears and hold the pot with water. They fold only by moving toward the wall.

Do the handles get hot?
Wire handles heat up less than solid ones, and if the flame was under the bottom, you can hold them with a bare hand. After a fire or flame on the sides — only with a glove.

Does it burn your lips?
The first minutes after boiling — yes, like any single-wall steel. Let it sit for a minute or add cold water.

Will it stand on the burner supports?
Yes, the Ø 7.5 cm bottom stands on the supports of a folding burner 3200 W and portable; place in the center, at half power, so the flame stays under the bottom.