TOAKS Titanium 450ml Cup

Ultra lightweight cup and the perfect size for making a single person meal or drinking a coffee. Titanium is a really great material due to its weight and not having to worry about stuff leaching into your food (as opposed to mixing hot meals in plastic or nonstick cookware, although I am definitely a fan of Fozzils Snapfold Plastic Bowlz as well).The one thing I will say is that heat will easily transmit throughout titanium so the handles can get hot to hold and your lips not appreciate sipping from it. I initially thought to use the MSR Titan Ultralight Titanium Cup because of this (handles are top of cup are coated with silicone), but there was a substantial price difference. Fortunately, there’s a fix for this! For drinking, buy the Snow Peaks Hot Lips – which is great because you can use them for other containers as well. For the handles, purchase silicone tubing (I got 3mm inner diameter and 5 mm outer diameter ones). You can take out the handles, put the tubing on, and snap the handles back in. The easiest method would be to get the silicone hot first to make it more pliable. I also had food grade silicone spray lying around which I used as lubricant. It took some elbow grease but I’d highly recommend doing this. I could have purchased silicone tubing of a slightly larger diameter to make it easier to slide on but couldn’t comment as to how it might affect the fit. Search on YouTube and you’ll find some good video demos. Highly recommend!

The construction is nice and it's low weight. If you want something small for hiking that you can also heat, this may just be right for you. I currently use it as my home drinking cup too.

Update: after writing the review below yesterday; I made a wonderful discovery. Someone recommended using a side cut can opener and open a 5.5 OZ tuna can, and use that as a lid for the cup. Well that does not fit. Just as a test I tried the plastic lid from a Blue Diamond almond can. It fit PERFECTLY and will keep the stuff you store in the cup from falling out. I keep my MAHALO stove, fire steel, pot scraper, and lid to set the stove on, wind screen, etc.I know the plastic lid will melt if i try to use the lid for cooking. It's just to keep my kit inside the cup. I will make a lid from aluminum foil when cooking. I used to have a Stanley camp pot, and that kit with other stuff I needed it weighed 18 OZs. By moving to this awesome cup; my cook kit now weighs 7 OZs._____I make and use alcohol stoves and wanted a titanium pot to lighten my pack.I have owned the Toaks 600, checked out a friends Snow Peak 600, and now bought this cup.Let's get the cons out of the way then I can start singing the praises of this little cup.1. The stated weight is wrong. It weighs 2.7 ounces instead of 2.2.2. This is only a cup.3. Comes with no lid, and no third party builder I know of builds lids for this. Another reviewer said some sort of tuna lid works. I have not tried that.4. The bottom of the cup is 3 1/4 inches (8.4 cm. So you will news a stove with a tight flame pattern.1. Ok now I can tell you that I would rather have this little cup than a Snow Peak 600 or a Toaks 600.The SP600 does not come with a lid either, costs 1/2 as much, and the walls are sturdier than the Snow Peak.The Toaks 600. The 450 is stronger than the 600, and I do not like those long handles that have something to keep them cool. The covers on the handles may melt. The Toaks 600 does have a lid..2. The stuff sacka. The stuff sack is orange and easy to see. You will not leave it behind.b. The stuff sack. Is a perfect fit so you can put stuff in the cup. Draw the stuff sack closed to keep them in the cup.3. The Toaks holds 450 ml (15 FL OZs.4. Most Mountain house meals need two cups water 480 ml, then many times you need to pour off some excess water. 450 ml is PERFECT.I divide the freeze dried meal into two separate meals, so 450 ml is enough water for a meal, AND a cup of tea.5. Lastly you will look at Titanium cups a long time before you ever find a better one.

light weight, compact, small. I would have preferred something a little larger, but this is perfect for camping. The lack of insulation means coffee gets cold quickly. A double walled titanium cup would cost a lot more and weight twice as much, so it's a tradeoff. It's a good compromise for those prioritizing weight. Get's the job done.