3 ARMY SURPLUS CANTEEN SETS (PART ONE).....bexbugoutsurvivor 

Thanks for so many great tips. I enjoyed your video.

Nice set up. Thanks for the vid.

Nice comparison .. thanks. Aluminium? Have used it for years (Military Issue Mess Tins / Dixies) .. 70 Summers under the Belt and still kicking .. although my favourite Pot is my Stainless Steel Canteen Cup (aka 'Fire Bucket'). Fuel? Here in Switzerland, I use Gel Fuel ('Sicherheitsbrennpaste') in my little Esbit Foldable. A set of 3 Glass Jar Metal Screw-On Lids in different sizes take care of 'Burns' of different heat intensity .. and they stack nicely into one another. Getting a Boil with Gel Fuel? Have never had a problem .. Summer through to Winter incl. Home-Made Aluminium Windscreens that slot into the sides of the Esbit Stove do make a difference and are easy to make .. and also store, inter alia, inside the Stove.

"Is that the cold man?" "Yes darling." "You've not listened to him for a bit!" "I don't listen to him for a bit" 🤪 Cook set #3 for me, that's my style. My grandad used aluminium pans all his life, kept all his faculties right up to his death at 96! Great video Bex, all the very best to you and yours 👍 👍 👍 🍻

Thanks for sharing. I'd love to get my hands on a metal cup for the P58 water bottle, but New Zealand. For most things, I use the Yugo bot and cup lid, but put the gas stove, cannisters, lighter utensils, cloth etc inside instead of the canteen. Keeps it together nicely in the pack. Always appreciate your thoughts and experience on what works for you.

Hello Bex and I really enjoyed yòur video and I used to like the smell of hexamine fuel and I didn't know it has arsenic in it . Thanks for sharing and all the best...David

Bex , great options video , thanks for sharing, I hope this finds you well my friend, stay safe, God bless !

Well informative video as always. I use the same systems plus the pathfinder us gi style metal cup and canteen except the British 58 bottle system because I still havent found it available yet. I strongly believe that the 58 osprey bottle cup and hexi stove its the most versatile of all the above mentioned. I usually alternate the hexi stove with a savotta grumpy wood stove which can easily fit a trangia burner inside or fuel blocks or even hexamine blocks. I believe that its more versatile to fuel availability regarding terrain and time of year when needed.I think that the pathfinder metal lid of the us army steel cup can fit the crusader cup with a little bit of a gap,but it will do the job. I dont like the plastic lid that the crusader cup comes with,so i think that it might be a good solution. As of the aluminium risk I agree with you that its minimal.I use aluminium mess kits over two decades now at my hunting and bushcraft excursions without any observable health problems...

Great Video Brother Bex! Hope all is well cross the Big Pond. Just chilling inside for a short period, Hot day here in Swansea,SC. About 90 deg F. or 32 Celsius. Hope you are able to get to go hiking, maybe the ban has been lifted. Oh I like the big container that fits over a canteen, or under. Gotta get one. Thanks for keeping us all entertained and up and informed during this crazy time. My Navy hat's off to Ya mate. Keep doing what you do best. Be Safe Brother Cheers!

Can’t beat the hexamin tablets ex military are the best sill use them like you I have tried outher

Hi thanks for the comparisons 👍🏾 Have you tried the flexi stove yet 🤔 I would be interested in your thoughts 🤔🙏🏾

Can’t believe the MOD swapped good quick heating hexi for that other gel or blocks tried it and it’s total rubbish. Arsenic in the Hexi was never a problem outdoors, a slight breeze took care of that. Totally agree with you on the crusader mk1 being better than the anodised just isn’t as good size, shape, material. Used Hexi since the 80’s regularly with either my crusader or a Dutch mug as my only cooking vessels and stove. WilI miss the stuff when it becomes harder to get. I have a gas stove but not as keen, but is useful on occasions just hate carrying out empty canisters. Great video and good to see I have similar opinions, been camping and hillwalking for a long time. Missed it recently

I like the JNA mess kit, (i have 3 of them, 2 with lids) I have made a crisp omelette in mine a few times but as you pointed out, its not ideal for that. ... Just some Random Waffle, the bag it comes in can be used as a improvised mill bank type filter. The metal section of the mess kit is the 'main/meat bowl' the plastic bowl is for 'soups' and the small container on the bottle was intended for 'salad' which would have been coleslaw. The whole set can be held in one hand while collecting food from a field kitchen.

58 all the way, hexi cookers, Bacon grill and grease proof bogroll lol those were the days, I've got the BCB mk1 cooker now and made a parade gloss tin into a meth fueled cooker and I've a lid for my steel 58 mug from a gent on EBAY. Keep up the good work Bex old son

bex your crusader mug replaces the entrenching tool also for bailing your hole in the rain

Nice video thanks

Arsenic has another side to it as a performance enhancing drug in small doses. Personally I'd keep well away from hexi fumes but I do think that the dangers are exaggerated.

Thanks!

I love the ex army hex blocks just got some more I now have 25 boxes. Went to a army surplus store last week and got all the ones he had got them for a £1 a box so if you need some let me know good video 👍

Good to re live that. Did you know that "hot chocolate drink orange" lol, also tasted the best from a 58 pattern mug 😎