The "Trangia Mini Set" comes with a super lightweight, simple lid that can also be used as a frying pan, making your mountain meals even more luxurious during solo hiking! [Practical review]
written by Yosuke.C
"Eating" is important when climbing or hiking.
However, there are many different types of food. For hikers who simply aim to intake energy or use alpha rice or freeze-dried rice, cooking utensils may be sufficient to simply boil water. If you just need to boil a single serving of water, it's not impossible to even have a capacity of around 400ml.
However, for those who want to enjoy a meal in the mountains, a 400ml cooker would not be enough.
This time, we will introduce some recommended solo cookers for those who want to enjoy mountain food. It is a simple set of saucepan and lid, but it is a highly practical cooker.
Your satisfaction with mountain climbing will vary greatly depending on what you eat on the mountain. In addition to warm soup, stir-fried dishes and grilled dishes will make your mountain meal even more luxurious and satisfying.
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Main features of the Trangia Mini Set
Trangia is a Swedish outdoor brand founded in 1925. It manufactures burners made with liquid fuel, mainly aluminum cooking utensils, and continues to be recognized as one of the most famous brands in the outdoor markets around the world, not only in Sweden but also in the world.
Famous items include the "mestin" and "alcohol burners", which were explosively popular during the camping boom.
Trangia's cooker set "Mini Set" is the item we'll be introducing this time.
A simple set of aluminum saucepan and lid. The lid can also be used as a non-stick 15cm frying pan, allowing for grilling and stir-frying.
The 0.9L saucepan has a capacity of sufficient for solo cooking. Made of aluminum with high thermal conductivity, it is easy to cook rice.
The saucepan and frying pan are handleless and come with a mini handle, and the common handle makes it lighter.
The frying pan, which is also a lid, is designed to be fixed to the saucepan, so it does not fall apart in your backpack even if there is no storage bag.
Favorite points
- It is lightweight because it is separated handle
- Perfect capacity for solo meals
- The lid that becomes a frying pan will expand the range of meals, making mountain meals luxurious
- The lid and body hold together so you don't need a storage bag.
Interesting points
- There is no scale on the main unit so you can't measure it
- Cannot cover when used as a frying pan
Main Specifications and ratings
| Item name | Trangia Mini Set |
|---|---|
| size | Sauce pan (maximum capacity: 0.9L) Φ15cm mini frying pan |
| Storage size | Φ15 x 7cm |
Weight (actual measurement) |
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| material | aluminum |
| accessories | Mini handle |
| Outdoor Gearzine Review | |
| Ease of cooking | ★★★★★ |
| Ease of use | ★★★★☆ |
| weight | ★★★☆☆ |
| Portability | ★★★☆☆ |
| Durability | ★★★☆☆ |
Detailed review
It is lightweight because it is separated handle
The mini set is a simple set of a saucepan (main body) and a frying pan (lid) and is handleless.
Share the saucepan and frying pan handle with the included mini handle. Therefore, it is lighter than cookers made of the same material, each with a handle.
Another advantage is that the handle is separated, and when cooking on a bonfire, the handle does not get hot, so it goes great with camping where you can enjoy a bonfire.
Lightweight, not as light as a titanium cucker
In terms of "lightweight", it is not inferior to titanium cuckers. The actual weight of the saucepan on the main body is 92.8g, and there is not much difference in weight from titanium cuckers of comparable capacity from other brands.
Titanium is a good advantage of being light and sturdy as a material, but due to poor heat conduction, it is prone to burning and the range of cooking is limited.
While placing importance on lightness, the mini set aluminum saucepan is an easy-to-use cooker for those who want to enjoy cooking.
Perfect capacity for solo meals
The official manufacturer's saucepan capacity (full capacity) is 0.9 liters. However, the water capacity that can be used practically is around 500-600ml.
This capacity is perfect for solo use, and is not easy to enjoy eating in camping or in the mountains.
It's the perfect size for hot pot dishes for one person, oden, and rice cooking. Many instant ramen also require about 500ml of water, so even if you add eggs or wiener toppings to your instant ramen, you can eat it without overflowing.
It may seem a little large for people who use alpha rice or freeze-dried rice a lot, but the capacity of 500-600ml is just right for mountains, and for example, when you eat, it's 200ml for alpha rice, 150ml for freeze-dried soup, and 150ml for coffee after meals, making sense for those who use alpha rice as their staple food.
There is no scale on the main unit so you can't measure it
One thing that concerns is that there are no scales on the main unit, so there is a need to be a little ingenuity when measuring. In my case, I often bring a coffee cup with me, and by keeping track of the capacity when I fill the cup and the capacity when I'm half it's, I measure the water I need for cooking.
The lid that becomes a frying pan will expand the range of meals, making mountain meals luxurious
The biggest attraction of mini sets is that the lid is a frying pan.
The non-stick frying pan is less likely to stick even without oil, and you can make stir-fry and baked dishes.
When climbing, where you carry everything you need to know about food, clothing and shelter in one backpack, eating in the mountains tends to be monotonous, but with a mini set, you can add one to your usual alpha rice.
Just adding a wiener or fried egg will make your mountain meal a lot more luxurious, and you can easily increase your satisfaction when traveling by stir-frying meat and vegetables and seasoning them with herb salt.
Eggs can inhale important nutrients as protein
When hiking and hiking, eating food is important as energy intake, so enjoy a solid meal.
Cannot cover when used as a frying pan
It cannot be used as a lid on a saucepan when used as a frying pan, so when cooking at the same time, you need to consider the order in which it is cooked.
The lid and body hold together so you don't need a storage bag.
It is fixed firmly so the lid won't fall off even when turned upside down
The frying pan can be firmly fixed to the saucepan on the main body, so you can store it in your backpack without a storage bag.
The frying pan has been processed so that the lid and the main body can be fixed.
When used on a campfire, other items will get dirty with soot stains on the outside, but if used with a gas burner or alcohol stove, the outside of the cooker will not get dirty, which will save you the trouble of putting it in a storage bag.
One thing to note is that if you click the cooker and lid while cooking, the food you are cooking will spill out when you remove it.
When covering the lid while cooking, it is easier to use as shown in the photo.
Summary: When mountain meals become luxurious, you will also be more satisfied
"Eating" is an important element of enjoying mountain climbing, camping, and hiking. The Trangia mini set is also recommended for UL-oriented campers and hikers who place importance on weight reduction.
Enjoy the meals on the mountains to the fullest with the Trangia mini set!
