Why We Like The MSR Quick 2 Cook Set
We eat like kings when we pack the MSR Quick 2 Cook Set for a backpacking trip. A combination of uncoated and nonstick hard-anodized aluminum pots allows us to pick the right tool for the meal, and the plates and mugs let us best enjoy our feast. Nest all the small components inside the 2.5L pot, throw the lid on, and the whole deal fits nice and neat inside the pack.
Details
- Clever cook set to whip up and eat a campers' feast
- 2.5-liter pot nests the entire cook set inside
- Hard-anondized materials are lightweight and non-stick
- Lid with built-in strainer for cooking pasta or veggies easily
- Easy-to-clean DeepDish plates keep big meals or soup contained
- Talon pot handle makes it safer and easier to grab the pot while cooking
- Insulated mugs with lids featuring sipping spouts
- Item #CAS0810
- Material
- [pots] hard-anondized aluminum, [lid] aluminum, [plates] polypropylene, [mugs] polypropylene
- Volume
- [pots] 1.5L, 2L, [plate] 25.5oz, [mug] 10.2oz
- Includes
- 1.5L pot, 2.5L pot, strainer lid, 2 DeepDish plates, 2 insulated mugs, Talon pot handle
- Dimensions
- [packed] 7.25 x 4.25in
- Claimed Weight
- 1lb 11.5oz
- Manufacturer Warranty
- limited 3 years
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Overall Rating
4.5 based on 30 ratings
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Selecting an option will reload the available reviews on the pageJune 16, 2024
MSR gear is as good as it gets
Clean, smart design; easy to use handle, great for for my roof top tent camping kit and light enough to use for backpacking. MSR has been a top brand for me since 1994. Still using gear from 30 years ago. Highly recommend.
Originally reviewed on a Cascade Designs brand site
January 10, 2024
Great product. MSR makes some
Great product. MSR makes some of the best gear out there.
Originally reviewed on a Cascade Designs brand site
October 26, 2023
Great set for both backpacking
Great set for both backpacking and car camping. I like being able to easily swap out the handle between the two pots. Easily packs up within itself for transport and storage.
Originally reviewed on a Cascade Designs brand site
January 24, 2023
Lasted over ten years and still being used. Highly recommended!
This set is one of the very first set of items I bought over ten years ago since I started hiking/camping and yet still being used regularly. It is not perfect, the red plastic ring around the lid handle plastic broke years ago but the lid lift handle itself remains. The bottom of the main pot bumped up a bit but that is acceptable since it is a lightweight design. Everything else are going great. The Talon handle is perfectly rigid and foldable. I recently bought a MSR water kettle and it fits perfectly inside the cook set with the insulated cups removed. I highly recommend this product and would be very happy if I can get a piece of the broken red plastic ring replaced.
Originally reviewed on a Cascade Designs brand site
October 1, 2021
Packs well and is light!
Packs well and is light! I love the insulated cups... Game changer.
Originally reviewed on a Cascade Designs brand site
July 4, 2019
Disappointing for the price.
Would have expected a set this expensive to come with a bag to keep it together and a second handle for the second pot. Handle does not seperate freely, and you may have to hold a hot pot to remove. Anodizing is super thin and already worn after one use.
Originally reviewed on a Cascade Designs brand site
January 2, 2019
cookset
Nice quality and design as with all MSR products in general.
Originally reviewed on a Cascade Designs brand site
June 19, 2018
Good, lacks versitility
Very good for intended use, but would be great if there was a lid for the 1.3L pot so it can be used separately, or if the lids were sold separately like some competitors offer. Also, if the pots were a little taller so the 1.3L could fit a 100g gas canister, and the 2.5L could fit a 200g gas canister. After paying for this set, I'm looking for something else for solo trips. Very unfortunate.
Originally reviewed on a Cascade Designs brand site
March 25, 2018
A Good Kit That Could Be Improved
I use this kit backcountry skiing and backpacking, with either my MSR Dragonfly or Pocket Rocket. It works great for two or three folks on the trail. I have never have found use for the bowls that are included in the kit. I prefer to take a separate bowl with a lid that I can re-hydrate dried food in or put the lid on to keep food warm while I prepare the rest of the meal. The mugs are useful and nest well. The major improvement that could be made to this kit would be to provide a handle and lid that will pack well with just the small pot. This addition would make this a great kit, with the flexibility to be used as a solo kit. It disappoints me that MSR has chosen instead only offer a separate kit for solo hiking.
Originally reviewed on a Cascade Designs brand site
January 19, 2017
Bought in 08 and have used all or some on every trip since.
Not a review one huh? We use this for our backpacking, raft, & canoe trips, sometimes the whole kit, but usually just what we need. I mean who needs to wash plates, me and my wife are not so domesticated. We eat and cook out of the little pot, and use the big pot only on long trips where one might want to have a ""bath"", we are boiling instead of filtering, or if the river is doing the carrying. I love the mugs, they keep coffee hot, almost undrinkable for the first 20 minutes from boil, the lids don't seal as well as they used to, but these things have hundreds of miles being crammed in a pack. The little pot is about as non stick as you could make it, even after all this use. It's heavy all together, you gram counters can fuss all you like, my 100 lbs 37 year old wife carries this set and likes it over everything else so far and that includes my titanium pot set, from another company that she feels is not ""up to it"" if I remember her words correctly, she hasn't carried it even once always going back to her old banged up MSR set.
Originally reviewed on a Cascade Designs brand site
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