MSR Alpine StowAway Pot 775 ml (stainless steel)

How much it adds to your pack for the amount it holds. 2: A weak point.

MSR's description gives 365 g for the 775 ml size and its specs table gives 0.37 kg. We band the heavier 370 g: 370 g for 0.775 L = 477 g per litre, in the 450 g/L+ band; 365 g gives 471 g per litre, the same band. Ultralight Outdoor Gear also lists 365 g. MSR sells the pot in four sizes (475 ml, 775 ml, 1.1 L, 1.6 L). The 775 ml is the size most UK shops list; the 1.1 L and 1.6 L are the 2 band (400 and 344 g per litre).

How evenly it heats, whether food sticks or burns, cleaning, and the handles, lid, pouring and steadiness on a small stove. 8: Clearly better than most.

Three hands-on sources like it, none gives it a top mark. Treeline Review (4; field-tested, June 2026) names it its best stainless steel pot, recommends the 775 ml for most solo users and likes the rounded corners that push heat up the sides and the fact it can go in a fire; it dislikes the weight and the lack of insulation (its comparison table lists the 1.1 L, its write-up names the 775 ml). Countryfile's Leonie Helm (4; 4.5 out of 5 overall, ten years of use; she doesn't say which size) finds it heats evenly and holds heat well for simmering, but says food sticks unless you use oil and it is slower than titanium. Black Owl Outdoors (4; a 3-year field review of the 775 ml size from 2016, titled 'Seagull Stowaway'; the pot shown has the same locking handle and lid and the same size as MSR's current page, which has listed the same 365 g weight since at least 2019) likes the locking lid that doesn't rattle, the long cool handle and the wide shallow shape that heats quickly, but misses a pouring spout and measuring marks. The pot is one design in four sizes, so a review of any size speaks for how it cooks.