MSR
MSR Reactor 1.7 L Pot (spare pot for the Reactor stove)
- Weight for its size: 8/10 How much it adds to your pack for the amount it holds.
- Cooking and ease of use: 7/10 How evenly it heats, whether food sticks or burns, cleaning, and the handles, lid, pouring and steadiness on a small stove.
Reactor stove owners who cook for two or three, or melt snow, and want a larger pot
- Type
- Pot
- Capacity
- 1.7 L
- Weight
- 300 g
- Material
- Hard-anodised aluminium with a heat exchanger; clear strainer lid
Where to buy
Ultralight Outdoor Gear £105.99 In stock. Free delivery. Free tracked UK delivery. Its RRP £124.99 is struck through. May be the earlier handle covered by MSR's pot-handle recall; the fixed part is 14271.
View at shop: Ultralight Outdoor GearTrekitt £72.34 Out of stock. Next-day delivery £3.99 under £65, free over £65. Struck-through RRP £125. Listed as the current part (14271), not the earlier handle covered by MSR's pot-handle recall.
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Our ratings (out of 10)
1 to 10, compared with the whole market. Each says what it's based on. How we score
Weight for its size
From maker's figures 8/10How much it adds to your pack for the amount it holds. 8: Clearly better than most.
MSR's page (US and EU, same table) gives 0.30 kg for the pot and 1.7 L; its ounce figure converts to about 301 g. 300 g for 1.7 L = 176 g per litre, in the 150-219 g/L band. Ultralight Outdoor Gear lists 272 g, which would be 160 g per litre, in the same band; Needle Sports and Absolute Snow print 300 g.
Cooking and ease of use
Estimate from maker's specs: what it is made of 7/10How evenly it heats, whether food sticks or burns, cleaning, and the handles, lid, pouring and steadiness on a small stove. 7: Better than most.
Estimate from maker's specs
In short
Good for
- Reactor stove owners who cook for two or three, or melt snow, and want a larger pot
- A second pot so one can cook while the other boils water
Strengths
- 300 g for 1.7 L, 176 g per litre, the best weight for its size of the Reactor pots
- Heat exchanger fully encloses the Reactor stove's burner, which MSR says gives the system its wind resistance
- Clear strainer lid and a folding, locking handle
- Packs to 13.5 x 16.8 cm (MSR)
Weaknesses
- Works only with the MSR Reactor stove (MSR); a plain stove can't use it
- MSR's Feb 2024 recall covers the earlier part number (06901): Ultralight Outdoor Gear's barcode matches it, while Trekitt lists the current part (14271) MSR's recall page offers a free replacement handle for the earlier part (in Europe, by email to [email protected])
- No independent review of the pot alone found
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.
ShowHide sources (3)
- MSR / Cascade Designs (US site): Reactor Cookware (1.7 L pot: 0.30 kg, 13.5 x 16.8 cm packed; part 14271)
- MSR / Cascade Designs (EU site): Reactor Cookware (same table)
- MSR / Cascade Designs: pot handle recall page (Feb 2024; covers the earlier part numbers 10373, 06897, 06900 and 06901 among others, and offers a free replacement handle)