Sea to Summit
Sea to Summit Frontier UL Pot (1.3 L, ceramic non-stick aluminium)
- Weight for its size: 8/10 How much it adds to your pack for the amount it holds.
- Cooking and ease of use: 8/10 How evenly it heats, whether food sticks or burns, cleaning, and the handles, lid, pouring and steadiness on a small stove.
One person cooking real meals, or two people boiling water
- Type
- Pot
- Capacity
- 1.3 L
- Weight
- 212 g
- Material
- Hard-anodised aluminium with ceramic non-stick coating, stainless steel handle
Where to buy
Sea to Summit £65 In stock. Delivery £4.50. 1.3 litre option. £4.50 delivery under £75, free over £75.
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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.
Sea to Summit's UK page gives 212 g (1.3 L, pot with lid and handle); its US page gives 208 g, so we use the heavier figure. 212 g for 1.3 L = 163 g per litre, in the 150-219 g/L band. Two testers weighed 228 g with handle and lid, which would be 175 g per litre, the same band.
Cooking and ease of use
From reviews 8/10How 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 agree: heats evenly and boils fast (4 min 10 s for two cups in one test, against 5 min 51 s for an MSR Trail Lite), non-stick coating that cleans easily, useful strainer lid. Complaints are the heavy handle that tips the empty pot and a lid clip that only holds on level ground. A fourth video (Ultralight Gear) is from a retailer's own channel, so it doesn't count.
In short
Good for
- One person cooking real meals, or two people boiling water
- Simmering and frying with a ceramic non-stick surface, where titanium pots catch
- Carrying a small stove, canister and lighter inside (the handle reverses to lock the lid shut)
Strengths
- 212 g for 1.3 L, light for an aluminium pot with a lid, strainer and non-stick coating
- Aluminium spreads heat more evenly than titanium, so it suits cooking
- Click-Safe handle can be reversed to lock the lid shut when packed
- Strainer lid, lid clip (LidKeep) and volume marks inside
- Sea to Summit says the ceramic coating is PTFE-free and the pot non-PFAS
Weaknesses
- About twice the weight of a 750 ml titanium pot
- The heavy handle tips the empty pot, and its lock works the opposite way to most pots
- Full to the brim at 1.3 L: a tester says about 1 L is the practical amount to boil
- Not for induction hobs, and not dishwasher safe (Sea to Summit says the anodising is damaged)
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.
ShowHide sources (5)
- Sea to Summit (UK site): Frontier Ultralight Pot (1.3 L: 212 g, 1.3 L, 15.6 x 14.5 x 11 cm packed)
- UKHillwalking: Sea to Summit Frontier Cookware (Dan Bailey; tested the 1.3 L and 3 L pots)
- Trail Cooking: Gear Review: Sea To Summit Frontier Ultralight Pot (1.3 L; bought by the reviewer)
- The Camping Biker (YouTube): Sea to Summit Frontier Pot, Passage Bowls and Light My Fire chopping board (1.3 L, used on a trip)
- Sea to Summit (US site): Frontier Ultralight Pot (1.3 L: 208 g)