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Does expensive camp cookware actually make you a better camper?
There is a version of camping where the cookware is a status object. The anodised pot, the titanium lid, the folding kettle that cost more than the food it heats. It is worth asking plainly whether any of it makes you a better camper. Our position, stated up front, is that it mostly does not. A pricier pot will not cook a tastier meal or make you more capable. But that is not the same as saying material and weight never matter. They do, in one specific place, and we think most people put the money in the wrong pot. What follows is our view, with the reasoning and the one caveat that changes it.
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