TOAKS Titanium 900ml Pot (D115mm) Review

Overview

The TOAKS Titanium 900ml D115mm Pot is about as close to a consensus ultralight cookpot as the backpacking world gets. It’s a simple, uncoated, pure titanium cylinder — 115mm across, 92mm tall — built to hold a solo backpacker’s dinner with a little room to stir. It’s aimed at lightweight adventurers who want a pot that’s easy to cook in; the 900ml version is wider and shorter than the 750ml, making it easier to cook in, eat from, and clean up, while still offering enough volume for one-to-two-person cooking. If your trail cooking strategy is mostly “boil water, add food, eat fast,” this pot was built for you.

Key Specs

Spec	Value
Weight (with lid)	116 g (4.1 oz)
Weight (pot only)	92 g (3.2 oz)
Capacity	900 ml (30 oz)
Diameter (inside)	115 mm (4.53 in)
Height (to rim)	92 mm (3.58 in)
Wall Thickness	0.35 mm (0.014 in)
Material	Pure Titanium, Grade 1/2, uncoated
Includes	Lockable-handled lid, mesh storage sack
Gradations	oz and ml (inside wall)
Nests inside	220g fuel canister; or 110g canister + compact stove + lighter
Nests outside	TOAKS 1300ml, 1600ml pots
Comparison	See how TOAKS Titanium 900ml Pot compares to similar gear

Performance

Boiling Water

This is where the pot earns its reputation. The thin titanium allows temperatures to move through it quickly, and the wide base creates a large surface area to heat up — this combination makes boiling water quick and easy. Users across multiple platforms consistently report it getting water to a boil faster than comparable narrow pots, and that holds even in cold conditions. Even as temperatures drop toward freezing, the pot impresses with its ability to quickly heat up water, besting narrower pots used in similar conditions. For a pure boil-and-pour workflow — freeze-dried meals, instant coffee, ramen — it’s hard to argue against it.

Actual Cooking

Here’s the honest part: titanium is a mediocre cooking surface, and this pot doesn’t pretend otherwise. The biggest downside for cooking performance is titanium’s inability to distribute heat evenly — it’s prone to hot spots directly over the flame, meaning extra attention is required to avoid burning food on the bottom. Great for boiling water, but you really have to watch the bottom if you’re cooking food in it, as with most lightweight pots, otherwise it burns easily. If you’re cooking actual pasta or rice, keep the flame low and stir constantly. This isn’t a character flaw unique to TOAKS — it’s just titanium physics.

Heat Retention

The thin material means that the heat quick to enter the pot leaves in a similar manner — it doesn’t insulate very well.

In practice,

even in subfreezing temperatures only the last few bites are ever a bit on the cold side, but you have to eat with purpose — there’s no setting the pot down and taking your time with a meal.

A DIY pot cozy (foam pad scraps work fine) solves this almost completely and adds essentially no weight.

Durability and Shape

The wall thickness is 0.35mm — that’s standard for TOAKS.

Thin walls mean the pot can flex.

It’s a bit susceptible to deformity — when crammed into a pack, you can expect a little bit of give around the rim.

That said, it’s worth noting that the D115 (taller, narrower) geometry appears to hold its shape better than the squatter D130 sibling.

The D130’s squat shape, which distributes heat quickly, was found to be much more prone to going from circular to oval and becoming slightly warped during thru-hiker use.

There’s more optimism that the 900ml D115mm has the rigidity of the 750ml version, making it a good option if you want a little more space.

One REI reviewer who

cooked hundreds of times with it on everything from a canister stove to an open campfire found the metal strong and said it had never dented or scratched.

Handles and Lid

The lockable lid handle is a genuinely useful detail — it clicks upright for easy grabbing mid-cook and folds flat for storage. The fold-out pot handles stay cooler than the body while you’re pouring. The lid handle and pot handle don’t seem to get hot at all, so you can just pick up the pot once your water is done boiling and easily dump it into your dehydrated food. One caveat: unlike some higher-end alternatives such as the Evernew Titanium UL or Snow Peak Trek, the handles are not covered in insulation — bare titanium when the pot is ripping hot is something to be aware of.

Cleaning

The internal measurement markings are raised, so small bits of food can get stuck there. It’s also a tighter squeeze to get a hand inside to scrub compared to wider pots — different, not necessarily bad, just means cleaning takes a fraction longer.

Nesting and Pack Integration

You can store a 220g fuel canister or a 110g fuel canister plus a compact stove and lighter inside this pot for packing.

That’s a real benefit for keeping your kit consolidated.

The TOAKS 500ml companion pot nests neatly inside, with a small 100ml gas canister fitting on the bottom over a spare lighter, and a Soto Windmaster on top — a compact quality cooking set.

Pros & Cons

Pros

• Genuinely ultralight at 116g all-in with lid
• Fast boil times thanks to thin titanium walls
• 900ml capacity handles a full solo meal with room to stir
• Fits a 220g fuel canister inside for tidy kit packing
• Lockable lid handle is a smart, practical detail
• No coating means no peeling or seasoning concerns — ever
• Very competitive price for titanium cookware
• Corrosion-proof; will outlast most of the rest of your kit

Cons

• Poor heat distribution creates hot spots — burning food is easy if you’re not paying attention
• Thin walls mean fast heat loss; cold-weather eating requires speed or a cozy
• Bare handles require caution when the pot is very hot
• Rim can flex slightly if the pot gets crushed in a loaded pack
• No non-stick surface makes egg-style cooking a cleanup chore
• The taller D115 profile is slightly less fuel-efficient than the squatter D130 sibling

Who Should Buy This

This pot is made for the solo thru-hiker or weekend ultralight backpacker whose backcountry kitchen amounts to a canister stove, this pot, and a long-handled spoon. At 3.8 cups, it holds enough water for a freeze-dried meal plus two hot drinks, and it’s large enough to cook pasta, ramen, rice, or mac and cheese. The extra size means you can cook your meal in the pot, add things, and mix them around without worrying about spilling food everywhere — an issue with smaller pots. It also works well for two people splitting a simple one-pot meal. If you’re a backcountry cook who wants to actually simmer sauces or sauté anything, look elsewhere — this pot will frustrate you.

Verdict

The TOAKS Titanium 900ml D115mm Pot is exactly what it advertises: a featherlight, bombproof, no-frills boiling vessel that punches well above its weight class for the price. The hot-spot issue is real and the heat retention is poor, but both are manageable with a light touch on the stove dial and a foam cozy you probably already own. At 116g all-in for a 900ml pot with lid, it remains one of the most sensible purchases in ultralight cooking. Rating: 8/10.