We leave our pot inside the cozy and use a rubber band to attached the cozy lid on top. This gives the cozy some rigidity and prevents it from getting smashed in our pack. We then put our fuel, stove, and dishwashing material inside the pot, so we’re using the available space inside the pot. If your pot is inside a nested kit that might make things difficult, but most of the kits we’ve seen have the pot on the outside (holding all the nesting items inside of it).

What type of pot are you using? Is it possible to cut out a slit for the handle? We would be very hesitant about getting the Reflectix material anywhere near the open flame. While it can handle the heat of pot just fine, an actual flame will melt the material. For some perspective, the bottom of the pot might be between 212-300 F if you are boiling water. But the flame from you stove is around 1900 F.

No, unfortunately the Reflectix material used to make the cozy will melt if exposed to direct heat. Heat the water/food in your pot using the stove, then remove the pot from the stove and place it in the cozy.

that’s a good observation. I guess for that thin, R1 isn’t bad. I was thinking of it’s value as an add on to a sleeping pad to make a wood floor shelter be a little more soft. Or do you think it would get crushed? And I also wanted to know if you thought your cozy could get damaged if on a pot being heated by a little alcohol stove. Thanks for those great instructions. By the way, I plan on using aluminon foil tape rather than duct tape

You could probably use it as an “add-on” to your sleeping pad. Reflectix on its own only has an insulation rating of R-1 but paired with an already insulative sleeping pad it could help push the overall R rating of your system up. It would definitely be cheaper than having to buy a different sleeping pad for colder temps! In terms of padding, it’s fairly thin so I’m not sure how helpful it would be.

Great diagram, thanks for doin tha lahhhds work