Sea to Summit Alpha Pot 1.9l w/sack

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A light and good basic boiler. The lid is cleverly locked in place with the help of a rotating handle, if you don't want to fill the pot with other rubbish and leave the lid aside. After turning the handle, the handle is clicked into place by slightly stretching the inner edge of the handle, after which the handle stays securely in place. After this, however, the handle can be (apparently intended to be) locked with a separate clip that looks strangely plastic (could also be some mysterious aluminum powder blown into the mold), which is so stiff that the first time I thought that either the clip would bang in my hand or the whole pot would dent from being pressed. The whole pot is otherwise quite a competent whole, but that locking clip is such that I'm sure that at some point you'll end up with either a broken pot or a broken clip. So far I haven't used it and the handle stays in place with controlled use and the only risk of the handle coming off would be pouring from a full boiling pot of water into another container, but even pouring can be done considering the fixed hinge of the handle, so you don't have to take this risk in the auger.