MSR
MSR WindBurner Stock Pot 4.5 L (for WindBurner Duo, Group and Combo systems)
- Weight for its size: 9/10 How much it adds to your pack for the amount it holds.
- Cooking and ease of use: 7/10 How evenly it heats, whether food sticks or burns, cleaning, and the handles, lid, pouring and steadiness on a small stove.
Groups of three or more cooking pasta, soup or stew on a WindBurner remote-canister stove
- Type
- Pot
- Capacity
- 4.5 L
- Weight
- 568 g
- Material
- Hard-anodised aluminium with a heat exchanger; aluminium strainer lid with locking latches
Where to buy
Needle Sports £84 In stock. Free delivery. £3.95 delivery under £50, free over £50. Struck-through RRP £120.
View at shop: Needle SportsUltralight Outdoor Gear £105.99 In stock. Free delivery. Free tracked UK delivery. Its page gives 614 g.
View at shop: Ultralight Outdoor GearOutdoor Action £106.95 In stock. Free delivery. England, Wales and southern Scotland: £4.00 standard parcel under £75, free from £75. Struck-through RRP £120. Page gives 0.59 kg.
View at shop: Outdoor ActionPrices checked 8 Nov 2026 on each shop's own page; shops can change them. We earn no commission on these links; shops are listed by price. More
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 9/10How much it adds to your pack for the amount it holds. 9: Among the best you can buy for this.
MSR's page (US and EU) gives 568 g and 4.5 L. 568 g for 4.5 L = 126 g per litre, under 150 g/L. Ultralight Outdoor Gear lists 614 g (136 g per litre) and Outdoor Action 0.59 kg (131 g per litre), both in the same band.
Cooking and ease of use
Estimate from maker's specs: what it is made of 7/10How evenly it heats, whether food sticks or burns, cleaning, and the handles, lid, pouring and steadiness on a small stove. 7: Better than most.
Estimate from maker's specs
In short
Good for
- Groups of three or more cooking pasta, soup or stew on a WindBurner remote-canister stove
- Melting a lot of snow or boiling water for a whole group at once
- WindBurner owners who already carry a Duo, Group or Combo stove
Strengths
- 568 g for 4.5 L, 126 g per litre: very light for its size
- Heat exchanger fully encloses the WindBurner burner (MSR)
- Fixed handles for lifting and an aluminium strainer lid with locking latches (MSR)
- Nests with the WindBurner Group stove system (MSR)
- Not on MSR's Feb 2024 pot-handle recall list (part 10370)
Weaknesses
- Works only with the WindBurner Duo, Group and Combo stoves, not the Personal system (MSR)
- Too big for one person: a 568 g pot to carry
- No independent review of the pot alone found
- MSR's page shows a 6.2 minute boil for 1 L, while Ultralight Outdoor Gear prints 3 min 50 s: we use MSR's
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.