SOTO
SOTO ThermoLite Pot Set (750 ml pot, lid, lifter, cozy; SOD-522)
- Weight for its size: 7/10 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.
Solo walkers who want a hot-drink and boil-in-the-bag pot with its own lid, lifter and cozy in one kit
- Type
- Set
- Capacity
- 0.75 L
- Weight
- 154 g
- Material
- Hard-anodised aluminium pot; resin lid, silicone seal; metal lifter; tarpaulin and aluminised-sheet cozy
Where to buy
New Forest Clothing £31.45 In stock. Delivery £2.95. Struck-through £41.95. Royal Mail Tracked 48 £2.95, free Royal Mail over £75 (shipping policy page; Tracked 24 £4.95).
View at shop: New Forest ClothingTrekitt £31.46 In stock. Delivery £3.99. Sale price, struck-through £41.95. DPD next working day £3.99 under £65, free over £65.
View at shop: TrekittUltralight Outdoor Gear £41.99 In stock. Free delivery. Free tracked UK delivery. Its page prints RRP £44.99, but Trekitt, New Forest Clothing and SOTO's UK press note all give £41.95.
View at shop: Ultralight Outdoor GearPrices 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 7/10How much it adds to your pack for the amount it holds. 7: Better than most.
SOTO Japan gives 154 g for the set as sold (pot 84 g, lid 17 g, cozy 40 g, lifter 13 g) and 750 ml for the pot (800 ml brim-full). 154 g / 0.75 L = 205 g per litre, in the 150-219 g/L band. SOTO's US page lists the same part weights but also prints 90.7 g beside the pot's 84 g; the two SOTO pages differ, so at the higher 90.7 g the set is 160.7 g, 214 g per litre, still band 4 (the lower-scoring figure gives the same band). The US page's separate 'weight' field (about 340 g) is a boxed shipping weight and is not used: only SOTO's stated product weights are banded. Dan Becker's scale gave 84 g for the pot, matching SOTO. Shops differ: Ultralight Outdoor Gear 119 g without its 44 g pouch, Trekitt 182 g, UKHillwalking's press note 227 g.
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
- Solo walkers who want a hot-drink and boil-in-the-bag pot with its own lid, lifter and cozy in one kit
- Carrying a single canister stove and a 110 g gas canister inside the pot
- Pasta, soups and stews for one on a small stove
Strengths
- 154 g set for a 750 ml pot: 205 g per litre (SOTO)
- Resin lid with a silicone seal works as lid, strainer and a flat base for a 100 g gas canister (SOTO)
- Pot holds a single stove, a 110 g canister and the lifter; the cozy doubles as a storage bag and keeps food warm (SOTO)
- Sprung micro-lifter folds small and replaces pot handles (UKHillwalking press note)
Weaknesses
- Aluminium, so heavier than titanium pots of the same size: SOTO’s own titanium 750 ml pot with lid and lifter is 95 g
- 750 ml is small for cooking for two (SOTO sells it for solo use)
- Weights vary a lot between SOTO and shops (154 g to 227 g), so check the scale if grams matter
- No hands-on source gives a verdict on cooking or durability yet, so those two are estimates, not reviewed scores
- No non-stick coating: hard anodising only
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.
ShowHide sources (4)
- SOTO Japan: ThermoLite SOD-522 product page, in Japanese (part weights 154 g in total, 750 ml, sizes, materials)
- SOTO Outdoors (US): ThermoLite Cook Set product page (same part weights, contents, SOD-522)
- UKHillwalking: gear news from SOTO (a press note from an advertiser, not a review; UK suggested retail price £41.95)
- Dan Becker (YouTube): My MONSTER Cook Kit (uses the ThermoLite lid, pot and cozy; weighs the pot at 84 g)