Bushcraft Cookset - Crusader MK2 Review & Test | TA Outdoors

This is the cookset that I currently use whilst out doing buschraft. The Crusader MK2 cookset is great value for money. It's lightweight, strong, durable and versatile. I use it with a trangia alcohol spirit burner and it works a treat! It even has a mould that perfectly fits the trangia burner. Below is more information on the cooking system:

Weight: 105grams
Multicam carry pouch comes with:
1 x Hard Anodised cooking cup (1 litre)
1 x Plastic Black Osprey NATO drinking cup (0.5 litre)
1 x Plastic Black Osprey NATO drinking bottle (1 litre)
1 x Hard Anodised Steel base cooking plate with folding rack

The additional items I use with it are:

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[alexmagana]

Thank you for sharing! That extra plastic cup that can nest with the whole set is a big plus. Much love from the states.

[PaulBissekerBushcraft]

Great review. I have the MK1 and i can see all the improvements in the MK2 that we all moan about with the MK1. The trangia does not fit in MK1! The flame rolls around thew sides of the MK1 and wastes heat! The MK1 takes longer to boil!

[timwoolmore]

Best review ive seen for a while well done you👍so sensible to test outside, keep it up sir🙂👍

[theoldhobbit]

Great review and I would agree that this is an excellent versatile cook system. You can use small tinder and twigs/pine cones, trangia, firedragon or other gel fuels, nesbitt or hexamine blocks. An all in one solution, even if you don't get the lid. Thanks for taking the time to make the video. I love my MKII system.

[Argyll]

Great review Mike clear and concise at first thought bulky but once it was stripped down I was pleasantly surprised definately worth a thought for the future .. most pots and pans out there aren't big enough to seat a boil in the bag comfortably...
Well worth the effort thank you for sharing.

[johnjames]

just bought my set and like you i have used the meths burner, which also fits in the kit and for me it is a fantastic bit of kit.
i like the way the cooker keeps all of the flames contained so that all the energy goes directly to the bottom of the cup which makes it super efficient

[jelkel]

Hmmm!!! Was looking at the Mk2 in a bush craft shop the other day and I must admit, I was impressed with the size of both units and how light they are. The Mk1 isn't ideal for a day walking/hiking fairly long distances and I'd swapped it for lighter kit (a French army aluminium mug with an aluminium US army pot stand) but this might be a good all round alternative. Thanks for the review!!

[IamNemoN]

I like your makeshift wind screen. :)

That's precisely why I don't bother packing a wind screen. You can always find something to do a simple job like that. I know a piece of aluminum foil is not heavy, but it's one more piece of kit I don't need to worry about.

[mountainbearoutdoors]

I bought one of these and its not bad, my only observation is the osprey waterbottle isn't a genuine one its much thinner contstruction and you can flex it with your hands. my genuine osprey bottles from the 1990s will withstand a landrover driving over them. a no nonsense bit of kit with nothing that can fail, that's a win in my book. thanks for the upload, best wishes from mountain bear outdoors.

[kimbullock]

Good review, I've been waiting for someone to do a review using the Trangia burner on this cook set.Absolutely brilliant.
I have exactly the same unit, I love it.
All the best

[PaulOutdoors]

Hello. Great video. I have the original BCB Crusader Cook set in stainless steel and don't carry the plastic cup but instead an additional steel crusader with all fitting together with osprey 58 bottle and cooker unit really well. The addition of a coil of stove rope in the cooker base really increases the burn time of meths and I no longer carry my trangia burner or penny stove. It really is such a versatile and bombproof system. I may get the MK2 cooker unit as it is deeper and could therefore be used to burn wood. I have managed to boil water doing this in the original cooker but it is not ideal as not deep enough but the MK2 looks like it could be done more efficiently. Thank you for sharing. I have subscribed. Happy wandering. Paul :)

[Deleted_Goodbye]

The Swedish military cookset has everything this has and more... including a frying pan built into the lid and an actual lid which this set does not have either as default.... At £60 for this set, your better off buying a refurbished Swedish military cookset which you can buy for half the price :)

[Embrabrummie]

Thanks for this review. Rather than the Trangia meths burner, I use a Trangia gel burner, though an empty airgun pellet tin works just as well. I line it with aluminium foil (changed regularly) to keep it clean. I use "Dragon Fuel" gel, which is available from "Go Outdoors" for about £4 per litre cachet. A litre goes a very long way!

[shaneschannel]

That's a really nice stove. I think the best design I've ever seen.

[paganoutdoors]

Cool review, my son uses the mk 1 mug with the mk 2 base, not a exact fit, but still works, trangia as you do as I find fire dragon (apart from emergency fire lighting), is rubbish, expensive for what it is, even a mk1 crusader mug half full (unless in perfect conditions) takes 2 tabs, alright if you get them free, but crusader is a brilliant system, good health and safe travels, cheers craig

[karlmuller]

Great review, some people say that the Crusader cook set wont take a Trangia burner, but you have proved them wrong.I think i will buy one of these cook sets.Thanks again for the review.

[mountainbearoutdoors]

I like this kit, might be a good replacement for my Swedish mess kit, thanks for the review.

[agatagarcia]

Excellent bottle, very beautiful, good design, and very practical! Maybe you should take some cloth handles with you, so you don't burn yourself when you pick up the pot, and I think it's nice to insert a strainer in the same way to boil fish, potatoes and vegetables. What do you think about it? What I don't know is if the strainer will be left out of the bottle when you built it... Good morning, Mike.

[neemancallender]

Drinking Cup – weight: 110g, capacity: 580ml

Water bottle – weight: 140g, capacity: 1 Litre

Cooking Cup – weight: 190g, capacity: 950ml

Cooker – weight: 180g

Total weight: 620g

[WiltshireMan]

A good review of a stove that has had many reviews:) Good tip on cutting down the draught.
Thanks
Sandy