Originally Posted by
cyccommute
But, like a pound of cement and a pound of feathers, there is a large volume difference. Iron is 3 times a dense as aluminum. If...and that is a very large "if"...the pans used the same volume of material, the iron pan would weigh 3 times as much as the aluminum one. The "if" part comes into play in that cast iron skillets have to use
more volume of iron than a rolled aluminum (or even rolled steel) pan. A 6.5" Lodge cast iron skillet weighs around 2.5 lbs...and that's for a really tiny skillet. A
GSI Pinnacle Dualist cookset is about the same size as the Lodge skillet and with all the parts that come in the kit weighs less than 1.5 lbs. And it is far more versatile.
You seem to have a real problem with anyone's option but your own. It's the TOTAL weight of a pack that needs to be looked at and by traveling with fewer items I travel lighter than you do according to your journal posts.
I could probably afford to drag along half the pots and pans in the kitchen anyway just because I weigh that much less than you do. It really is the big picture that counts. Suggest you just live with it.