G'day Jodie,

The Alpha Pots are designed for use on gas stoves and are not suitable for use on a campfire. You might be able to use them on a BBQ plate depending on the temperature of the plate, although it's not something we've tried or would recommend. 

G'day Parry,

I've just called Sea to Summit and the official word is that the Alpha Pots aren't suitable to use directly on a campfire as the temperature isn't able to be regulated. The Firebox Stove would be a bit of a grey area considering its design. We'd suggest steering clear of fire and sticking with an adjustable gas stove.

G'day Carmel,

Other than being a little inconvenient you'd be fine to fry in these pans if you needed to. You could also look at adding the 8" Sea to Summit Alpha Frypan to the kit which is probably a bit easier to use because of the lower sides. This will nest nicely on the bottom of the 4.2 kits. The hard anodized finish has non-stick properties but a bit of oil will be fine. Being very thin aluminum it's not like cooking on your heavy steel frypan at home so just be aware the heat will transfer very quickly and you'll need to keep an eye on it while you're cooking to prevent the food from burning. Only use the non-stock friendly scourers when cleaning, definitely avoid steel wool etc. 

G'day Ninka,

The Sea to Summit Alpha Set 4.2 packs up and fits into the Alpha Pot 3.7L which is 20.3cm diameter and 13.5cm high, so the packed dimensions are correct. They don't actually have a box, but a plastic wrap around packet.