USGI Stainless steel Canteen Cup Genuine Military Issue

Ordered two of these, they fit perfectly around the base of our Nalgene canteens, as promised. Some reviewers complained of getting used or damaged goods, but ours arrived apparently brand new, and exactly as shown in the photo, which is to say, with a matte finish. They're extremely useful around a campsite. The lip around the edge makes for very clean pouring, and the edge is well finished, nothing sharp. Handles fold back nicely and work well. We used ours to eat dinner out of, mix up instant oatmeal in the morning, filled with water and set on our stove for boiling, and to make coffee and tea, used it with the handles folded back to scoop all the ash out of the masonry fireplace/stove at our campsite. You could probably use one as a shovel to dig in soft dirt, it feels sturdy and well made. An all around useful and indestructible container (one of the 5 C's) and since it hugs the canteen so tightly it doesn't take up any additional space in the pack, just adds a bit of what I feel is totally worthwhile weight.

Very nice good quality

Good.

The real deal. There are a zillion cheap copies out there but it really, really is well worth paying a little extra for an authentic military one that you'll use every single day on the trail, for years on end. Nice heavy construction, real stainless steel, and the handles are VERY solidly attached and won't pop loose. Some aftermarket cups are covered in weird oil, some are too small to fit regulation canteens, some are aluminum which I don't care to cook with, etc. At the end of a long, long day on the trail or in a canoe, the last thing I want in the whole world is to taste Chinese factory oil in my tea, or have a handle break off and my supper fall into the fire. This one fits the new Nalgene canteens like a glove and has a nice smooth-edge lip you won't cut your mouth on. Really the only piece of cookware you need in the wilderness, been using my last identical one for 20 years and it's still going strong - just nice to have new things once in a while. I'll be back online in another 20 years to buy another! ;)

A nice addition to my web gear, but I'm not really sure it's actually stainless steel.

This canteen cup is the real deal--in good shape, fits with real military hardware, clean and ready to use. Being from Albuquerque, I tried the local milsurp places, including Jones, Surplus City and Kaufman's. The local places had stuff that was either terrible-quality Chinese copies (Surplus City, Kaufman's) or nasty, uncleaned, falling-apart canteen cups that looked like they had been through every American war since 1945 (Jones). This purchase was expensive but was clean and in near new condition. The cup fits on a canteen and works with a $.75 original stove from the local Surplus City (the canteen cups the local place stocked wouldn't). Best paired with a genuine canteen cover, stove and Nalgene/Blackhawk Oasis canteen.

What's that? Are you tired of your water bladder? Do you want something that can double as a pot? Do you want to stand out and be the envy of all your friends? Well look no further comrades, this genuine U.S. Military issue stainless steel cup will do just that!It's to bulky one might say, however little known fact this thing is perfectly molded to fit a canteen snuggly. Canteen too old school for you? No matter you can cram this thing with all sorts of stuff giving it a hardened steel canteen cup as a case. Now when you go hiking/backpacking/camping you can finally say "Do you even canteen cup bro?" or "get on my level".

I want to echo GMMHEIL's September 2016 review regarding the goo that came on the canteen cups. What up?Otherwise pretty close to new (sold as "used - good to very good"); only marks are where cups seat inside each other. Not thrilled they came unwrapped and loose in a very large box, but fortunately no dings.Good price. But what's up with this goo stuff? Fortunately, it eventually came off after a very thorough washing.4 stars.