coated over stainless steel, not real., September 28, 2010

Contact seller before you purchase this item. Mine arrived and it was a grey color? When I looked inside there were chips taken out, under the “chips” was the stainless steel. I could tell because stainless steel has a metal look that is not mistakable. The “chips” looked like some kind of grey coating, don’t want to say paint, but not pure SS as SS doesn’t chip away. Would hate to see anyone boil water in the cup and have “chips” of whatever?? dangerous substance mixing with water you think you purifying. Maybe I got a dud or a fake, please be careful. I contacted Amazon to inform them since I was unable to contact seller directly about this. I hope they check into this, don’t want to see anyone hurt or possibly poisoned if using this to boil water or ?? Better safe than sorry. Still looking for a quality replacement for this item, maybe I’ll go to military store across town & see US issue up close!

Didn’t other products like dog food and children’s toy’s come from China??, think they had safety issues as well…hum…anyway good luck to anyone who wants to use this product. Maybe it’s hit or miss on what you get coming out of China, I can only speak to my experience with this product, meaning the one I received. I hike and camp a lot and won’t risk it, it’s just not worth it to me to cheap out on such an important item in my kit. I spent a few more bucks and got high quality, safe, well tested equipment from tried and true companies. You could sand, polish, and buff to hearts content- it won’t turn this into stainless…

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The real thing…., January 22, 2010

this 512 GI Canteen cup is the real thing. I was in the USARMY and I used this same type of Canteen cup for the entire time I was in the service. The Modern soldiers are getting away from useing them. But let me tell you the possiblities with this thing is endless. Just recently when I seperated from service and returned home my older brother, that is obcessed with anything military and a huge fan of Bear Grylles, Absolutely went wild over all my gear and was really interested in my canteen/canteen cup/Canteen Carrier. After introducing me to the Bear Grylles serries and saw his enthusiasim for survival he asked me to teach him how to do what “Bear” does. But for some reason he really wanted my canteen cup. So I came here to amazon and ordered the one you are looking at now. On his 36th birthday the cup showed up the day prior and I was the first to look at it to make sure it was like my real military issue. It was. of course mine was a lot more shinyer than his new one but mine had been in use for probaly 30 or so years.

If you are looking for this kind of product, get this one on this page. If you do you WILL BE GETTING MILITARY ISSUE EQUIPTMENT. I also suggest you going and buying the following;

– 1 qt Canteen (plastic)
– 1 qt Canteen Cup
– 1 qt Cammo Canteen Cover
– at least 2 or preferably more, “Alice Clips”
to attatch to your belt or gear
– 1 pistol belt

Canteen fits into the Canteen cup, which fits into the Canteen Carior, the alice clips are attatched to the back of the carrior, and the alice clips attatch the rig to your pistol belt.

If anyone has any further questions about military gear dont hesitate to send me a letter.

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