The AGG two-quart pot arrived and it’s a winner.

It’s hard-anodized in that attractive Calphalon grey, ultralight, and similar in construction to the Walmart grease pot, with some important improvements:

The lid is not anodized.

At $18 it can’t be beat. Anodizing is supposed to improve bend strength, a real advantage when aluminum is thin. It won’t be quite as easy to clean as non-stick, but for this pot that’s a non-issue, as boiled meals will be easy to clean out anyway. If you want to fry or roast things, that might leave some tough residue, but I think you’d need a heavier pot anyway.