This week I was walking through Walmart and they had a pallet of plastic utensils, bowls and cups, each in a 5-pack for $1.69. Since we do a lot of family backpacking trips, I try to keep some nicely-stacking eating gear around. A Scout troop might also want to have inexpensive group gear. $1.01 / set.
Specs:
5 bowls in shrink wrap: 6.0 ounces, 171 grams, 12/13 fluid ounce capacity
5 cups in shrink wrap: 4.6 ounces, 131 grams, 6/8 fluid ounce capacity
5 spoons and 5 forks: 5.1 ounces, 146 grams, 6.4 inches long.
The bowl and cup overtop at 13 and 8 fluid ounces. The bowl is usable with 10 ounces of liquid or 12 ounces of chunkier stuff. The cup overtops at 8 ounces and easily holds 6 ounces of liquid.
Single bowl: 29 grams
Single cup: 20 grams
Single spoon: 14 grams
Single fork (I’d never bring a fork): 10 grams.
They varied 5-8% in weight from color to color.
The bowls are a nice size.
The cups are on the small side. So if I was on my own, and making hot water for tea or hot chocolate, I’d want a larger cup/mug. But on a family trip, I’d have a pot of boiling water and be refilling cups once or twice.
The spoons are nice if you’re not using FD packages or doing FBC. The handles are nice, rounded and the spoon is pretty strong – I could imagine scooping ice cream with it. They don’t stack as well as Light-my-Fire sporks, but they aren’t evil like the LnF sporks – the handles are comfortable instead of the fork end rubbing the web between my fingers.
