Sea to Summit Frontier UL Dinnerware Review

What’s in the box

A three-piece collapsible set: a large bowl (890 ml) and a medium bowl (680 ml) in Sulphur yellow, and a 400 ml cup in Bone White. The walls are EU food-grade silicone; the base and rim are glass-reinforced Nylon 66.

Quick Specs

Build

It doesn’t feel flimsy like a lot of silicone gear. The nylon gives stiffness where you need it, at the base and the top edge, so a bowl doesn’t fold in on itself while you eat, and a full bowl of hot soup feels steady when you pick it up. The curve where the base meets the wall is shaped to fit Sea to Summit’s spoons, so you can scoop up the last bit, and the cup has nylon rings that keep its shape and your fingertips off the heat of a fresh coffee.

Packing

This is the best part. The three pieces collapse and nest into a disc of 17.8 × 17.8 × 2.5 cm, which slides into tight spaces instead of making a lump in your bag, and the whole set weighs 197 g. It also nests inside the Frontier 2 L pouring pot for a compact cook-and-eat kit. It’s tough, too: ours have been thrown into the bottom of our canvas storage bags with heavier 4WD gear stacked on top, without any damage.

At Camp

The big bowl takes a full camp meal and the medium one a side or breakfast, and the stiff base keeps them stable on uneven ground. The silicone doesn’t pass any taste or smell to your food and stands up to scrubbing. Two catches: like most silicone it picks up dust and lint loose in a bag, so give it a rinse before you eat, and none of it goes on a stove or over a fire. The 400 ml cup is also on the small side for a big coffee.

Set or Single Pieces?

For two people there’s a 6-piece set with four bowls and two cups. You can also buy the pieces one at a time: we’ve reviewed the Frontier Collapsible Bowl and the Frontier Collapsible Cup on their own. They come in Aqua Sea, Puffin’s Bill, Sulphur and Bone White, so you can give everyone their own colour.

	This oneFrontier Dinnerware	Single bowlFrontier Bowl→	Single cupFrontier Cup→
Included	2 bowls & a cup	1 bowl	1 cup
Capacity	890, 680 & 400 ml	680 & 890 ml	400 ml
Weight	197 g	63 & 79 g	52 g
Price paid	$80	$30 & 35	$20
Our score	9.4	9.2	9.0

Conclusion: Sea to Summit Frontier UL Collapsible Dinnerware Set

The Sea to Summit Frontier UL Collapsible Dinnerware Set gives you two bowls and a cup for 197 g that fold into a disc 2.5 cm thick. The nylon base and rim keep them steady with hot food, the silicone doesn’t taste, and they’ve shrugged off the bottom of our storage bags. The silicone picks up dust, the cup is small, and it can’t go on the fire, but if you want to save weight and space and still eat a proper meal, it’s easy to recommend.