The Sea to Summit Camp Cutlery Set is a fork, spoon and knife in charcoal plastic, clipped together on a small carabiner. I paid $5 for it. We’ve used it next to two metal Sea to Summit sets, and it’s the one we keep as a backup for when more people come on the trip.
What’s in the box
A full-size fork, spoon and knife in charcoal, BPA-free polypropylene reinforced with glass fibre, with the Sea to Summit logo on each handle. A hole at the end of each handle threads them onto an aluminium carabiner, and the handles nest together. The knife has a serrated edge and the spoon holds a tablespoon, 15 ml.
What we like
- $5 for a fork, spoon and knife
- Carabiner keeps them together
- Serrated knife
- Dishwasher safe, BPA-free
- Light: 31 g
What we don’t
- Not great for everyday use
- Plastic, not as tough as metal
Quick Specs
| Spec | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | Sea to Summit |
| Material | BPA-free polypropyleneGlass-fibre reinforced |
| Colour | Charcoal |
| Weight | 31 g |
| Length | 18.5 cm |
| Pieces | ForkSpoonKnifeCarabiner |
At camp
For breakfast or dinner at camp it does the job: the fork has four tines, the serrated knife gets through a sausage, and the full-size handles are thick enough to hold with gloves on. The plastic is rated from -20 to 120 °C, so you can stir a pot of boiling noodles with the spoon. On a weekend away that’s all you need. On a longer trip, using it every day, it doesn’t perform as well as metal cutlery: plastic flexes more and the knife isn’t as sharp. That’s why our own everyday set is metal, and this one is the spare.
The spare set
At $5 it’s easy to keep a few sets in the car. When friends or family come camping, everyone gets their own fork, spoon and knife, and nobody has to bring theirs. The carabiner keeps each set together, so nothing goes missing in the bottom of the kitchen box, and it’s dishwasher safe, so they go straight into the dishwasher at home.
The spork on its own
The Camp Cutlery range also has a spork, a spoon and fork in one, sold on its own for about $2. It weighs 10 g and has the same carabiner hole in the handle. For noodles and soup it’s all you need; for a proper meal with a knife, take the set. Read our Sea to Summit spork review.
Cutlery sets compared
We’ve used four Sea to Summit cutlery sets. The Frontier UL 3-Piece is our favourite: aluminium, 24 g and thin but sturdy, and the Frontier UL Spork and Knife is our set for quick meals. The Detour Cutlery Set is stainless steel with a magnetic keeper, very solid but much heavier. The Camp Cutlery Set is the cheapest by far, and the spare. There’s also the Camp Cutlery spork on its own. In the car, our Frontier and Camp Cutlery sets live together in the pockets of a Kings Plus Pocket Organiser on the inside of the Prado’s tailgate.
This one Camp Cutlery Set | Steel Detour Cutlery Set | 3 pieces Frontier 3-Piece | Lightest Spork & Knife | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dishwasher safe | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Material | Plastic | Stainless steel | Aluminium | Aluminium |
| Length | 18.5 cm | 18.8 cm | 16.8 cm | 16.8 cm |
| Weight | 31 g | 135 g | 24 g | 16 g |
| Price paid | $5 | $45 | $40 | $30 |
| Our score | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.3 |
Conclusion: Sea to Summit Camp Cutlery SetConclusion
The Camp Cutlery Set is a full-size fork, spoon and serrated knife in BPA-free plastic on a carabiner, 31 g and dishwasher safe. It’s good enough for a weekend, but on a longer trip, used every day, metal cutlery is better. I paid $5, and we keep it as the backup for when more people come along.
A cheap spare set that does the job.
The full-size fork, spoon and serrated knife hang on a carabiner at 31 g, go in the dishwasher and cost $5, so we keep them for when more people come along. Used every day on a longer trip, they don't perform as well as metal cutlery.
- Groups
- Families
- Emergency kits
Yes, as a spare. At $5 it’s easy to keep a few sets for when friends come camping. For your own everyday cutlery, spend more on metal.
