The Sea to Summit Camp Cutlery Spork is a one-piece plastic spork: a spoon bowl with short fork tines at the tip, and a handle with a hole to clip it onto a carabiner. We’ve used it for noodle soup at camp, and it cost $2.
What You’re Getting
A charcoal spork made from BPA-free polypropylene reinforced with glass fibre, with the Sea to Summit logo moulded into the handle. It’s 18 cm long and weighs just 10 g. The edges are rounded, so it’s comfortable in your mouth, and the oval hole at the end of the handle lets you clip it to a carabiner, a pack or the kitchen box. It’s part of Sea to Summit’s Camp Cutlery range, which replaced their older Polycarbonate Cutlery.
What we like
- Spoon and fork in one, only 10 g
- Rounded edges, kind on your mouth
- Carabiner hole in the handle
- Dishwasher safe, BPA-free
- Only $2
What we don’t
- Short tines, so-so as a fork
- Plastic, not as tough as metal
- Dark colour, easy to misplace
Quick Specs
| Spec | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | Sea to Summit |
| Material | BPA-free polypropyleneGlass-fibre reinforced |
| Colour | Charcoal |
| Weight | 10 g |
| Size | 18 × 3.8 × 0.5 cm |
| Features | Carabiner holeDishwasher safe |
Eating with it
A spork makes sense for the meals you eat at camp: noodle soup, stews, porridge and curry. The bowl holds a good spoonful of broth, and the tines catch noodles so they don’t slide off. In a mug or a deep bowl, like our Sea to Summit Detour collapsible mug, the handle is long enough to reach the bottom without your fingers in the food.
The tines are short, though. They catch noodles and pieces of vegetable well, but for spearing meat or salad a proper fork works better. The plastic is gentle on non-stick pans and coated pots, so you can eat straight from the pot without scratching it.
Build and cleaning
It’s one piece of tough, glass-fibre reinforced plastic with no joints, so there’s nowhere for food to hide, and it handles boiling water without softening. At camp it rinses clean with a splash of water, and at home it goes in the dishwasher. Plastic won’t last as long as titanium or steel, and the charcoal colour is easy to lose in the leaf litter at dusk, so clip it to something using the hole in the handle.
Camp cutlery compared
We’ve also tested two other ways to eat at camp. The Boundless Voyage titanium spoon is tougher and never wears out, but it’s only a spoon. The Sea to Summit Frontier UL cutlery set gives you a long-handled spoon and spork that reach the bottom of a meal pouch. The spork is the cheapest by far. The Boundless Voyage titanium spork does the same job plus a knife edge in titanium, for $13.
This review Sea to Summit Spork |  Frontier UL Cutlery Set |  Titanium Spoon |  Titanium Spork | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fork tines | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Knife edge | No | No | No | Yes |
| Long handle | No | Yes | No | No |
| Material | Plastic | Aluminium | Titanium | Titanium |
| Weight | 10 g | 34 g | 22 g | – |
| Price paid | $2 | $36 | $12 | $13 |
| Our score | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 |
Conclusion: Sea to Summit Camp Cutlery SporkConclusion
The Sea to Summit Camp Cutlery spork is a $2 utensil that covers most camp meals. The bowl scoops soup, the tines catch noodles, the rounded edges are kind on your mouth, and it’s dishwasher safe with a hole to clip it on. The tines are too short for a proper fork and plastic doesn’t last like metal, but at this price it’s an easy spare for every kit. I paid $2.
A $2 BPA-free plastic spork with rounded edges, a carabiner hole and dishwasher-safe care.
Short tines and plastic, but it handles soup, noodles and stews.
- Campers
- Hikers
- 4WD tourers
Yes. I paid $2, and it handles noodle soup and stews at camp. At that price, keep one in every kit.
