The Sea to Summit Frontier UL Spork and Knife is a two-piece version of the Frontier cutlery: a spork and a serrated knife in grey hard-anodised aluminium. I paid $30 for it. It’s the set we grab for a quick breakfast or lunch, when we don’t need to sit down and just want an easy meal.
What’s in the box
A spork with a deep bowl and short tines, a knife with a serrated edge, both with slotted handles and the Sea to Summit logo. There’s no clip or carabiner. The handles have the same profile as the rest of the Frontier range, so they stack flat.
What we like
- Only 16 g on our scale
- Spoon and fork in one
- Serrated knife
- Handles stack flat
- Thin but sturdy
What we don’t
- Not dishwasher safe
- Less handy for a sit-down dinner
Quick Specs
| Spec | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | Sea to Summit |
| Material | Hard-anodised aluminium |
| Colour | Grey |
| Weight | 16 g |
| Length | 16.8 cm |
| Pieces | SporkKnife |
Quick breakfasts and lunches
This is what we use it for. On a morning when we’re packing up, or at lunch on the road, nobody wants to sit down with a full place setting: the spork scoops up eggs, beans or noodles, and the serrated knife cuts a sausage. One piece less to wash, too. The spork bowl is semi-polished, so it feels smooth in your mouth.
Light and small
The spork and knife weighed 16 g on our scale, lighter still than the 24 g of the 3-piece set, and they stack flat. There’s no clip, so we keep them in a pocket of the kitchen bag. If you don’t need the knife, the Frontier spork is also sold on its own at 9.1 g. Like all Frontier cutlery, they’re not dishwasher safe: wash them by hand and don’t leave them soaking in acidic food.
Vs the 3-piece set
For dinner we use the Frontier UL 3-Piece: a proper fork and spoon are nicer for a sit-down meal than a spork. The combination of both sets works really well, and the five pieces together still take up hardly any room in the kitchen bag.
Cutlery sets compared
We’ve used five Sea to Summit cutlery sets. This spork and knife is the lightest, the Frontier UL 3-Piece is our dinner set, and the long-handled Frontier UL Cutlery Set is for deep meal pouches and serving.
The Camp Cutlery Set is the $5 plastic spare, and the Detour Cutlery Set is solid stainless steel but heavy. In the car, our Frontier and Camp sets live in a Kings Plus Pocket Organiser on the tailgate.
This one Spork & Knife | Cheapest Camp Cutlery Set | Steel Detour Cutlery Set | 3 pieces Frontier 3-Piece | Long Frontier Long | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long handles | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Dishwasher safe | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Material | Aluminium | Plastic | Stainless steel | Aluminium | Aluminium |
| Length | 16.8 cm | 18.5 cm | 18.8 cm | 16.8 cm | 21 cm |
| Weight | 16 g | 31 g | 135 g | 24 g | 34 g |
| Price paid | $30 | $5 | $45 | $40 | $36 |
| Our score | 9.3 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.0 |
Conclusion: Sea to Summit Frontier UL Spork and Knife SetConclusion
The Frontier UL Spork and Knife is a spork and serrated knife in hard-anodised aluminium, 16 g on our scale. It’s our set for quick breakfasts and lunches; for dinner we take the 3-piece, and the two sets together hardly take up any room. It isn’t dishwasher safe. I paid $30.
Our set for quick meals.
The spork and serrated knife weigh 16 g together in hard-anodised aluminium, and we grab them for breakfasts and lunches when we don't sit down. For dinner we use the 3-piece set, and they aren't dishwasher safe.
- Hikers
- Day trips
- Ultralight
Yes. I paid $30 for the set we grab for quick breakfasts and lunches. Next to the 3-piece set it takes almost no room.
