What cups and plates and bowls are you using

[Tucker]

Hi everyone with the new van ordered the wife wants new cups/mugs, plates and bowls ( including bed sets and towles as it wont mach the new colours of the new journey) we currently have the coast to coast plastic type set but she wants proper crockery set I said about breakage so I'm just wondering what everyone is using
thanks.

 

[Maximage]

Corelle, proper solid plates but stronger than porcelain.

 

[Tucker]

Corelle, proper solid plates but stronger than porcelain.

Thanks I'll look into that one

 

[bigcol]

we just use plastic cups, plates bowls etc

we did try the correlle ones, didnt like
had the enameled steel, too heavy
even had old US Army issue Bakerlite dinner sets........meh, broke a plate
china gear - broke a plate...... gone from van
paper plates and bowls lasted about 3 years, I got sick of taking the trash out every day while camping because of fly's etc

 

[SMJ x2]

We use Corelle these days and are happy with them.Lightweight.Big W sell them.
Used to use melamine years ago in our tenting days but found they scratched easy.

 

[mikerezny]

Hi,
we use melamine and plastic. They are very light and we don't have to worry about storing them so they don't break.
They do scratch easily, but they are so cheap we will replace them when they look too scruffy.

The cheapest and lightest ones are in the $2 shops.

We have two glasses we use for water, wine, cider etc and keep them in foam stubby holders to protect them from breaking.

We also have a couple of enamel plates for using with raw meat.

cheers
Mike

 

[Drover]

Yep we use the Melamine stuff, pretty hardy but proper coffee mugs as you can't have coffee in melamine or plastic, wine glasses and real mugs stored in stubby holders.

 

[Tucker]

Cheers everyone for that I'll let her know

 

[bigcol]

I should add.............

we DO have Glass wine glasses, Whiskey glasses and proper china Coffee mugs

 

[Drover]

We get the wine glasses in bulk from Woollies and it's not the van that causes the destruction.

 

[Tucker]

Thanks I know what kids will do for destruction.
I don't like drinking anything in plastic cups or mugs its just wrong

 

[Tucker]

I have an RDO today to head down to jayco to see what our new van will look like and now the misses just said will we will have to go to Kmart everything to go into the van to make it look pretty and get the corelle plate sets and new glasses lucky me

 

[davemc]

Corelle from bigw got them on sale.. I preferred the old plastic ones we had although was outvoted.
They lasted a year or so with the kids which is amazing so far.

 

[Drover]

Keep away from the section with cushions.

 

[Tucker]

Keep away from the section with cushions.

Thanks for that I was pushing the pram then looked into the trolley and more bloody cushions how many does 1 wife need and they are the most ulgy and useless one's I have ever seen so thanks Drover for the jinks

 

[Drover]

I like to share the experience....lol,lol,lol.

 

[Tucker]

I like to share the experience....lol,lol,lol.

Please keep experiences like this To yourself I can not handle shipping for bloody cushions
Cushions for looking at (don't ever put your head on these "display ones)
Round cushions
Square cushions
Rectangular cushions
Different texture cushions
You get my drift

 

[bigcol]

Please keep experiences like this To yourself I can not handle shipping for bloody cushions
Cushions for looking at (don't ever put your head on these "display ones)
Round cushions
Square cushions
Rectangular cushions
Different texture cushions
You get my drift

just remind her that EVERYTHING needs to have 2 or more uses, and you are weight limited to tow............

 

[mikerezny]

just remind her that EVERYTHING needs to have 2 or more uses, and you are weight limited to tow............

Hmm,
If I said that, I would probably be the first to be left behind. That would be 92kg saved plus clothes, plus food, plus cider.

cheers
Mike