How to Choose Camp Tableware and Cutlery and 3 Picks by SituationFamily of 4: About JPY 1,998 per 1-Person Share

Decide camp tableware by material and price per person. My pick for a family of four's first set is Coleman's Organic Tableware Set Family (about JPY 1,998 per person), for the Sierra cup Snow Peak's titanium, and for cutlery Uniflame's fan Cutlery solo. I list mont-bell's plate and joined chopsticks, bought at its official shop, as extras with their numbers.

The same 310mL Sierra cup comes to 37g or 100g depending on material

Snow Peak's Sierra cup is 37g in titanium and 100g in stainless steel. The capacity is 310mL for both.

Weight, price and care of tableware change with what it is made of. So I split tableware and cutlery into three situations and chose one pick for each.

How I chose

The first thing I looked at was weight and price converted to one person. Because the number of pieces in a set differs by maker, I divided by 4 before lining them up.

When you spend half the year camping, you wash and dry tableware hundreds of times a year. So next I looked at stacked size and whether it comes with a drying case.

I made these picks from what you can buy on Rakuten. I list mont-bell, which you can buy only at its official shop, as extras outside the picks, with its numbers.

Situation 1: equip camp tableware for a family of 4

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Pick: Coleman Organic Tableware Set Family

Here is what I am excited about. Plate, bowl and cup for four, about JPY 1,998 per person. Per-person weight differs from Snow Peak's stainless steel by only 15g, yet the price is about 1/2.8 of it (5,544 ÷ 1,998).

The stacked size is about Φ260 × 120mm, and you can hang it to dry in the included mesh case. The official listing is heat resistant to 140°C and dishwasher safe. This part is a weak point. Its 425g per person is about 2.8 times mont-bell's plate and bowl (150g), an extra.

If you choose by material over price: Snow Peak Tableware Set L Family

It is 18-8 stainless steel 0.4mm thick, in 4 kinds of different depth, 4 of each, 16 pieces in all. Watch out: no cup is included. It suits families who want to use metal ware for a long time.

Set out plates for four and the table runs out of room first. I compare tabletop sizes in the table ranking.

Situation 2: choose one Sierra cup

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Pick: Snow Peak Titanium Sierra Cup

At 11.9g per 100mL it is about a third of the two stainless steel ones. It has a scale inside, so one cup can serve as a bowl, a cup and a measuring cup. This part is a weak point. It costs JPY 924 more than Snow Peak's stainless steel one, which works out to about JPY 15 per gram to save 63g (924 ÷ 63).

It suits the one cup for yourself that you carry every time.

To equip the whole family: Uniflame Tsubame-Sanjo Sierra Cup 300

JPY 1,210 for 1, and JPY 4,840 even for a set of 4. It has an inner scale and stacks for storage. Watch out for the weight of about 90g, about 360g for 4. It suits a family's side plates when carried by car.

I compare things for boiling and simmering separately in the cookware ranking. For a cup that keeps warm, there is also the Snow Peak Thermo Tumbler 360 review.

Situation 3: equip camp cutlery per person

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Pick: Uniflame fan Cutlery solo

Spoon, fork and chopsticks, three pieces for JPY 1,980, or JPY 660 each. The spoon and fork are stainless steel and natural wood, the chopsticks ironwood, and the lengths run from 18.5 to 22.5cm. This part is a weak point. It does not fold, so the longest chopsticks, 22.5cm, is the stored length. Four sets come to about 376g and JPY 7,920. For a spoon whose tip lifts when set down, there is also SOTO's new UKU Spoon.

For chopsticks that fold short: Snow Peak Wabuki M

Chopsticks joined by screwing a bamboo tip onto a stainless steel grip, stored at about 11.3cm. Watch out for the price: JPY 5,280 for chopsticks alone. It is a 1-pair purchase for people who want to keep it for years as a tool.

Extras: mont-bell plates, bowls and joined chopsticks (bought at the official online store)

I gave no pick for light plates for solo or small groups, because I found no candidate you can buy on Rakuten. The Alpine Stacking Plate 20 is 85g and 1.1L, the Bowl 14 is 65g and 0.78L, and the two together are 150g and JPY 1,320. That is 275g lighter than Coleman per person and about JPY 678 lower (Coleman includes a cup).

The official listing is heat resistant to 100°C, dishwasher and microwave safe. A note says not to use it to heat foods high in oil or sugar.

The Stack-In Wild Chopsticks are 15g and screw down to 13.5cm. Adding the separately sold spoon and fork (which cannot be used alone) makes 28g and JPY 2,600. That is 66g lighter than the fan Cutlery solo and JPY 620 more. It is listed as dishwasher safe for the resin tips only, not for the aluminum parts, and not microwave safe.

The difference between titanium and stainless steel tableware is density, more than heat conduction

In a Nippon Steel table that carries Japan Titanium Society numbers, thermal conductivity is 17 for pure titanium and 16 for stainless steel (SUS304), almost the same. What differs a lot is density: 4.51 for titanium and 7.9 for stainless steel. In the same shape, titanium weighs about 57%.

But Snow Peak's two cups came to 37g ÷ 100g, or 37%. The density difference alone does not explain it. Heat stored per same volume (volumetric heat capacity) is also 2.3 for titanium against 4 for stainless steel. Being light and thin, the vessel itself holds less heat.

Who is it for?

It suits people who are about to equip the family's tableware for the whole headcount. With Coleman's set, plate, bowl and cup for 1 people cost about JPY 1,998. For yourself, the 37g titanium Sierra cup fits.

If you only go once or twice a year by car, tough dishes from home will do. If you camp solo, you can also start with one Sierra cup and chopsticks.

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