Sporkulous

If there’s demand for a travel plunger, why not a travel spork (spoon/fork/knife, actually). This indestructible plastic wonder from Scandinavia is practically weightless and is popular with backpackers. Great if your travel is not only light but also cheap. For in-room food prep, stirring a beverage, or when that takeout place leaves out the cutlery (arghhh!) — Spork to the rescue! I keep one in my desk, but I’ll be taking it along on trips, too.

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Update on March 25, 2010 by Frank@OBOW

Comments

[stevenshytle]

Everyone in my house has one. Bought originally for backpacking a few years ago, but came in quite useful at Disney as well.

[Paula S]

Segmenting a grapefruit recently (doing a messy job with a grapefruit knife), it made me wish for a stainless steel spork.
Thank you for this timely post! Not stainless steel but what the heck, if a fork lift can run over it.....who cares.

[Helder]

Hello!
This seems like a nice item to have. Has anyone flew internationally with one of these?
I'm flying to Europe by TAP in one month, so I'm wondering if I should take it in my carry-on.
Thanks! :)

[Esther]

I took the titanium version with me to europe, last summer. It didn't get seized by DFW, Heathrow or Charles De Gaulle. If the titanium can make it, then the plastic one will be fine.

[John H.]

I've owned a couple of these and had them break pretty easily... definitely didn't take a forklift. I've heard the same from a couple of friends too. They're great though, and maybe they've redone the plastic they're made out of. It took about a year for it to break, well worth the $3 investment.

[flerdle]

I've taken mine internationally a couple of times. I carry it in whatever bag I'm hauling around town, now.

[jp]

I do carry one for those sporkable occasions, but gripping a hard spoon shape to eat with a fork, or visa-versa, is not so comfortable. I prefer my Grand Trunk collapsible chopsticks, rosewood and titanium, in their own pouch w/ a 'beener (pouch is avail in colors). $10 on sale, quite elegant and efficient. and just think - in the small bag I lived out of for a month in Europe and about-to-be 3 months in India (carrying the seeds and materials to sprout much of my own food, btw (another story), I have a fork, knife, spoon, AND chopsticks. quite opulent and luxuriant living, if you ask me!