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Subject Topic: Do I need to buy unbreakable crockery? Post Reply Post New Topic
PersonEejaybee
04/11/2015 at 6:57pm
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Well, we finally got home with our new (to us) folding camper. Interesting towing experience through driving rain, fog, pitch darkness (and sometimes all of it at once!) Plus a diversion off an A road.
Anyway, I am thinking about kitting the camper out and my question is, do you need unbreakable crockery or can you get away with normal (fairly thick) China?
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PersonOpensauce
04/11/2015 at 7:10pm
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I'd go for melamine for everything except mugs if you make tea with boiling water which will crack melamine.


PersonTigermouse
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Personally I wouldn't use a lot of normal stuff if storing it in the camper - we used melamine plates and bowls in ours but with normal cheap to replace mugs which were wrapped in pot towels and stored where they wouldn't move if jolted.

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PersonGraeme_Cooke
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We bought a Corelle set when it was on offer at Amazon. Fab stuff and virtually indestructible.


Personsparky230
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All our Field day radio stuff for the trailer tents, are good old fashioned enamel, plates, bowls, cups


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PersonEejaybee
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Yes, I am tempted by the Corelle stuff. Have had enamel in the past -great at the beginning but eventually it chipped and then rusted. Plastic plates just feel a bit...plastic.
My husband still doesn't understand why we can't just use normal crockery. Is it really that likely to break in transit?


PersonOpensauce
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Provided crockery is stored ok & cannot move much then it should not break in transit. Main reason for using melamine is that stuff tends to get knocked about in use in a camping situation, washing up & so on.


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Mellamine is lighter and seems to pack away into a smaller space.

With the caravan, china and glass often got broken as it was all stored in racks in an overhead locker. It would come out of the rack and the door would come open leaving a right mess when we got home.

However, in the dandy folding camper, the only storage when folded is at floor level, so we use china and glass. The glasses are tumblers which are quite thick and solid. We pack it all in a box. Not had any breakages.

We do prefer china and glass in use and are prepared to take the risk which is much less than in the caravan.


Personpnefan
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We use Melamine mainly because of the weight rather than the risk of breakage. Most 5hings we have in the FC are light weight versions. It helps to keep the weight below the total permissible weight of the trailer


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I would have thought that cheap pottery would be fine providing you pack it well to prevent it being bounced about in transit. Being cheap, if the odd plate breaks it can be easily replaced.

When I had a caravan I used proper china and glass and just stored it in the top cupboards in the racks. Never had a problem even though a cupboard door fell off once.

When I sold the caravan I sold it all as a going concern pots, pans, an'all. Now I am back to tenting I do have plastic plates but always take proper mugs and glasses...there is nothing worse than drinking out of plastic.


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Personnora
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Quote: Originally posted by Opensauce on 04/11/2015
I'd go for melamine for everything except mugs if you make tea with boiling water which will crack melamine.


I would do the same melamine is lighter and won't break .
But not mugs . I just put a little bubble wrap between them when travelling . I have been using mine for ?? Years .
Maybe I should get some new modern or pretty ones.
The most important thing when buying anything is weight . You don't want to be carrying cast iron pans and heavy crockery etc .


PersonMountain Runner
05/11/2015 at 7:46am
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Melamine plates & bowls for us, with proper cups for tea/coffee. We also allow ourselves some proper wine glasses which have so far survived travelling & being washed by the kids.


PersonStixJimbo
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We just use normal china type crockery.  As long as you pack it carefully you should have no problems.  We pack ours into a box and then pack that box in the cupboard with bits and bobs around it to stop it moving too much we've had no breakages yet.

 

You can go on spending lots of money on 'specialist' itmes for your FC, many of which you can just use household stuff for - it's easy to go mad and spend uneccesarily.



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19/11/2015 at 3:33pm
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My wife acquired a lot of free china crockery, and i hate the pattern on it. we just store it in the lower cupboards.. and as much as i wish it would.. it does not break



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