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Reviews > Cook and Food Storage Gear > Utensils > Light My Fire Spork > Owner Review by Nancy Griffith
LIGHT MY FIRE SPORK
October 13, 2010
TESTER INFORMATION
My outdoor experience began in high school with involvement in a local canoeing/camping group called Canoe Trails. The culmination was a 10-day canoe voyage through the Quebec wilds. I've been backpacking since my college days in Pennsylvania. I have completed all of the Appalachian Trail in Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina. My typical trip now is in the Sierra Nevada in California and is from a few days to a week long. I carry a light to mid-weight load, use a tent, stove and hiking poles. PRODUCT INFORMATION
FIELD USE
Some friends bought the 4-pack of these sporks for themselves and gave us the extra 2. They are also available individually. Given that they're half the weight of my titanium spork (ok half of a little is still a little), I thought I'd give them a try. So far, we have used them on one 3-day and one 11-day backpacking trip in temperatures ranging from freezing to about 80 F (27 C). In total they were used for approximately 11 dinners, 8 breakfasts, 20 hot drinks and 7 cold lunches. Dinners consisted of homemade dried meals in a plastic bag such as soups, stews, pastas and tacos. Breakfasts were oatmeal, grits, cream of rice or scrambled eggs. So, the spork was used to stir the meals after boiling water was added and for eating. For the eggs, I used the blue spork to stir while cooking them in a titanium pot. Despite my keeping a low flame (in order to not scorch my eggs), the tip of the spoon end melted slightly. Uses at lunch were to stir condiments into chicken salad (or something similar) after it had rehydrated. SUMMARY
The Light My Fire spork is a lightweight utensil that provides what I need for eating and preparing meals on the trail. THINGS I LIKE
Lightweight THINGS I DON'T LIKE Damaged from heat SIGNATURE Nancy Griffith This report was created with the BackpackGearTest.org Report Writer Version 1.5 Copyright 2010. All rights reserved.Read more reviews of Light My Fire gear Read more gear reviews by Nancy Griffith Reviews > Cook and Food Storage Gear > Utensils > Light My Fire Spork > Owner Review by Nancy Griffith |