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Review on ๐Ÿด Gray humangear Gobites Uno Travel Spork/Camping Spork by Aaron Johnson

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Versatile, durable and lightweight

Gobites Uno is the cookware I've been looking for as I have a passion for wasteful disposable cutlery. Traditional forks are virtually useless: their teeth are too short to pierce and lift anything, and the bowl is compromised by the serrated front. In fact, I did something similar to Uno a few years ago. Started with a stainless steel Chinese fake Light My Fire fork featuring a flat fork with a serrated edge. Grind and grind the serrated edge, as the serrations are only useful if you can saw through the item, which isn't possible if your knife is also your fork. Then I bent the teeth and chose the same direction as this Uno because it was more comfortable for me to hold it in my hand. My guess is that Light My Fire never tested its spores on users as they went in the opposite direction. But despite its usefulness, I just kept this bowl in the office because it was bigger and heavier than I wanted. Un appeared. The spoon and fork are turned the same way, which I like so that when you use one of the ends, the other fits snugly into the curve between your thumb and forefinger. The fork has beveled edges for cutting softer foods like a Knork fork/knife. The difference is that the knork has a wide, flat side to allow you to apply more force, but I've never found it useful as it's uncomfortable for my index finger with so much pressure. The Uno handle is comfortable enough to cut scrambled eggs, pancakes, waffles, hash browns or skinless sausages. Something heavier, like a slice of ham, and I'd still like a real knife. Uno is practically weightless in my hand. It's nylon, so after dinner it's wiped pretty clean with a paper towel, and then I wash it when I get home. Although it can be washed in the dishwasher, I'm not lazy enough not to hand wash for 30 seconds. The tines of the fork are hard enough and sharp enough to pierce medium-hard foods, but I'm sure they won't pierce the fabric of my work/laptop bag after years of use. I bought the dark gray because you never know when you might come across something that could potentially stain the nylon, like spaghetti sauce or hot sauce, which hides a dark color better than a light one. The nylon construction means I can get it through x-ray scanners. A few places I frequent have a "security theater" where they do ridiculous things like confiscate steel forks (but not "dangerous" things like Cross's steel handle). The TSA at airports can be just as stupid, but they clearly allow plastic stoppers. I give one star for the end of the spoon. It works, but it's hardly a big spoon. Humangear claims it's deep enough for soup, but it actually holds a teaspoon or less. I would have liked a wider and deeper bowl to give it the capacity of a real soup spoon. Uno works well for ice cream, chili, or thick stew, but not soup or even chowder unless you're willing to sit down a bit to slurp a few hundred scoops or raise the bowl to your mouth. Also good for mashed potatoes, which traditional sparks struggle with because they can't scrape the bottom of the container.

Pros
  • Glitter
Cons
  • Too long to wait