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Snow Peak Compact Chopsticks

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Bring your international flair with you into the backcountry—these high-tech chopsticks are the perfect match for a freeze-dried Thai dinner.

Made of stainless steel and recycled birch wood from old baseball bats
Take-apart design features threaded brass fittings between the wood tip and handle
Removable brass end-plugs allow the wooden tips to slip inside the hollow handles for storage
Cordura® nylon sleeve keeps the chopsticks together during travel

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Snow Peak Compact Chopsticks Customer Reviews

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Snow Peak Compact Chopsticks

4.9

(based on 19 reviews)

100%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Lightweight (19)
Durable (14)
Compact (13)
Easy to clean (13)
Stable (13)

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking (15)
Hiking (14)
Car camping (10)
High altitude (7)
Travel (3)

- Reviewer Profile:
- Casual/ recreational (10), Avid adventurer (9)
- What Is Your Gear Style:
- Survivalist / minimalist (8), Comfort driven (5)
- Was this a gift?:
- No (3)

REVIEWS

Reviewed by 19 customers

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Sep

2007

(13 of 17 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

i love these!!

By star the light

from Sebastopol, ca

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Durable
Easy To Clean
Lightweight
Stable

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping
High Altitude
Hiking

Comments about Snow Peak Compact Chopsticks:

These are great! I couldn't justify spending the money but I guess I was feeling spendy one day and got them. I love them because they are not like anything else anyone has seen. You go out with some friends for chinese food and politely refuse the offered chopsticks. It's ok- let your friends make fun of you because they think you don't know how to use chopsticks. Let them laugh it up because the laughs are about to be on them! Pull these out from under your sweater where they have been hanging on a lanyard for an occasion just like this, put them together and calmly say, "Actually, I have my own, thank you. It's all about saving the trees, right?" I guess you showed them.

Sep

2007

(9 of 11 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Best wierd gift EVER!

By Anj81

from Pasadena, MD

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Durable
Easy To Clean
Lightweight
Stable

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping
High Altitude
Hiking

Comments about Snow Peak Compact Chopsticks:

My boyfriend gave these chopsticks to me as a birthday gift about a year ago and I just LOVE them! I wear the case attached to my belt on my uniform at work, and whip out the little beauties for lunch. I take them everywhere- traveling, wine tasting (for the cheese blocks), sushi eating of course (very impressive to the sushi chefs, lol) even hiking, because you never know when you'll come across some rice growing alongside the trail... and also no bears have ever attacked me and I'm certain it's because they see my chopsticks and think "Man, that girl is way too cool to maul." Basically, it's the neatest little silly (but functional) toy I own, and by far my favorite present I've ever received. I suggest you buy your significant other one right now for no reason- you won't regret it! And get yourself one too so you don't steal theirs!

Apr

2008

(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Perfect Chopsticks

By Peirene

from New York, NY

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Attractive
Compact
Durable
Easy To Clean
Lightweight
Stable
Very Useful

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Hiking
Travel

Comments about Snow Peak Compact Chopsticks:

I love these chopsticks!

I take them with me almost any time I leave the house. I bought them shortly after a hostel-hopping trip in Japan where I was constantly hunting down chopsticks.
I have used this pair at the office at lunchtime, on business trips, on backpacking trips, out at dinner with friends (environmentally friendly alternative to throw-away, splintering chopsticks), and visiting family.

These chopsticks have found a home in my minimalist "core essentials" alongside my LightMyFire spork, Squishy Bowls, waterproof matches, MSR stainless steel bowl with pot gripper, and mini-roll of duct tape.

Sep

2007

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Japanese quality for the Asian in you!

By Maki

from HB, CA

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Durable
Lightweight
Stable

Cons

Difficult to Clean

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping
High Altitude

Comments about Snow Peak Compact Chopsticks:

I couldn't believe the high quality of these chopsticks! The wood ends keep the texture traditional. I can't tell you how many compliments I've gotten! My only gripes would be that they're a little hard to clean and they take a few seconds to assemble, but if you wanna stay traditional in the back country, look no further.

Mar

2010

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Mostly awesome

By Brian Why

from Raleigh, NC

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Compact
Durable
Lightweight

Cons

Difficult to Clean

Best Uses

Backpacking
Hiking
Travel

Comments about Snow Peak Compact Chopsticks:

Got a set of these a few years ago. Light, compact and wicked cool. I use them all the time. These would be perfect if it was easier to clean the inside of the tubes. It's a royal pain trying to get anything down there (ok, so I'm a bit of a clean freak). I also had to season the wood a few times before it stopped having an aftertaste, but overall these have been my constant companion on everything from camping trips to international travel.

Aug

2009

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Been trusty for years. Every trip!

By ericjbmark

from New York City, NY

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Compact
Durable
Easy To Clean
Lightweight
Stable

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Hiking

Comments about Snow Peak Compact Chopsticks:

This is one of the few pieces of equipment I have had that never got replaced, and I am a tech/gadget freak!

In my experience of trying to hack out 30 miles everytime I go on AT for weekend trips, this chopstick has never failed me. It unscrews into halves with the shaft itself made of composite lightweight metals, you can sit on it and it will not break! What other piece of utensils can you say that about?

I'm on my 3rd headlights and 5th sets of pot and pans already and I'm STILL using this one set of chopstick I purchased about 5 years ago! One of the best purchases I have every made for backpacking purposes.

Now ... back to REI website and buying all new toys again for the next trip, but yeah, I'm not buying new chopsticks!

Aug

2008

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Great if you want to eat with chopsticks

By dog hiker

from Rockville, MD

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Compact
Lightweight

Cons

Expensive

Best Uses

Hiking

Comments about Snow Peak Compact Chopsticks:

If you want to eat your camping meals with chopsticks, then you need to get a set. Chopsticks fold in half, making the set short enough to fit in most cooking sets. There is also a short spork that you can buy separately that tucks into the carrying case to eat things you can't pick up with chopsticks. Overall, the set is well though out and very cool.

May

2008

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

freakin love em

By Egomaniacal

from CDA, Idaho

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Compact
Lightweight
Stable

Cons

Pricey but timeless

Best Uses

Backpacking
Hiking

Comments about Snow Peak Compact Chopsticks:

Ok, so I admit that they were an impulse buy, but how can you resist?! Perfect for ramen noodles while sitting by a fire, or pull em out at your local sushi bar for the "wow" effect. I also worry about losing an endcap, wish they screwed on, but I take good care of my gear, so I'll keep my fingers crossed on that issue....

Oct

2007

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Soup with a fork? NEVER!

By Camping PAC

from San Jose, CA

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Durable
Easy To Clean
Lightweight
Stable

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping
Hiking
Travel
Work

Comments about Snow Peak Compact Chopsticks:

These are the one of the best - random gifts I have gotten. They are sturdy and the weighting is perfect! They are compact for travel and easy to put together, clean and take apart. After getting a set as a gift, I turned around and started giving them as gifts myself! They are also a great conversation piece! Once you bring these camping, there is no going back to the fork for certain foods!

Sep

2007

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Gratuitous but Fun

By Murdlih

from Seattle, WA

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Easy To Clean
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping
Dinner Out

Comments about Snow Peak Compact Chopsticks:

I mean, come on, collapsible titanium chopsticks? Who needs these. Certainly not me. But I wanted them! I wear them on the stylish lanyard. I love them.

They are very light, and I feel confident in their construction. The wood seems sound, and the casings are nice.

The lanyard on the carrying case has two adjusters on it, which is nice, so if you want to wear them around your neck you can adjust the dangle height.

I am slightly worried that I will lose one of the end caps (that keep the unscrewable wooden part inside the titanium part) becase those are held in by small rubber washers fitted onto the brash end piece. If they screwed on, I would feel safer, but that would make them heavier and less convenient to use.

Overall I am a big fan and admit to the excess of having them every time I break them out at my local teryaki shop.