Coghlan's 6-Egg Holder
Carry along some eggs with the Coghlan's 6-Egg holder and whip up a breakfast feast the next time you're car camping or backpacking.
- Clean, compact and unbreakable storage for up to 6 medium-size eggs
- Molded handles make for easy carrying
Imported.
View all Coghlan's Egg Holders| Best Use | Backpacking Camping |
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| Material(s) | Plastic |
| Dimensions | Unavailable |
| Weight | Unavailable |
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Holds Extra Large Eggs
This works! I'm happy that I bought this item. Some people said that it wouldn't hold large eggs. I tried this out with extra large Eggs from Costco and had no problems
Holds X-Large Eggs Just Fine
I've been using these egg carriers for years. I usually get 3 or 4 years of heavy use out of them before a hinge breaks or the lid lock fails. You could still fasten them shut with a big rubber band but for the cheap price, I just buy new ones. I just bought several of these from REI and the day I received them, I filled them with extra large eggs and the lid closed with room to spare. If I rotate the egg carrier, I can hear a slight "rattle" indicating the eggs have plenty of room. I also weighed each egg (64+ grams each) to confirm that they were indeed "Ex-Large". I highly recommend this product.
Useful tool - with a little care
It seems silly to say this for an egg holder but it had a bit of a learning curve. My first time using it to take eggs camping I bought eggs at the farmers market, brought them home, loaded it up, and.... cracked about half of them trying to close it. Turns out those farmers market eggs were a little too big for this caddy. I was pretty annoyed at myself and the egg holder and decided just to take a regular carton of eggs next time. Great idea until the cardboard disintegrated in the melting ice water. So... here I am back to this holder again. From now on I'll just be careful to buy smaller eggs.
great for backpacking
great little egg carrier. i have both the dozen, and half dozen carriers. i use one of them on just about every camping trip i go on. i've never had an egg break, but no, you can't fit large eggs, you need to buy smaller ones. i cut the handles off to make it easier to fit in my pack. the only reason i put "spills" as a con, is because there is no seal of any kind on it. if an egg did happen to break, it would make a mess. i solved this concern easily enough though by putting it inside a big ziplock bag.
Can't recommend
I agree with some of the other commenters here that this is only designed for smaller eggs. I generally got around this by buying a dozen and choosing the smaller eggs to put in here and then in my cooler and going ahead and cooking the larger eggs pronto. However, I have another complaint. The handles broke on my first camping trip. It needs thumb/forefinger tabs to open it, otherwise the only thing to grip on are the handles where are too flimsy really to support the pressure needed to open the cartoon.
mmm, eggs!
Why didn't they put the shock absorbers on both sides (the little plastic tabs that have some give)?? Baffles me, but it probably would've saved me a couple eggs (put this inside a ziplock bag incase one breaks!). Great design otherwise, keeps my eggs safe, so I can have a delicious breakfast or two while out on the trail. Probably couldve used a bit thinner plastic and saved considerable weight..
Holds XL Eggs
I consistently buy extra-large eggs and have no problem putting them in this carrier. The key is to put the pointed side into the plastic pronged (shock absorbing) side....they will adjust to the smaller point of the egg but not to the broader rounded side so easily. I use this to take eggs to work weekly for breakfast...not one break in 2 years.
Too small
Not only is the Egg Holder too small for USA supermarket eggs, it is too small even for the eggs we bought in little towns in Mexico, Central America, the Galapagos, and French Polynesia. We even tried alternating pointy end up, pointy end down, but they just wouldn't fit. It's 2010. Any hen laying 'small or medium' eggs will find herself battered and fried. The basic design is good enough but it needs to be bigger to be any use.
Does what it's supposed to do!
Just used this on a two-night backpacking trip, and it kept all six eggs unscathed. I'm not sure why so many reviewers are having a problem with it being too small--I used large brown eggs (Eggland's Best, from a US supermarket) and was able to close it securely without any cracking. Some sort of seal to waterproof it would be ideal, but otherwise it's a great way to carry eggs! Will probably buy one of the smaller versions for solo trips.
best egg holder I've found
I've had one for years, and now one of my hinges has broke, so time to buy another. I have also cut off the handle so it fits better in backpacks. medium size eggs fit perfectly, large eggs can sometimes be a problem, pick the smallest to use, I've only had a couple of eggs break on me using large, never a problem using medium. I'm thinking of getting the 2 egg version now that I see they are available as many times I only need 2 eggs anyway