Snow Peak  Titanium Spork - Colored

Got compliments (as if that matters though, lol!) on my new purple spork! It's lightweight and handy for eating all the things. Though I've found that maybe not so great with cereal as the shallowness of the spork doesn't hold liquid as well per bite... plus the forky-bit allows liquid to run off... but it does the job. Was super handy when I was eating a snow cone and need the sharp pointy end to dig and smash the ice. Not too sure what type of carabiner or string I can loop through the handle/stem in case I needed to have this hang off something? I'm very happy with this one utensil which I can bring to reduce my waste while travelling or hiking or in the office!

This blue color is beautiful, and does not come from paint. Titanium has unique properties where it can be anodized in a electrolyte water solution to create color coatings on the metal. This color actually comes from how light refracts on the oxide coating and is completely harmless. The color can fade as oils and use can smudge the outside of the spork, affecting how light reflects through the oxide coating and therefore looks less blue and less consistent. The oxide coating is non-toxic and doesn’t break off into your food. It’s a completely natural reaction of titanium material that happens to create pretty colors.

OK, I'm a geek. What's not to like about a spork? What's not to like about Titanium? So what's not to like about a Titanium spork? I just had to have one, especially since I already have a Titanium coffee mug! I got this in the purple color primarily to make my work lunches fun. I got tired of using plastic ware and I don't trust the office flatware for being well cleaned, so I got this cool spork. Quite a conversation starter! As a fork, it works very well. As a spoon, it does not hold quite enough, but since I favor noodle type soups and saucy dishes,it works well enough for me. Pair this with an Opinel folder for a real light weight picnic setup. Bon Apitite!

Its a spork. It does what its told. This thing will bring food from your container to your mouth.It scrapes pots. It also looks cool. And every once in a while it will do things you didn't expect too! Today, I had to replace the battery in my car as it was totally shot, and decided the middle of a "dollar an hour" parking lot was a better place to give up the ghost than my driveway. I was able to buy a battery, but was left scrambling for tools in the car. The closest thing I had to a screwdriver was my spork. It worked well on both phillips and flathead screws when preforming this $120 dollar open heart surgery on my car. The extra length of the spork came in handy reaching those hard to get screws but does hinder hiding the utensil in a Fairshare mug in the woods. But hey, that's apples and oranges right?

Love the spork! Of course, plastic flatware is much cheaper and more lightweight, but this is much more durable and looks cool. I have several colors and also the Snow Peak titanium non-colored spork. I would buy this again, it really lasts and works well for all kinds of random things. If I were going on a day hike, I would probably just bring plastic flatware because it's lighter and I wouldn't be worried about losing it. The only downside is the coloring, which is why I deducted a star. Makes it easy to spot and tell whose spork belonged to who at camp. But the color almost seems to wash off. Under normal use, it became a bit streaky. I can still tell the color, it's just more tie dye looking. Adds some character I guess, but I'd rather an expensive piece of cutlery kept its color.

Function-wise, this utensil is fantastic. It works well as both a spoon and a fork, weighs almost nothing, and is very strong. It's also nice and short, unlike some of the sturdy plastic spoons and forks (standard at REI) which are unnecessarily long and don't often fit into a small mess kit. The reason I knocked 2 stars was for the color. We bought a beautiful pink one of these and after a single trip (and 2-3 washes) the color had faded in some areas (mainly on the larger flat surface, both sides), blending toward grey with a rainbowy shine. It wouldn't bother me if it faded uniformly, but it faded a lot in some areas and not at all in others. It was so beautiful before, and very quickly became a cruddy- and splotchy-looking item I would recommend getting the non-colored version of this item, instead.

I bought this a few weeks and I'm so glad I did. There was food on my camping trip, and I had planned on eating it. The problem -- as I understood it (at the time) -- was that the food was on hand but not on the interior of my face. (which is where I chew) Luckily, REI offered sporks for sale, and so I bought one. No longer was I expected to bury my face into a pile of food laying in the dirt, nor did I have to eat camp food Ethiopian-style-sans-injira. Crisis averted. Thank you REI!

I was extremely impressed by the quality and seemingly weightless feel of these utensils! Make no mistake, though. These may be light, but they do not feel weak at all. I ordered one in the purple and one in the standard titanium and since they arrived they have quickly become my go-to utensils for both car camping and backpacking. The only con for me is that they don't fit inside my GSI Dualist set like a collapsible utensil would, but as light and strong as they are, they can be stowed pretty much anywhere else. I'm planning to order two more to keep around as extras when I camp with friends.

This is really the only eating utensil that you need for eating out in the wild. I replaced my spoon, fork, butter knife set for this spork. Lightweight, super tough, and just the right length for getting down into whatever dish I'm eating out of. That could be a tin can, camp cook pot, or a MRE/freeze-dried pouch. I noticed that some people have complained that the color wears off. No kidding! It's made off solid titanium with an anodized coating. With use the coating will wear. Product and it's usefulness is unaffected.

Nice, light weight, just what I expected a backing spork to be. Perfect for my kids! Just a note: This is not long enough to reach down into food bags. I knew this when I purchased it, but want to point that out for those who may be curious :)