Light My Fire Spork

Escaping civilization with a camping trip or just an afternoon picnic? Retain civilized eating habits with one little tool: the Spork by Light My Fire. Designed by Scandinavian Joachim Nordwall, the utensil combines spoon, fork, and knife.

They're even great for the office, where I know we are often digging around for extra plastic utensils at lunchtime. Available in 10 colors and transparent, they're reuseable, machine washable and teflon friendly. Cost: about $10/set of four.

Comments (12)

Pssh. As long as you never want to use the spoon. And probably also the knife. I camp a lot for work and it takes up no more space to pack normal silverware. These things never work. That spoon is hardly even concave! Sorry, pet peeve, but they are a total waste of time in my eyes, no matter how cute and colorful they are.

back in the 19th century this concept was called a runcible spoon. And worked a lot better too, in my opinion.

Reminds me of an elementary school invention fair around fourth or fifth grade. My invention was the spork. I had glued fork prongs to a plastic spoon and spray-painted it silver—and I thought I was damn clever until one of the other kid's parents came up to me and said, matter-of-factly, "You know, they have these at Taco Bell already."

I was reading this article when my granddaughter stopped by on her way home from Eastern Mountain Sports to show me what she got. The first thing she took out of the bag was one of these! Uncanny. Anyway, she got her yellow one without having to buy a set for $3.

PS:

Ann (in Reno), I checked the spoon end after reading your comment, and it seems to be a fine spoon!

My wife and I own these sporks as well as the handy Meal Kit. We camp and trek a lot and can vouch for the utility of these sporks. They're light, durable, have a high heat threshold (they can be used to cook), and are easy to use. We use the fork end, for example, to eat pasta and the spoon end to eat chili.

Huh, maybe I'm just a picky eater. But I try to pack really light for work and I never have any trouble bringing normal silverware. And maybe I haven't used exactly this brand because with spoons this shallow I never have any luck (however, I am also a big fan of eating soup when camping somewhere on a cold night, chili may fare better).

Hey divisadero, nice link! I have several of those sporknife thingies that I take on all my backpacking trips, and they've never failed me yet. Especially good if you're traveling light, and don't feel like fumbling around for three utensils in the dark (or the snow). Also good for the office (nobody will mistake it for their own boring silverware!)

I have one of these as well for my Mr Bento (mine came with chopsticks, not always useful). The spoon is just fine: I have soups often. The only part that's not really as functional is the knife edge, but it's certainly better than nothing.

Sure, it doesn't take much space to pack regular utensils, but I like having a designated one-piece lunchbox utensil. My only regret is that I bought it in yellow (why?).