Looking For Straight Forward Answer's Please

[davidh]

If you could buy a product that you could store your drinking glass ware and your stoneware dishes in without the worry of them breaking while in your airstream during tow? And if this product was able to be compacted for easy stow'away. would you consider purchasing such a product?

[overlander63]

I've noticed this is the second poll you have started about wine glasses. Are you performing research for future wineglass purchases?

[davidh]

Have a good idea on a product that would elimanate glass breaking while trailer is in tow. Need feedback on it to determan if I will invest in the development of the idea that I have. I do missions work and do not recieve a wage. So looking for feedback on weather I will go for it or not, the people on this site are all very good and helpfull with all post's, so your help with this will be greatly appreciated.

[JStanley]

Boxes & Containers – another interesting subject.
I might buy such a product but….wouldn’t the box and glasses have to fit well together, or be adjustable. However, I’m the type who would enjoy designing and constructing a special box just to hold the glasses, the dishes or whatever. There is something therapeutic about boxes or problem solving nature of boxes or containers. It fills a need, causes people to feel better after they buy Rubber Maid & Tupper Ware products or a trip to the Container Story, Bed Bath & Beyond, etc. I guess it goes way back (per-historic) to the simultaneous development worldwide of the pottery making arts & crafts. From cradle to grave- -we need our boxers.

[Janssvt]

No.

[Buttercup]

Necessity is the mother of invention. If you have an idea - run with it. Get a patent and make it happen.
As soon as you talk about I could think of a dozen ways to do what you are talking about (or so I think). Where there is a need, even a small one, one can prosper. Need an example? Post-It Notes. Simple and very lucrative for it's inventor.

We travel with plastic glassware that looks like the real thing. It's our bottles that we have to take care of...

[razorback]

No. We only use plastic glasses and dishes as they are very break resistant and also lightweight. If they break they can be replaced without a lot of expense.

[bill benton]

No. Glass protection containers are not on my things to buy list. Dish towels work just fine and I don't have to store the storage container while I'm using my glass wear.

[azflycaster]

No. We have camping plates and dishes. I prefer paper plates most of the time, no cleanup and they help start the fire . I drink right from the can or bottle!

[Janet H]

No - more stuff is not a good thing.... But I bet that folks in tiny trailers have a different take on this than folks in large trailers....

I would also love to see some stats on paper plate and cup usage:
Airstream vs. SOB.

[basecamp]

Of course, have you considered lettuce leaves?

[Stefrobrts]

We use plastic plates and cups. They're cheap, and mostly unbreakable. We tend towards paper plates when boondocking so we don't fill the blueboy washing dishes (no grey tank).

[2airishuman]

Originally Posted by basecamp

Of course, have you considered lettuce leaves?

for which stage of the eating process?

cheers
2air'

[wahoonc]

Originally Posted by Stefrobrts

We use plastic plates and cups. They're cheap, and mostly unbreakable. We tend towards paper plates when boondocking so we don't fill the blueboy washing dishes (no grey tank).

Well if you use the dog/cat for the first cleaning stage it will minimize the amount of water needed for the washing...and if you want to get rid of unwanted dinner guests just put the plates back in the cupboard after the fuzzy dishwasher is done with them

We use both depending on the cirmcumstances, if we are boondocking paper is acceptable, if we are moving from campground to campground or staying put with hookups we will use regular dishes, anybody wanna survey paper towels vs cloth towels It bothers me the amount of disposable stuff we dump in the trash stream, landfills are finite and plastic packaging is not particularly recyclable or biodegradeable. So anything I can keep out of it I consider a minor victory. Besides I am cheap and paper plates cost money!

Aaron

[Happycampers]

Hello everyone.. I have opinions for both sides of the fence.. on the disposable side.. I see the need when boondocking and limited h2o.. but we use cored dishes and cloth dishclothes and dishtowels.. I hate the amount of garbage that we throw out. Wish we had recycling here... the amount of unnecessary garbage that goes out of this campground is unbelievable.. We are in Fla.. no recycling containers anywhere here.. Annie

[CanoeStream]

[Seen at the "other" thread:] I think the answer to this and the other thread started by our Missions (non-Airstream?) potential investor is that this'd be a tough way to come out on the plus side. My opinion is that those that use glass already have a ready answer. A single product probably wouldn't fit the necessary enclosure/cabinet spaces, as each Airstream year & model tends to be somewhat different. If we truly needed a product like this, it'd be difficult to place on the shelves in an RV/Airstream supplier given the ease of multiple-sized plastic boxes at Target, etc. That goes double for SOBs -- "How do you protect your longnecks?" The proposition you've heard sounds like all too many venture capital schemes I was invited to 20-25 years ago. Beware!

In 1982 my 3-year old daughter had a way of saying "all done" that sounded a lot like "daw-dah!"

[85MH325]

Stoneware is too heavy for trailerling, and paper tableware is just gauche. Dishes can be washed in very little water. I have Corelle sets in both trailers. They're inexpensive, nearly indestructable, light weight, don't need to be disposed of when they're dirty, and don't need special packing for going down the road.

Roger

[swebster]

No, we use plastic camping dinnerware.

[Chaplain Kent]

No, I made a wonderful rack out of oak moulding. The beauty of this rack is its simplicity. All I did was cut the moulding to length and then space it to hold the bottoms of my wine glasses. I slide the glasses in and out of the rack and they ride upside down. The mugs hang free and do swing slightly but have enough room that even on large bumps will hit nothing. Total cost of my wine and mug rack was about $3.00 including stain, screws, and filler. I get many favorable comments on it and it takes up no space in the limited cabinets.