mastertangler wrote on Apr 17^th, 2014 at 5:27pm:


Why not?  No different really than a collapsible sink.  Or you could just do what PJ does and use a sunshower. 

My teflon fry pan is not dirt/sand friendly, Gavia.  I'll stick with a sponge and some soap and I wash the same way db does - cleanest first.  I highly encourage campers to lick their plates clean first too!  I prefer not to leave dishes out as they could pick up stuff from say, that Canada Jay perched on the branch above them, eyeing your crumbs.    Since pots heat up, killing the germs, the real risk is on the eating gear.  All you other old Army guys must recall having to hot dip your mess kit BEFORE eating.  I also don't like having loose stuff around camp...a bit OCD on that. 

p(OC)d

portage dog, I don't use anything on my teflon pans either.  I mean anything, since nothing sticks.  Just a quick wipe to get any remaining bannock crumbs off and they're clean.

Puckster wrote on Apr 18^th, 2014 at 2:08am:
that's an excellent question puckster, one i've asked myself while reading through the various responses in this thread. A sink has been a fleeting thought from time to time but really never gave it enough consideration to actually purchase one. Then while checking out some granite gear under seat stowaway bags on sierra trading post, curious, i clicked the 'other stuff by gg' link. Well they had sinks for 12 bucks and traditional #4 packs for 74 (with email discount). Which got me thinking i've got a couple older packs and might be nice to retire one as a backup. And then these sinks, that's a pretty good price too, and there must be something to these things if so many people are using them. Do a lot of people use them? Must be otherwise they wouldn't be making them. And then looking at a BWJ back issue and there's an article on 'top ten gadgets'. One of the top ten is a seattle sports sink and one of the big glossy full page pictures highlights none other than, yep. a sink. that very night i had a dream with a sink in it too! (not really). So anyway, I'm starting to think 'am i missing something here?' I've never really missed a sink and have always used a big pot to do the job. sometimes sand and soil a was mentioned. It's kind of trivial, and i hesitated to even ask here but what the heck. A dull uninteresting topic, but everyone has dirty cookware and everyone has their own method and tools to deal with them. I liked reading all the responses. Good stuff. At this very moment a couple gg portable sinks are en route via ups. I might like em or not but will give them a try. Worst case they can be used to carry boxes of drywall or deck screws, right? Woah getting late gotta get off to work. New thought for a bumper sticker. I'd rather be washing dishes in the wilderness...   

Zski -- you sound like me, some might call us gear heads, always curious to try something new.  Let us know what you think after a few trips with the sinks.

MT -- gotta hand it to you, you're probably the only one on this site that can turn an interesting, if mundane, discussion about washing dishes into a debate, and judge people about their camping ethics.  Geez... 

puckster