Silicone pop-up bowl, drainer, bucket, etc - Wilko
You may have seen a range of brightly coloured silicone pop-up kitchen items which are space saving for those without much storage space, and light, for those with a small loading margin. Camping and caravanning shops seem to feature them, but prices are not cheap. We saw one shop where a pop-up drainer was £23.99!! (We've seen them at other shops at half that price). A day or two ago we went on line and found an identical drainer at Wilko for £4.00 - same colour, same design. We ordered it and picked it up today! Wilko have the bowl, the drainer, and the bucket in their range but other shops offer a kettle, colander, and other items in the same range, and they would match the blue Wilko ones if you want to pop everything!!!
If anyone has been considering buying one of these then do check out whether your local Wilko has one in stock, or whether you can order on line and pick up from your local shop.
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B&M have some of the pieces for around £5 and The Range has a reduction of 50% on some bits in there end of season clearance. Buckets were £4.99.
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We bought a folding bucket there the other day.
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Got a bucket from Aldi but when they are gone they are gone.
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And Outwell make a similar kettle with steel base. We really like the look of it but I find it hard to believe that the tea and coffee won't taste of plastic. Out of 30 odd reviews on Amazon only one says it leaves a plastic aftertaste. Has anyone tried one?
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I have a folding bucket which I think is a wonderful invention. But why would anyone want to use a kettle of the small construction? You can buy an aluminium one which is probably lighter?
David
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I think it's the 'foldability' factor, David, because it folds into a space much smaller than that taken up by a standard kettle. We bought our drainer for the same reason - it fits perfectly into a small amount of leftover space above a drawer.
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Our cupboard is too small to take even a small size washing up bowl but the collapsible one stands on its side and fits well. Similarly a collapsible colander fits in a drawer where a conventional one wouldn't and two collapsible buckets take up less space than half a normal bucket.
It's space rather than weight in our case.
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We've had a couple of collapsible buckets for a while, but when we were in Malta OH saw an oblong one with handles bit like the washing up bowl only deeper. He bought it to use for taking the dishes over to the dish wash, says its easier to carry than a washing up bowl. Fits perfect in the m/h sink too.
Not only do you get kettles made of silicon but saucepans as well, very popular among the campervan brigade.
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Where did you get your oblong washing up bowl, Tammygirl? Our bowl is many years old and due for replacement, and also doesn't really allow the glass lid to go down fully when it's in place. A folding oblong one would be great.
Sorry, just had a mental block - our bowl is square......................! Duh!
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We got a rectangular w/up bowl in B&M, Val. It doesn’t have handles like TG's but fits in the sink and allows the lid to close.
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I've removed the glass lid on our sink. Seems a waste of time. If you are doing food prep, you probably need the sink anyway.
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I use our sink bowl to transport washing up "stuff" so the glass lid is useful for containing everything when travelling. We use a collapsible bucket and colander. Must have a look in Lidl as we need a new sink bowl at home, I can never find the right size for our sink.
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