Coleman Folding Double Wash Basin

The picture makes this bin look much bigger than it actually is. But I told myself when I first saw it you need to use it in a camping environment then have an opinion. Let me tell you this saved our butt when it came to washing dishes. We use special camping plates instead of paper plates and this little bin doses the job when it came to washing dishes. There was no running water where we were (we brought water jugs so that was no big deal) and we were the only ones camping that came prepared. We filled it up only half was one side was soapy water and the other one was to rinse the dishes when done. The perfect plastic stays on the table and is a easy dry and clean up after when you’re done using it. It’s very portable and usable when you need to clean dishes camping. And the price is perfect for my budget! I highly recommend it =)

We LOVE this sink! It is kind of small but it was big enough to put 4 dinner dishes, 4 mugs, all the silverwear and I still had room. I dumped a boiled pot of water from a 8 cup percolator in one side with a small amount of air temp water and soap. On the other side I put in lukewarm water. It was perfect! The sides didn't feel flimsy or thin at all. I could even pick it up with all that water in there. When I was done I would flip it upside down to let it dry and when it was dry, I would fold it up and put it aside. It is the coolest thing and so cheap! I'm glad I bought this...

We've used this on two camping trips now and it has definitely made our clean-up process go more smoothly. I didn't have any problems with the sides collapsing, but I made a point of NOT pouring boiling (or close to boiling) water into it. Doing so would soften the plastic and I suspect make it more vulnerable to holes from utensils or other sharp edges while washing. The water I poured into it was heated over the fire pit, but only to a point where it was barely too hot to touch. Each 'sink' is about 10 inches wide/deep, so you won't be able to fit large camping pans in here. However, the size is large enough to hold a handful of bowls/plates/cups while having utensils soaking at the bottom. Also, while I couldn't wash our pans/pots in these sinks - it was still useful to have the hot, soapy water in a convenient place, as I was able to use a cup to pour some of it into the bigger cookware for soaking. Because of the smallish size, the soapy sink side will get grubby very fast if you try washing/soaking dishes that still have a lot of food or gunk on them. What we did was first rinse off our dishes with a scrub brush & cold lake/camp water, and then wash it in the hot/soapy water from there (basically like what you'd do before loading a dishwasher). The rinse side was a little less effective, as it seemed to collect too many bubbles after rinsing off a lot of dishes from the soapy side. We ended up doing one more rinse cycle from the pour spout of our cold water container, which worked great. If you do a lot of camping, I think this will come in handy for you. If not, it was only ten bucks and not that big of a loss. I removed a star because I still needed a 2nd rinse step after using the tubs, but I'm glad I made the purchase and would recommend it. It collapses & sets back up easily, so it's easy to store & tote around.

I got this wash basin in preparation for a camping trip in April. The basin collapses on itself, so if you're a car/tent camper like me, you have room for this in transit, can leave it out at the camp to dry out...it's really useful. Just pop this guy open, fill with warm water, add a squirt of soap to one side, and get the dishes done in no time. I did learn to leave the basin on the picnic table if the water is particularly warm (we were heating up some tap water over the fire to get the water to the point where it would clean the dishes to a camp-clean level, and the ambient temperature was in the 40s) - I wanted to dump the warm water, picked up the basin, and the PVC was soft enough that it started to bulge! Just didn't think that through, so I set the basin back down with the water in it, and let it cool. It was totally fine, went back to it's original shape for the most part and still folded up well - we used it 3x per day over 3 days and it performed very well. The next test will be on the NEXT camping trip in a few months...to see if it still unfolds and performs as well after storage. Given the price, even if it fails, I'd replace it for its utility and low space requirements with one of the same.

We, or should I say my kids, used this product for our weekend camping trip. At first my daughter said there was a hole in it, because some water seeped in from the side she poured water into the other side. She said it was slightly unglued in one area, and the water was coming through there, but not so much that it flooded both areas with the soapy water. I watched them and it seemed to hold the water fine on one side, where they put the soap and washed and rinsed as well on the other side. It held warm water as well, since I heated up water for them to wash with. They washed pots, bowls, plates, cups, silverware- all washed well and they never complained about it, other than that first time. It might be a little on the small side, if I had been smart and calculated the measurements better I might have gotten something slightly larger. It also folded to a nice small space, which is also helpful when camping.

It was perfect! I was a little hesitant because it's plastic... but it held up doing dishes 3 times a day for 10 days straight! I added in the cold water before the hot just to be sure and it was easy to carry and dump. Cleanup was a breeze!

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Difficile à replier, je pense que ce produit ne me convient pas personnellement mais il doit être utile pour d'autres personnes. Je n'arrive pas bien à le transporter quand il est plein il bascule dans tous les sens, la poignée du milieu ne me sert pas puisque je n'ai pas 3 mains. Finalement il vaut mieux avoir 2 bassines, en plus on a peur de crever le plastique avec les couteaux et il est difficile à sécher. Je l'ai laissé trop longtemps rempli d'eau donc il s'est mis à goutter.

Received this double PVC camping sink fine. I haven't used it yet, hence no 5th star regarding performance, but it feels and appears to be quite durable. I'll be using it for motorcycle camping. Big and durable enough that you could use if for various tasks, including morning ablutions, dishes, laundry, cleaning fish and other foods. Collapses & folds up easily (but if you're looking for something uber-lightweight & uber-compact for bush hiking, maybe find something else). Fairly confident with Coleman brand, so looking forward to trying this out.

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