Crockery - China or Melamine? (1 Viewer)

[Silas]

Hi.

Although we are fairly seasoned ex-caravanners we have always used China plates and bowls in the past. Is melamine a better option?

 

[WillH]

We've tried both and are currently using melamine. It's lighter, especially when I carry it to a dishwashing area, otherwise we don't notice any difference. I suppose it's unbreakable as well if that counts.

 

[Solwaybuggier]

We’d always used china (cheap from Ikea, so easy to replace) but changed over to a melamine set from Lakeland last year. Quite attractive, a lot lighter, time will tell on durability.

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[Kevan]

melamine won't go in the ding machine, so china

 

[RowleyBirkinQC]

For weight saving, yes. We had melamine for some years, then went over to Corelle.

 

[JeanLuc]

Drop a china plate or mug on your worktop and you’ll wish you had bought melamine! Downside is that melamine discolours and does not resist knife-cuts, which makes discolouration worse, but it is cheap enough to replace regularly.

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[BILL 875]

There was some testing done in the USA on melamine which discovered that the chemicals in the melamine can bleed out into the food on the plate, believe what you will just saying.
Bill

 

[Silas]

I've never heard of Corelle so I looked it up. Looks very good. Anyone else tried it?

 

[sueandjohn]

There was some testing done in the USA on melamine which discovered that the chemicals in the melamine can bleed out into the food on the plate, believe what you will just saying.
Bill

Yes I saw that too @BILL 875
Think it had something to do with who made it. Sadly us shoppers don’t know good from bad as it all look the same. That said we use it but have real glass for wine haha

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[Ridgeway]

Melamine plates but steel/enamel mugs for tea

 

[Southdowners]

I use the same crockery and glassware in the MH as at home. I haven't broken anything.... yet!

 

[carolyn]

We like corelle, however I bought two bigger bowls from Ikea for 50p and they are just as good, it's tempered glass. Our corelle set was plain white so perfect.
Corelle is quite light and hardwearing, can't bear cutting food on melamine, sets my teeth on edge.

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[Armytwowheels]

Another vote for Corelle. Had the same set for 4 years and no breakages.

However, if you don't mind plain white, Ikea do the same/similar stuff for a fraction of the price.
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/tableware/dinnerware/oftast-plate-white-art-30258913/

 

[BILL 875]

We had Corelle in the USA for years, good stuff as i recall.
Bill

 

[jdk62]

For weight saving, yes. We had melamine for some years, then went over to Corelle.

We love the Corelle crockery..

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[Landy Andy]

Corelle for us too. Best of both of your suggestions.

 

[Silas]

Looks like Corelle it is then. Thanks guys.

Now, how do I stop it rattling about when I'm driving?

 

[DangerMousy]

We use Ikea OFTAST plates and bowls (basically their version of Corelle) - the plates fit perfectly in a wire plate rack which came with the MH, and the bowls are simply stacked with small bits of non-slip matting in between.

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[Spriddler]

I use the same crockery and glassware in the MH as at home. I haven't broken anything.... yet!

Me too. Proper crockery. Wouldn't dream of drinking St. Emilion from anything but a proper wine glass.
Had to suffer Melamine along with Camp coffee, Walls Skinless Sausages, Vesta packet curries and temperamental Primus stoves when tenting back in the 60's.
Ugghh!

 

[The Wino]

look at the ikea stuff we got it 2 years ago its a similar thing to corelle (toughened glass) at a fraction of the cost and you can buy singles so get whatever set you want we put layers of packaging between the plates ikea do a similar thing in a daisy pattern to put between frying pans.

 

[Lenny HB]

With melamine it depends on the quality a lot of the modern stuff is rubbish, our melamine set is 26 years old and still going strong just see light scratches on it when holding is at an angle to the light.

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[Chris]

With melamine it depends on the quality a lot of the modern stuff is rubbish, our melamine set is 26 years old and still going strong just see light scratches on it when holding is at an angle to the light.

We have British melamine mugs, but they leak

 

[Puddleduck]

Proper china for us, and real glasses. When we get home it all goes through the dishwasher

We already had white IKEA china we used for camping / leisure so that got put into the motorhome.

 

[The Cruisers]

We have patterned Corelle small plates large plates and bowls and love it. It’s very light and looks like china. When travelling we stack them with paper plates in between - always done it that way but perhaps we will try leaving them stored in the racks in the top cupboards when travelling - obviously don’t want rattling as we drive along.

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[Lenny HB]

We have British melamine mugs, but they leak

Mine is Turkish melamine but we use bone china mugs.

 

[Chris]

Mine is Turkish melamine but we use bone china mugs.

Not German?

 

[RowleyBirkinQC]

We have British melamine mugs, but they leak

Given the apparent failure, I’m somewhat surprised you didn’t attempt to classify them as ‘English’.

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[DaveandJen]

We are using a set of melamine cups and plates at the moment that are normally sold as a box-set at most caravan and motorhome dealers. The plates are ok but the cups suffer badly from tea stains after a few days of use and that’s with us washing them in Fairly Liquid after every use.

 

[Chris]

Given the apparent failure, I’m somewhat surprised you didn’t attempt to classify them as ‘English’.

Yes they were probably English made come to think of it.

They are mugs after all

 

[Ducto]

Lightweight every time - think of the carbon footprint