I figured I could use a multi-compartment mess tray like the ones I see in most videos by all your favourite MRE reviewers.
However the only one I could easily get in Sweden was a German one from eBay.de .
http://www.ebay.de/itm/331982805775
which I used when trying out my first MRE (posted in MRE reviews).
One compartment is for the cutlery and one seems to be for a cup, so in practice there are only 3 actual compartments, which seems a bit on the low side (which I noticed when unpacking my MRE).
I also noticed if I place a big heavy glass in the cup compartment the entire tray wants to tilt towards that corner and the glass will topple over Seems the cup compartment doesn't go as deep so there's no support in that corner...
So, any Europeans have a source for proper US 6-compartment or similar trays?
The shipping from the US to Sweden is like 5 times the price of the tray...
Good multi-compartment mess trays in Europe?
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Re: Good multi-compartment mess trays in Europe?
Hows shipping from UK? I can usually get decent sets from over the pond for ok costs.
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Re: Good multi-compartment mess trays in Europe?
Maybe I just thought shipping would be cheaper, but I guess I have to pay for shipping large items, even within Europe.
Typical shipping cost from the US to Sweden is $20-$25. With a tray costing $5 it just seems a bit silly, but I guess I gotta pay the price if I want the authentic stuff
Maybe my German tray will do fine
Shipping for it btw was 7 Euros from Germany, tray was 12 Euros.
Someone else was selling the same item, but with the prices basically swapped (tray 7 Euros, shipping 12 Euros), so the total was the same, then the prices just go up from there.
No biggie. Just curious if I was unaware of some obvious place you guys got your trays from
Typical shipping cost from the US to Sweden is $20-$25. With a tray costing $5 it just seems a bit silly, but I guess I gotta pay the price if I want the authentic stuff
Maybe my German tray will do fine
Shipping for it btw was 7 Euros from Germany, tray was 12 Euros.
Someone else was selling the same item, but with the prices basically swapped (tray 7 Euros, shipping 12 Euros), so the total was the same, then the prices just go up from there.
No biggie. Just curious if I was unaware of some obvious place you guys got your trays from