Coleman 12 piece Stainless Steel Enamel Flatware (Service for 4)

This is CAMPING flatware...great for CAMPING and picnics. I shook the pouch and nothing fell out. However, the set comes in a thick plastic envelope with snaps. Keep the pouch in there for transport to avoid losing any pieces. The gaps that another critic complained about were absent from my sets (bought 2). The pieces are lightweight, so you can bring them backpacking, too. Mine are going into the picnic basket. I suppose I am a little disappointed that I will not be able to use this set when I break out the Lennox for Thanksgiving.

This is good, basic flatware for the great outdoors. It's not flashy, but it does the job and does it pretty well. My set had no problem with "gaps" in construction. As far as people complaining about the case, I haven't had any problems with pieces coming out during transport. If you do, it's simple enough to simply roll the case tight and put a rubberband around it.

The best features are that this set is reuseable, thus saving on litter, and cheap, thus saving on the wallet.

The lack of a secure case is an immediate problem. I decided to keep the container it came in so that the flatware does not fall all over my camping gear. They look like they'll do the job though. We'll see next camping trip.
Any ideas for improvising a flap?

I agree with the statement it would be nice if they had a flap that went over the top of the cookies. I think with that change you could easily take these on a hike/camping trip.

In general there is nothing fantastic about these but then again it is for camping and not formal flatwear. So in the end I got what I wanted something cheap for my camping trips and didn't have to collect or dig through old silverware.

I gave this 3 stars because the packaging could be improved.

Coleman generally has decent camping gear, but this was not as well made as expected. There are gaps between the utensils and the handles, which will allow bits of stuff to get in there, and hard to clean. They generally didn't have a great feel to them, not being of high quality. I am returning them. They are decent, but not great.