Folding colander/chopping board £1.99 in Home Bargains!

[AitchTwoOh]

gosh they are a work of genius... sturdy and lovely and bright colours and work as a chopping board until they fold into a darling little colander/fruit bowl...

not this brand but basically identical, in orange/yellow/blue/green

Excellent recommendations Aitch.

what? why the wink? it is v nice, i bought two today, one for me (yellow), one for the sis.

Ohno, just winking because I see you with another thread ideal for swears, but probably is offlimits iyswim?

I had a look at the link you gave - do you think it would be ppossible to use the flattened out colander as a comme ci comme ca chopping board?

I know you campists like multi-function objects.

absolutely, the one i got says that's what it is... guess the joseph joseph one thinks its for display rather than camping. btw it is IDENTICAL, i just checked. absolutey identical... apart from the price.

oh and re swears by, i reckon that if other people buy them and rave obligingly, then we are go go go.

Blimey. Excellent.

I shall whizz off to the arse-end of my county now to get one or 4.

Did you understand my wink?

Ahha crossposts.

Oh I really need a colander but have no Home Bargains near me :( Is there a brand in case I can get it online somewhere?

iirc it just said 'as seen on TV', sorry.

Here on Ebay
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-TRENDY-FOLDING-COLLAPSIBLE-COLANDER-CHOPPING-BOARD-/120744977114?pt=UK_Kitchen_Accessories&hash=item1c1cf622da

Thanks! I'll get myself one of those. I need a chopping board too so it's ideal!

that's the fella! although bit of a cheeky postage price, that... £1.99?!

(personally, i would say it would make a reasonably annoying chopping board in the house btw. stuff will fall through the holes and it will start to look all ugly. great for camping though.)

Yes, I was a bit at the postage price. I'll only be using it for camping, can add it to my big red box of camping essentials (always on standby in case of an unexpectedly free and good weekend!)

Postage price isn't too bad if it is bigger than royal mail large letter rate. A 2nd class packet weighing. 100g to 250g is £1.76

Now I'll just hide myself in shame at nerdy postal rate knowledge

gosh. i am impressed, nikki.

Actually you're right Nikkid, I'd forgotten they'd changed the postage rates so it is fair enough. I bought one anyway :)

Joseph Joseph also do a folding chopping board that has a colander 'end' to it - it works a lot better at being a chopping board but is still big enough to drain efficiently. However you can't use it as a fruit bowl. They have them in TK Maxx for a few quid, which is where I got ours from.

ah yes my sister has that one HOWEVER it can't be used as a fruit bowl when not in use, can it? CAN IT?

But I've only just beeen to Home Bargains! And that was for a long list of stuff I'd seen the weekend before but had to check out before I bought (fyi, the Tonka Mod Machine reviews are poor but the Marbulous marble run set is compatible with Marbutopia).

Can I ask which section you found these these wonderful chopping/draining gadgets in? Home or camping?

sorry, i can't remember, but it was deffo one or the other. [helpful]

I got one of these from one of those companies who bring books etc. into the workplace and used it for the first time last week when camping. It's an excellent addition to the camping essentials for me!

oohhh I want one shall show it to dh..... I didn buy camping pots and thought they were great. May just have to buy and not tell him hee hee.

Just got over excited and got one on ebay, dh not impressed as usual.