-- Product Review --
Drinking anything outdoors
can be a messy problem; glasses tipping over and their expensive contents
oozing into the ground attracting wasps and ants and all kinds of unwanted
visitors to your outdoor adventure. When camping – this can be an exceptional
problem because strong scents (like alcohol) can attract bear, skunk and other
large creatures to the campsite affecting your stay or the people who camp
there after you. Wine, especially, can be hazardous in that the containers are awkward
and fragile; they can easily shatter leaving broken glass (or plastic) with
small, dangerous shards for unwary feet, hands or knees (and wildlife). Also,
as we know from grade-school science, glass can reflect the sun so intensely
that it can start fires. 2015 has been a horrible year for fires and people
should be even more conscious of this during their outdoor adventures.
Personally, every time we go outdoors we are looking for litter, especially
glass, and cleaning it up as we go.
As we are avid outdoors
people Dave and I were thrilled to have the opportunity to connect with Angie
Sutherland and John O’Toole of the Trinity
Trades company (a.k.a. Outdoor
Expression company) back in early July to arrange for the review of their “Outdoor Expressions’
Wine & Glass Holder” set. I’ve
personally experienced the loss of many sets of glass and camping wine glass
sets (either broken or lost and left behind) and saw the tragedy of a bottle of
wine tipping over unnoticed and leaking all its contents onto the ground even
though it was corked (obviously not very securely). We live in wine country (BC,
Canada) and as such have a large variety of local wines to choose from – and we
do choose from them as often as we can. Here in the Creston Valley (in the
Kootenay region) there are 3 renowned wineries, a brewery and a new business
coming that will, reportedly, be making spirits.
We had completed the
arrangements and had the product ordered by around July 8th. The
product was supposed to arrive around July 10th, Amazon’s guaranteed
delivery date, I'm not sure of the exact date it arrived, however it was there
for us when Dave visited the US postal service (we live a few miles north of
the border) on his next trip which was July 11th.
Each of the 4 wine glass
holders and the bottle holder were encased in a protective plastic bag
(recyclable) and packaged in an appropriately sized white cardboard box is
recyclable. The spiked ends (for sticking into the ground) have little plastic
caps that pull off (protecting them in shipping from poking through the box).
This beautiful set is
exceptionally well built from top quality stainless steel, manufactured to the
highest standards, and comes with a lifetime guarantee – so you know that this
set is durable. The wine bottle holder is shaped so that it can accommodate
many different size and shapes of bottles, including pop. The dimensions for
the bottle holder are: 10” (height) x 3.75” (width) x 4.5” (depth). The set
includes four glass holders, and two soft, square cleaning cloths, (6.5” X 5.5”) similar to those you get with
sunglasses or prescription glasses. which
are similar to, and a bit larger than, those that are made for cleaning
eyeglasses and sunglasses. The bottle and glass holders have a 15” stem with a
tapered end – making it easier to sink the stem into the ground. The company
recommends using a screwdriver or similar tool to penetrate hard ground before
inserting the holders.
The white cardboard
box has a re-closable top, so you can reuse it to pack the lightweight set
anywhere – to a concert, the park, outdoor games or barbeques, a gathering, a
picnic, to the beach or camping… or even in your own yard.
Trinity Trades (www.Outdoor-Expression.com) is a
trading/e-commerce company that specializes in the research, development and
production of high quality consumer products for the outdoor/leisure and
lifestyle market. Their products are
made from high quality, durable stainless steel, and are made available at
several Amazon sites (US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, Japan). I won’t
list all the sites here, just a few of them:
Retail list price on
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XY8HRSI?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00 is $45.00 (US), but is currently on sale for $36.95 (US)
At Amazon.fr(France), Amazon.it (Italy), Amazon.es (Spain) and Amazon.gr (Germany) the
price looks to be 38,50 EUR.
In the UK it sells on
Amazon for 28.99 L
It is also available
via Amazon in Japan, Germany and Asia… but it is unfortunately not yet available for Canadians, who will have to order
it from the US and arrange to have it shipped from the States.
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