What do you use and where did you get it

Terryallan wrote:

NY_travelers wrote:
how do you keep your plates, cups and glasses in place, what do you use and where did you get it?

I just close the cabinet door

Exactly.......

Folks make RVng way too complicated.

We used Corelle plates & bowls, mugs, glass tumblers an glass mixing bowls PLUS a full 8 place setting of Nortake China. All in upper cabinets---stacked.
Just like at home.

In 7 yrs of FT travel the only dish broken was the one I dropped.

The rubber shelf liner works for just about everything.

I am seriously OCD about ANY rattle of anything when driving down the road.

So I took a whole roll of the shelf liner and just rolled it back and forth under each plate while stacking them. THAT ended the plate rattle.

Also put the liner on top of pots and then put the lid on top of the liner. Keeps it in place and no rattle.

Any big box hardware store carries the shelf liner. I found that the Dollar stores prices are waaay lower for them and they work just the same.

IMHO the bigger the bumps on the liner the better they work. So look for the ones with bigger bumps.

NY_travelers wrote:
how do you keep your plates, cups and glasses in place, what do you use and where did you get it?

I just close the cabinet door

Besides the rubber shelf liners, we have found that if we don't leave any voids, everything stays put.

We just stuff anything soft -- pillows, towels, etc. in the cabinets and take them out when we setup.

Bruce

We use Corelle so they don't break that easily (but not impossible to do). We put all the dishes in a plastic bin and store beneath the sink. We also use the rubber shelf liners, but be aware that the liners that are really soft and have a square grid pattern (best way I can describe it) will melt onto whatever you place on it.

Well we have a rear kitchen, we do have the the rubber mesh on the bottom of the cabinet.
We stack dishes one on top of another just like at home. We even have some very nice thin lipped wine glasses these do sit in a plastic tray to contain, with other glasses, but no wrap.
We do separate our liquor with kitchen towels, we have some plastic glasses, but the majority are glass.

We do have two permanent Red Solo cups, just for beer on warm days. We don't dishes.

I have some wire racking that hold plates and bowls and such vertically. I got them from the previous owner of my motorhome, who left it in place. The plates etc. are rubbermaid plastic or similar, so there's no concern of them breaking if they do jar loose. Glasses are just stacked up in the cupboards, and are also plastic, the sort of ones sold for picnic/patio use.

I'm still trying to find some halfway decent nonbreakable cups/mugs that don't cost a fortune. The closest I've found to what I'd like are various ones sold for food service use, but they seem to only be sold in cases of a dozen or more.

Rubber shelf liner works well for keeping things from sliding around. Adding pieces of pool noodles in between things helps keep them in their place too, even in the fridge. I use pieces of pool noodles on the corners of the bedroom slide of our 5th wheel to protect my head (don't ask:)).

Our plates are in a drawer. They are Corelle so can take a bit of bumping without breaking. We have matching cups. We also have a set of plastic cups. Of course silverware is in a drawer in silverware dividers.

Food items in the cupboards are all in small plastic bins (Wall Mart). We did have to look around a while to find the right size so they would configure to use the most space without gaps. Then small items, cans, everything is packed in them. When one container gets emptied, the remaining items get merged into another one that is getting emptied to keep the items tightly fit. We don't even think about this any more, we just do it.

Other cabinets, we use bins also. Everything else, like pots and pans and lids, are just packed tightly so they don't move around. Clothing is on hangers, but things like socks and undergarments are also in smaller bins in the cabinets, since we don't have a dresser with drawers.

Now, for a trailer or 5er, this arrangement works pretty well. When traveling we are in the truck and can't hear all the banging and rattling in the camper. If we were in a motor home of any kind, I'm sure we'd do MUCH more to sound proof all that rattling around.

For motor home travel, I just imagine they use a lot of cushion between items to knock down all the rattle sounds.