I just modded my Cabela's Camp Kitchen over the weekend, so I thought I'd write up a little review and take some pics.
It is a good size for us and sets up really quickly. The nice thing about the hanging green things is that they can stay packed and just unhook when you close it down (or if you want to throw food stuff in the TV overnight in critter country). The two packed totes fit side by side in the center of our PUP and the folded table lays on our bed when we fold down (there's a few inches between the top of the bed and the side walls when we fold down). So pretty much everything stays packed and ready for our next trip.
We keep our water container on the top shelf and it works pretty well as a high faucet for the sink...a little high, but works fine. The side counters are plenty big for our coleman stove, and the amount of surface area is really nice for food prep. The center bottom mesh area is something I haven't really dialed in yet. Doesn't work for garbage for us since zipping and unzipping is not terribly convenient and if we leave it unzipped our 4 legged camper noses around in it. Also, since it closes with the whole kitchen, you can't leave anything packed in there. I thought about kitchen towels, but they cause the table to not close. So the jury's out on that part. I'm not ready to cut it off yet, but the drain wouldn't have to make a jog if we drained straight down, so it is temptimg.
I have just two complaints on the design: first, the countertop that snaps over the sink snaps on a bit too tightly, and loudly. I find that most of the time we just balance the countertop over that section without snapping it on. Not a big deal, but worth mentioning. And second, the original drain was cheesy and leaked. I tried fixing it up wiht some silicone, which stopped the leak, but the drain was basically a plastic spigot and got gunked up really easily. SO...off to mod it I went.
Here's my menagerie of parts:
1. Tray Plug Kit (with rubber stopper)
2. Short straight extension tube (this gets cut...the shortest I could find was 6")
3. Reducer coupling (from 1 1/2" to 1 1/4")
4. Length of fairly rigid tubing with a 1 1/4" interior - I tried the tubing that is flat thinking it would pack nicely, but it kinked and didn't work - needs to be rigid. The stuff I ended up with is for swimming pools, but there was a clear vinyl one that would have also worked.
Hopefully the pics show everything well. I did use some plumber's putty when I put the drain flange piece in fro the last time. Had I put it in only once I wouldn't have needed it, but I obviously stretched something out when I put it in and took it out a couple of times. Also, that black tape fixes an "oops" from when I was cutting the original drain out of the sink...so if you do this mod, don't do that ;)
