Helikon-Tex Wildo Fold-A-Cup Folding Cup — Tan

The Wildo Fold-A-Cup is a folding cup of Swedish origin, made by Helikon-Tex from BPA-free material, with a capacity of 250 ml. It is designed for those who cover trails, operate in the field or move with a pack on their back and need a functional cup that takes up no useful space.

Open, it measures 10x7x5 cm and handles boiling water, hard frost and repeated compression without permanently deforming. Folded, it reduces to 9.5x7x2.5 cm: a thickness of just over two centimetres that fits in a side pocket of a pack, an accessory pouch or even a cargo trouser pocket. At 24 g, it adds nothing meaningful to the load.

The trade-off to keep in mind is the one common to all flexible containers: the soft wall requires a slightly more deliberate grip than a rigid cup, especially with hot liquids. In return you get a compressibility that no metal or rigid plastic cup can match. Anyone who values everyday practicality over absolute rigidity will find the performance-to-bulk ratio hard to argue with.

Key points

• BPA-free material: safe in contact with drinking water and hot beverages.
• Resistant to boiling water and hard frost: usable in any season without restrictions.
• Folds to 2.5 cm thick: disappears into a pack or pocket without eating into usable volume.
• 24 g weight: lighter than any equivalent rigid container.
• Swedish-patented design developed for the Swedish military: geometry proven under real operational conditions.

In the box

• Wildo Fold-A-Cup folding cup