This. Around where I live, sinks seem to come with stoppers. I don't know what happens to them after they're installed. Why would anyone remove a stopper from the sink?

--J

Have you seen sink stoppers a couple years after they've been purchased? They get all cracked, hard, mouldy and horrible. No doubt someone just tosses them.

And most sinks don't actually come with stoppers. You go out to the hardware store, buy 5 different brands of them, and hope one will actually stop water from escaping.

I don't think sinks necessarily come with stoppers, but I don't bother carrying one. A balled up paper towel, sock, or whatever generally suffices just fine. No need to carry a stopper, it is just another ounce or two to carry and another thing to keep track of.

I have a few at home, where they came attached to the sinks. I suppose it depends on where you live. They must be a good 10 years old at least, and are fine. I clean them every time I wash the sink. The spare ones I have for touring I did buy from the hardware store. Without the sinks. :)

--J

We've been bringing a 'universal stopper' with us, like the one Rowan described.
Before that we used a torn off piece of plastic bag (shopping or other, whatever was handy), waterpressure tends to keep that more or less in place AND it's reusable.

This has never worked for me in a double walled tent. I guess, if your tent has big enough vestibule, you could dry clothes there. Or if the weather is nice enough to set the tent up without rain fly. But in that case you could just as easily hang the clothes outside.

--J