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List camping gear that makes your camping/expedition trips better
What are some of the things you have bought over the years to make a camping trip better?
Whether it is a cooking accessory, something for the tent such as a pad, list it here. I have gads of camping (both car and RV camping) and backpacking equipment that I have been building up since the early 80s. But some stuff is just to big to take along in the rig. A lot of it was from my days of using two different tent trailers when I could pack just about anything I wanted too. Now I am condensing what I am going to take along for a weekend trip or a week. Just ordered two items today from Cabela's as seen in my other thread in this section on The Pett system. The crapper ![]() The picnic table ![]() Looking more around Cabela's site I saw this cook table for the stove I may end up getting too. Cabela's Instant Cooking Station That one looks like it will work out great for me. They have a much bigger one shown below, but with the limited carrying space I have, I would have to pass on it. For those who camp with a truck/Tacoma/Tundra, this would fit it. Cabela's Camper's Kitchen (Video of a field test there too.
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just a few things that make it better
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Yep, that would fit the bill.
I am making a new shopping list for more gear from Cabela's. Reliance Wash 'n' Go Sink ![]() ![]()
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Panzy car campers. I take everything I need with me in my pack and use whatever I can find.
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I find a hotel reservation makes my trip much better.
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girls are nice. oh wait, stuff we've bought? my rig, water, blankets, and TP
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned a tent yet....
Food, water, flashlight, multi tool, knife, sleeping bag, pillows, cooler, stove, matches, and a bunch of other stuff.
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well i wouldnt use a tent, we sold our trailer after last summer, i sleep in my 4runner now
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This:
![]() And This: ![]() For when the weather is like this: ![]() I like to stay warm, and I haven't slept on the ground in years. A nice sturdy cot with a thick foam pad makes me snore load enough to chase away the elk! |
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X2 if you can't fit it all in a pack then it's not REAL camping. Just my opinion...
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For camping I like to bring a French press for coffee. Mmmmm......coffee.
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Below is me from around '89 or '90 up at Mt. Rainier, Tamanos Creek camp, about a 4 mile hike in from the trailhead. ![]() But many of us like to have our rigs along too when camping to explore old fire roads and other stuff. Plus I would never leave my current rig at a trailhead, to many thieves out there. Only if I had a beater to park along a trailhead would I get back into backpacking again.
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this that make a better camping trip for me:
high altitude lots of trees and wildlife my 4Runner with the seats folded down for me to sleep peace and quite and of course the essentials.
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Well in all honesty all I feel I would need if were talking car camping is:
TP, a way to cook, sleeping bag, the usual supplies (knife, multitool, flashlight, etc) and a girl. I think that works..
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anyone want to trade a 4 runner for my pickup? lol, sleeping in a 4runner has got to be better than sleeping in the cab, or worse, the bed, when its snowing!
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I tried sleepin inthe cab of my T100 and although bigger and the bench seat helps I am still to big and wound up sleeping in a truly uncomfortable posistion either way.
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