Camping and Backpacking GEAR thread

More versatile than a hatchet for camp chores IMO. A good chopper a Bahco, Silky, or similar folding saw (or bucksaw) is a formidable and efficient pair.

 

Just scored a folding chair with soft cooler, it fits behind the rear seat! And a 12V heated blanket, and a tent to fit in the bed, and a solar charger for my phone.. now to get rid of this damn winter so I can go use it all!

 

Not a super huge deal but just recently got a cabelas zero gravity chair for Christmas! I love that thing! Makes your downtime at your camp spot so relaxing!!

 

Been looking at the Yeti 400.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D5RVMAM...lid=14I7E6X177LSG&coliid=I28XBE5CZYLR8M&psc=1

Replace the acid battery for some Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries (x2) for faster charging and more power:

Battery Tender BTL35A480C Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F9LPL5E...UTF8&colid=14I7E6X177LSG&coliid=IGXC9LDRDG3C5

Add some 20W solar panels:

Goal Zero Nomad 20 Solar Panel

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GU64KV8...lid=14I7E6X177LSG&coliid=I2ZPA1AH0PGXA6&psc=1

Now your glamping

 

Personally, I've found sleeping bag warmth ratings are hands down one of the most nebulous rating systems ever devised by man!

 

Clearly you've never tried to decipher mileage warranties on tires by extrapolating from UTQG and tread depth.

 

I would have bought one if I did more camping from vehicles, thing weighs 19 lbs! My 3 person weighs 4 lbs with fly and footprint.

That and putting my husky in a floating tent seemed like asking for trouble, even though his nails stay short from hiking so much

 

Plus camping on a windy night = midnight seasickness.
No thanks.

 

True words right there. My hammock has loops on the sides that I attach shock cord to and then stake down so I don't swing if it gets windy. I need total stillness to sleep properly.

 

I slept in a hammock on a breezy night a couple of summers ago. We were staying at a camp and it was overcrowded so I volunteered to take the hammock that was down by the river. Wasn't supposed to rain, and it was a nice full moon, so I figured it'd be a nice way to spend the night. And it was, right up until around 2AM when I had a dream that I was in that Inception movie where the buildings all move around on you.
Woke up to a stiff breeze and the hammock swinging back and forth like a pendulum, haha!

 

I call that the "bear piñata"

 

Lol. Fortunately around here all we've got is Black Bears, and they're generally pretty people-shy.

 

Bear burrito or bear piñata, not sure which is worse.

 

Boom. Winter camping bonus: no bears.

 

As long as you keep all scented stuff off your person (strung from a tree branch, or bear locker if your campsite has one), shouldn't matter, unless they are grizzlies.

 

Mostly. I have only been in bear country a handful of times, no problems. Grizz country would make me very alert

 

I got one of these for when I camp in bear country. BEARicuda bin. The bin is pretty beefy! Keeps scents in and is very strong if a bear messes with it.

 

Yea I don't think I would get a wink of sleep in grizz country. Who's takn first watch!

 

I'd be curious to see results of a bear trying to get in there. I know they have no problems ripping car doors off.