Ultimate Camping Thread

Thinking on buying this Camo truck tent. I think camping in my long bed would be a lot more comfortable than on the ground like I'm used too, and the fact I'm not o nthe ground shouuld prevent rain from being an issues.

Any thoughts or suggestions? I'd like to spend less than $100, college is expensive.

 

just make sure you get the right sized tent for your bed so it fits right. Google toyota tacoma bed tent. I know there are a few out there but not sure how much they cost.

 

I enjoy my adventure tent. Im 5' 9" and can stand up in it. Had some issues with a few broken clips from high winds, the company send me new ones

 

^ love your truck man....surprised i havnt seen it around town before

 

This may have been covered but do the bed tents scratch your paint at all?

 

i have no idea but they shouldnt if installed correctly

 

Where about are you?

No, its all cloth

 

petersburg area....im always wandering into richmond for something though

 

Gotcha, I live in Midlothian. Travel to Henrico daily

 

when im in richmond im either in the fan of down around rei and guitarcenter on broad street

 

rei by shortpump? Thats like 5min from work. Im on Broad there all the time

 

Picked up a few things yesterday...



Sea to summit bag. and a GSI pot thing... for some reason I thought it was a boiling pot....


Backpackers pantry Dark Chocolate cheesecake, M.H. Beef Stroganoff, Chili mac with beef. Kind curious to see how the cheesecake and chili mac is.

 

haha sweet man.

beef stroganoff FTMFW oh hey dont try to boil water in that pot

 

I must admit, I am somewhat of a gear whore. There's plenty more to be pictured but I gave up. So let's see all your camping/hiking/backpacking gear

My 4 packs. 2 Deuter pro42, a Deuter act lite 50+10, and a Mountain Hardware 26 daypack


My Alpacka alpaca packraft with my kokatat drysuit and all my dry bags


Some of my backpacking/camping gear. Stuff sacks contain my warbonnet blackbird hammock, and my 2 tarps


Underquilts and topquilt for my hammock


2 down bags



Out of all the gear pictured my favorite is definitely my packraft. The item that goes on every hiking/camping/packrafting/backpacking trip is my PLB, and so far has been dead weight on every trip.

 

how do you like that water filter?

 

I like it, but it's pretty heavy. Plus it's a ceramic filter, so if you will be anywhere close to freezing temps you had better sleep with it between your legs all night or risk the filter cracking and becoming useless. I also have a homemade filter that is less than half the weight and probably double the output. I have since switched to using a Sawyer 4 liter gravity water filter system.

 

please post a how to on the homemade filter lol

 

My buddy who owns a pool cleaning company made this for me, I begged him for one after seeing and using his on a trip we did. He states is filters down to 0.3 microns, and that the paper/mesh filter is good for 5,000 gallons. We have used them on over 10+ trips but all were at a major river here with plenty of fast moving water to filter from. Neither of us has gotten sick from drinking water filtered with this filter. Before I use this filter I also put a piece of pantyhose around the filter just as a pre-filter.

I believe he also uses his for his entire family when they go on family fishing outings.He has had to replace his paper/mesh filter part once, and stated the new filter was $36.

 

^Nice! What kind of paper is it? Is there multiple layers and/or carbon?

 

I took it out of the box and was like.... uh..shit... I can't boil water with this. Damnit! I need to find a nice ti. boiling cup/pot to use with my alcohol stove.


Infra, bitchin gear arsenal you got there! Looks like you have a whole room just for the camping gear? I am