Camping Kit Thread
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joustmaster
offcumdun
for just festivals, go for something cheap and cheerful. All you want is a place to pass out in your own mess.
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
Yup, don't take a tent you don't mind dumping to a festival - All sorts of unpleasant things can happen to it.
Saying that, Gelert kit is usually decent quality and not overpriced and that design looks easy to pitch, so it may well be just right.
Look around for offers - I picked-up a superb 2-season lightweight Berghaus bag not long ago that packs tiny for the price of a cheap no-brand bag that took-up at least four times the space.
Cheap self-inflating camping mats from Argos or Lidl are also brilliant. Very comfortable with a hell of a lot less work than an aiirbed and again a fraction of the effort involved in packing/carrying.
Saying that, Gelert kit is usually decent quality and not overpriced and that design looks easy to pitch, so it may well be just right.
Look around for offers - I picked-up a superb 2-season lightweight Berghaus bag not long ago that packs tiny for the price of a cheap no-brand bag that took-up at least four times the space.
Cheap self-inflating camping mats from Argos or Lidl are also brilliant. Very comfortable with a hell of a lot less work than an aiirbed and again a fraction of the effort involved in packing/carrying.
DrRingDing
'anti-human wanker'
I heartily recommend a tent with two doors on either side of the sleeping area.
http://www.vango.co.uk/tents/halo-200.html
^^^like that bad boy
http://www.vango.co.uk/tents/halo-200.html
^^^like that bad boy
DrRingDing
'anti-human wanker'
So, you can actually sleep and relax comfortably inside the tent during daylight hours.
Looby
Well-Known Member
I need a new tent, sleeping bag and all the other stuff you need.
I'm looking at ebay.
Anyone got one? I'm looking for recommendations.
I've heard bad things about the quickpitch. Nylon coffin is the usual comment.
Depends how much space and comfort you want.
I need space and preferably to be able to stand up in a tent. You can get some now with a fairly small footprint that are taller.
Do you have a Go Outdoors or similar near you? If so, go and have a look at some, see what you like then check online for cheaper.
Avoid Gelert Cadiz. I am about to return mine as it's shit and leaked at Glastonbury.
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
This is my festival tent which enables enough room for me and my daughter and a place to party when it pisses down 
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
http://www.blacks.co.uk/camping/ten.../VG-MILANO-250-BLACK-0.html?attribute=4788725
this is similar to mine, I got it last yr at the end of the season.
I'd ALWAYS go for a cooking/porch area but I get claustrophobic!
this is similar to mine, I got it last yr at the end of the season.
I'd ALWAYS go for a cooking/porch area but I get claustrophobic!
Boycey
juvenile rave slut
First few times i saw the post festival aftermath it kinda disgusted me, since I've seen the economy of it I don't really mind it. If you're gonna ditch a tent at least leave it clean though
Re: tents, I really fancy knocking up a bamboo geodesic for next year/when I get time/can be arsed
ericjarvis
give a feck for the feckless
Has anyone got a recommendation for a cheap, reliable, and easy to use camping cooking device? I'm going for a weekend in August, and the people I usually rely on to provide a regulsr supply of boiling water won't be going. I'll have to make my own coffee. 
Get a half decent tent and look after it, it'll last you years. I brought mine for about £70 in 2002 and its seen me through some dreadful festivals weather wise and its still going strong. Buying a cheap one is a false economy particuarly if you get very bad weather.
I've never had a pop-up tent but the downsides are pretty obvious, awkard shape to pack and carry, but most importantly most of them don't have a porch. Porchs are invaluable in bad weather as they double as a changing area as well as a wet / muddy clothes and boots storage space.
One last thing to consider is the weight, remember you may have a long walk from car park to campsite, every extra kilo of tent weight = less booze.
I've never had a pop-up tent but the downsides are pretty obvious, awkard shape to pack and carry, but most importantly most of them don't have a porch. Porchs are invaluable in bad weather as they double as a changing area as well as a wet / muddy clothes and boots storage space.
One last thing to consider is the weight, remember you may have a long walk from car park to campsite, every extra kilo of tent weight = less booze.
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
Has anyone got a recommendation for a cheap, reliable, and easy to use camping cooking device? I'm going for a weekend in August, and the people I usually rely on to provide a regulsr supply of boiling water won't be going. I'll have to make my own coffee.
I saw those flat one ring stoves in Asda (cheaper than I got mine a few yrs ago) a month or so ago. They're good ime. You can properly cook on it. I've used it in the house when the leccy was down earlier this year.
roctrevezel
Member
Has anyone got a recommendation for a cheap, reliable, and easy to use camping cooking device? I'm going for a weekend in August, and the people I usually rely on to provide a regulsr supply of boiling water won't be going. I'll have to make my own coffee.
There are loads of camping cookers to this design, and have a built in ignition system:-
http://www.google.co.uk/products/ca...=X&ei=EBknTvOcKMyFhQfKkKHgCQ&ved=0CGIQ8gIwAQ#
Plus a non stick grid to use with it, several available (you can cook an egg in the middle if you crack it SLOWLY onto the griddle plate)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&...aps&hvadid=10802695068&ref=pd_sl_414minbeqy_b
fractionMan
Custom Title
I've had my tent for 19 years!
19sixtysix
Life as viewed from a Gay Gorbals Garret
Exactly. On my 2nd tent ever and I'm 44 and done glasto since 93. No fucking excuse for leaving tents (glasto flood victims excepted). Just lazy fuckers who don't give a shit.
joustmaster
offcumdun
what does it matter if you can afford to chuck it away, and you bought it for that very reason.
I 've just ordered myself one of these from Tesco http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-3031.aspx Haven't picked it up yet so can't give an opinion.
fractionMan
Custom Title
the gas on those things lasts aprox hardly any time at all.
meths powered trangiers are much better. And lighter. And have pans built in.
meths powered trangiers are much better. And lighter. And have pans built in.
Looby
Well-Known Member
Partly because it's a disgusting waste of resources and money and also because people don't even take them home to dispose of or take them to be recycled (as they do at glastonbury). They're just abandoned for someone else to take down and deal with.
Looby
Well-Known Member
I've got one of those. It was about 12 quid and the gas can generally be bought 3 for a fiver. They're great and you can fit a full size pan on it.
This is good advice.
pennimania
still dre and drooling
edwinchester
Well-Known Member
They don't recycle them at Glastonbury
pennimania
still dre and drooling
They're great aren't they?
very stable and convenient for a short term use
Reading this again I realise that it sounds like I used it once and ditched it
not so - have had it several years.
And our main tent is about 10 years old, and the secondary one I tatted at the Skye festie about 7 years ago - still going strong
ericjarvis
give a feck for the feckless
Well yeah, but have you tried scraping a boy scout across a couple of pointed sticks BEFORE your first coffee of the day? Before I have my first coffee of the day I can barely make water, let alone fire.
craigxcraig
Prefers 'cxc'
Trangier everytime though rather than meths you can but a cheap gas insert thingy and connect up a gas bottle.
One thing I cannot do without is fresh coffee and I bought a plastic device that sits on top of your mug, put a paper filter inside, couple of spoons of fresh coffee (lavazza in my case) and off you go, a great start to the day followed very quickly by a trip to the loo, for number 2 action!
Not a great fan of those flat stoves tbh - oversized, bulky and bloody slow to cook anything. Upgraded to one of the below recently (coleman F1 Power) - basically a ridiculously powerful one jet burner that screws onto the top of sealable gas cyclinders. Very small (150 grams, folds into a pouch), very well constructed, but best of all it pumps out 7000w, which means that it boils faster than your kettle back home. Thoroughly loving not having to wait around the camping kettle for ages tbh - everyone round the camp can get a cuppa quickly, even if you have to reboil water. There's even genuinely useful heat control too
If you're lucky you can often strike on a deal that gets you the F1 Power for half price, which takes it down to nearly much the same cost as the flat jobbies. Gas is admittedly more expensive, but that's about as bad it gets.
Two of those and a BBQ and I'd be more than sorted for camping feasts. Almost doesn't feel a compromise.
If you're lucky you can often strike on a deal that gets you the F1 Power for half price, which takes it down to nearly much the same cost as the flat jobbies. Gas is admittedly more expensive, but that's about as bad it gets.
Two of those and a BBQ and I'd be more than sorted for camping feasts. Almost doesn't feel a compromise.
