Camping Porn

[Pieface]

I would reccommend getting one of these (if they still make them):

Tristar:

Small, neat, light, inexpensive, excellent stability, easy to get fuel and easy to shield from the wind.

You can pick one up for a tenner on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....sPageName=MERC_VIC_RSCC_Pr4_PcY_BIN_Stores_IT

I have used the same one for 15 years in all sorts of conditions.

I have "won" the stove -

Hope I get it before next friday. Just need cheap pans now....erm...

 

[DrRingDing]

Tent Technology! Your starter for 10.

Whats the worst thing about sleeping in tents?


Gold DrRingDing star for the first correct answer!

 

[wiskey]

Hope I get it before next friday. Just need cheap pans now....erm...

ebays got quite a few cheap sets

 

[wiskey]

Tent Technology! Your starter for 10.

Whats the worst thing about sleeping in tents?

trying to get out of them if you have a bad back.

or

trying to put jeans on in the blazing hot midday sun when the tent is a sauna and your jeans wont pull up

 

[Idaho]

I have "won" the stove -

Hope I get it before next friday. Just need cheap pans now....erm...

Cool. I have this pan set:

http://www.rockrun.com/shop/prod.html?d=16&t=100&p=420&sid=c298baf4dfb99b

It's a tad pricey. But is very very strong and will last a lifetime. The really cool thing is that the tristar carry bag fits inside these pans giving you a neat little mobile kitchen.

I would avoid aluminuim pans as they are harder to clean, stuff sticks to them and the food always tastes a bit funny. Non-stick are also a bit delicate unless you are careful with them, but if maintained are probably the best bet.

These look good - and you can probably fit the stove inside:

http://www.outdoorgear.co.uk/eshop....01&desc=GELERT+15+LTR+SS+COPPER+BASE+SAUCEPAN

E2A - save a quid http://www.wildday.co.uk/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=4591

Or get the lot: http://www.wildday.co.uk/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=2829

 

[dylanredefined]

Heximine burners should be avoided .Unless you get them free only good thing about them is they always work .Stink make a horrid gooey mess of any pots and make water taste funny so I'm told but having used them on and off for 20yrs dont notice anymore .Trangia stoves are even more idiot proof
gas stoves are better imho.

 

[Pieface]

Or get the lot: http://www.wildday.co.uk/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=2829

I got those ones - looked like a fair deal and I don't have to take them all with me

I'm cooking on gas, man

So I've spent £27 on stove and panset (delivery was quite a bit extra). Gas is only a couple of quid isn't it? That wasn't too bad but I stop here

 

[vipper]

I don't know why you are all bothering with little stoves. What you need is one of these beasts:

 

[Idaho]

I got those ones - looked like a fair deal and I don't have to take them all with me

I'm cooking on gas, man

So I've spent £27 on stove and panset (delivery was quite a bit extra). Gas is only a couple of quid isn't it? That wasn't too bad but I stop here

Shit - didn't anyone tell you? It's £40 for a small can of gas - but that should last 30 minutes however.

 

[vipper]

What about one of these tents?

 

[aqua]

I've just bought tonight a self inflating mattress/sleep mat and it rocks

aldi have them for £10, 1.88m long and quite wide too, certainly no smaller than normal roll mats and a damn site comfier

 

[thefuse]

ive always thought those people who go to festivals in the daytime and slip out to sleep in a comfy hotel at night have got the right idea
unfortunately i've always been to poor/tight to try it

 

[Idaho]

Naah - if you do it right then camping is perfectly comfortable.

 

[thefuse]

Naah - if you do it right then camping is perfectly comfortable.

yeah but people with all the kit look ridiculous imo
i come from the 'forgot everything apart from the sleeping bag' school

 

[vipper]

yeah but people with all the kit look ridiculous imo
i come from the 'forgot everything apart from the sleeping bag' school

Depends what you mean by "all the kit", IMO. People who have enough gear to safely see them up Everest but only sleep out doors two weekends a year and then only if the forecast is good look ridiculous.

Me and the missus and the little one go camping a lot and we have a fair amount of kit but only to make life easy, if you are spending a week in a field then you need enough stuff to be warm and dry.

The ones that I think are ridiculus are those that huddle their tents around the electric hook ups and have TVs and god knows what else in them, they never leave the tents. IT'S CAMPING YOU FOOLS. YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OUTSIDE SANS TV!

 

[Idaho]

yeah but people with all the kit look ridiculous imo
i come from the 'forgot everything apart from the sleeping bag' school

It depends where you are. At a music festival you only want and need the basics - and ideally cheap versions of them. If you are going to do serious wild camping then you look pretty ridiculous if you don't have the right kit - especially when the mountain rescue come to pick you and the remains of your sorry camp.

 

[friedaweed]

Top Stove, burns just about any fuel and very easy to maintain.

Don't get me started on boots

or tents

gets tissues

 

[DrRingDing]

trying to put jeans on in the blazing hot midday sun when the tent is a sauna and your jeans wont pull up

Innit.

*passes wiskey a cigar*

So why the fuck do 99% of tents have one entrance and so your tent becomes a fucking greenhouse?

People who design tents obviously dont use the fuckers.

I managed to find a dome tent with two doors either end so you can be cool and out of the sun when camping and time of the day

I'll try and fine a link,

 

[DrRingDing]

What about one of these tents?

We found a small group of impressed onlookers gawping at one of those beauties at stonehenge one summer solstice. They left, but we stayed and gawped in appreciation for a few moments until the next group came along and were drawn into the fixation of a tent ontop of a motor and stared

 

[DrRingDing]

this is the tent I've got that you can enter through two different ways ( ooh i say).

http://sports.ciao.co.uk/Vango_Stealth_300__Review_5402586

 

[DrRingDing]

this is the tent I've got that you can enter through two different ways ( ooh i say).

http://sports.ciao.co.uk/Vango_Stealth_300__Review_5402586

It's over 9 kgs so you wont want to carry too far but if you've got a car it's perfect.

 

[vipper]

We found a small group of impressed onlookers gawping at one of those beauties at stonehenge one summer solstice. They left, but we stayed and gawped in appreciation for a few moments until the next group came along and were drawn into the fixation of a tent ontop of a motor and stared

I saw one at a campsite earlier in the year and found it hard not to stare. OK I might have failed.

Although it was quite windy and it rocked quite badly, I saw the people scuttle out of it after a strong gust.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

It's over 9 kgs so you wont want to carry too far but if you've got a car it's perfect.

9kgs? Pah, my enormodome is something like 22kgs

 

[wiskey]

riiiiiiiiiight

so we've just been camping and whilst sat round the fire (well a bbq technically cos fires arent allowed so we got the drum of a washing machine and stuck it on bricks) on friday night i mentioned my discussions here about thermarests . .. and next thing i know helen says 'oh we've got one we arent using you can try it tomorrow night'. so i did its about 14 years old and one of the original designs and it was lovely. although we've mainly been discussing comfort it was the effect on temperature i was most impressed with. that 2" of air dont half keep you warm and it was plenty long enough

so we've borrow two off her to take to the glade but i rekkon i'm pretty much sold on getting my own.

now i just need advice on the various sorts that have been invented since the original. and is it worth investing in a brand name or will others do the job. oh and wheres a cheap place to get them.

you're right pogo and others - this might just revolutionise my camping experience

wiskers

 

[vipper]

Buy a bag of ten inch nails from an ironmongers and bring a hammer.

The similarity has been noted by me

 

[pogofish]

It's over 9 kgs so you wont want to carry too far but if you've got a car it's perfect.

It is an excellent tent.

I have the lighter 200 version for when I go camping with the car & the only criticism I would give is that it is a bit of a slow & fiddly blighter to put-up. Once up tho, nothing will shift it.

Oh, the 20 mins to put-up in that review is a bit optimistic IMO.

 

[vipper]

We found a small group of impressed onlookers gawping at one of those beauties at stonehenge one summer solstice. They left, but we stayed and gawped in appreciation for a few moments until the next group came along and were drawn into the fixation of a tent ontop of a motor and stared

I was forced to photograph this one:

 

[vipper]

this is the tent I've got that you can enter through two different ways ( ooh i say).

http://sports.ciao.co.uk/Vango_Stealth_300__Review_5402586

Two ways! Two ways! Two ways!

 

[pogofish]

now i just need advice on the various sorts that have been invented since the original. and is it worth investing in a brand name or will others do the job. oh and wheres a cheap place to get them.

Here is the Therma Rest range from Tiso:

http://www.tiso.com/therm-a-rest/?sid=42efaa76658178825ce0cb404da2e54e

I have the Prolite 3 short & got it @20% cheaper in their summer sale which will probably start around the end of this month.

If you are not so concerned about space/weight, here is the Argos one I got first & frankly it is excellent & worth every penny. Despite being a bit heavier & bulkier, this is still emminently backpackable:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produ...36239.Camp+beds,+airbeds+and+camping+mats.htm

 

[wiskey]

ta i'm def going to hold off till the sales.