What camping accessories do you really love? - Page 3

LashStoat · 03-30-2009, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

For Swank Cam I got the best thing! It's the best because it is incredibly useful to me and VERY useful in pissing off every other camper you are camping with. It's called a Petzel and I LOVE it.

But what is it? A Gynachological Utility belt with a miner's lamp (or is it a magnifying glass) and in-built vibrating mechanism? It appears to be the strap-on model. Progressive, I'd call it.

...and let me guess - the vibrating part is driven by loud rap music whilst in operation to piss off those around you. Priceless !!!

Cadaverous Pallor · 03-30-2009, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Disneyphile

*I highly suggest freezing it - it will melt as you go, and also keep you nice and cool. My small one takes 5-6 hours to completely melt, so it's perfect.

We froze ours solid for the last MA. Our (Eddie Bauer brand, I think) camelbak is so insulated it wouldn't melt fast enough for us to drink, even though it was a hot day. We had to resort to drinking fountains. It sucked.

Next time, ice cubes.

innerSpaceman · 03-30-2009, 08:15 AM

For camping use, freezing is not usually an option ... and, as you see from the post above, has its drawbacks.

Filling it with about half ice, half water does quite nicely for warm weather adventures.

Pirate Bill · 03-30-2009, 08:27 AM

A nice dutch oven...or two (the camping models with the tall legs and rimmed lid). With a little know-how (and time) you can make some incredible meals (and desserts) very easily.

Not Afraid · 03-30-2009, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by LashStoat

But what is it? A Gynachological Utility belt with a miner's lamp (or is it a magnifying glass) and in-built vibrating mechanism? It appears to be the strap-on model. Progressive, I'd call it.

...and let me guess - the vibrating part is driven by loud rap music whilst in operation to piss off those around you. Priceless !!!

Stoat, you are one worldly man!

3894 · 03-30-2009, 11:03 AM

Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and -stop it! - of mosquito repellent

€uroMeinke · 03-30-2009, 11:22 AM

I picked up some brandy snifters at Ikea, I think they will make for wonderful camping accessories.

Alex · 03-30-2009, 11:34 AM

My vital accessory:

Camping companions who try to recreate a weekend at an all-inclusive resort on pine needles.

Then I can:

1. Mooch whatever strikes my fancy.
2. Feel superior about the fact that I am probably going sleep on the ground under my car, eat and drink everything out of one plastic cup for four days, and experience what camping really should be.

Otherwise, the only thing I've truly found I can't get by without is a semi-decent camp chair. Sitting on the ground or a picnic table bench for hours at a time just doesn't fly. Everything else I've done without at some point.

innerSpaceman · 03-30-2009, 11:57 AM

Au contraire. Camping without the brandy snifters would be unbearably vulgar.

lashbear · 03-30-2009, 12:13 PM

My CPAP machine and generator to run it all night.

03-30-2009, 08:15 AM	#23
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	For camping use, freezing is not usually an option ... and, as you see from the post above, has its drawbacks. Filling it with about half ice, half water does quite nicely for warm weather adventures.
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03-30-2009, 08:27 AM	#24
Pirate Bill Quality since 1973 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 473	A nice dutch oven...or two (the camping models with the tall legs and rimmed lid). With a little know-how (and time) you can make some incredible meals (and desserts) very easily.
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3894 Next Stop: Funkytown! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cheeselandia Posts: 1,907	Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and -stop it! - of mosquito repellent __________________ "I didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice. Here comes the smolder." - Flynn Rider, "Tangled"
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	I picked up some brandy snifters at Ikea, I think they will make for wonderful camping accessories. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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03-30-2009, 11:34 AM	#28
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	My vital accessory: Camping companions who try to recreate a weekend at an all-inclusive resort on pine needles. Then I can: 1. Mooch whatever strikes my fancy. 2. Feel superior about the fact that I am probably going sleep on the ground under my car, eat and drink everything out of one plastic cup for four days, and experience what camping really should be. Otherwise, the only thing I've truly found I can't get by without is a semi-decent camp chair. Sitting on the ground or a picnic table bench for hours at a time just doesn't fly. Everything else I've done without at some point.
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03-30-2009, 11:57 AM	#29
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Au contraire. Camping without the brandy snifters would be unbearably vulgar.
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03-30-2009, 12:13 PM	#30
lashbear SwishBuckling Bear Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Isolation :) Posts: 6,597	My CPAP machine and generator to run it all night. __________________ *I Heart* my Husband - I can't think of anyone I'd rather be in isolation with.**
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