Thursday, June 24, 2010

Essential Camping Gear You Can Not Do Without

Coleman SunDome 7-Foot by 7-Foot 3-Person Dome Tent (Orange/Gray)
Coleman SunDome
7-Foot by 7-Foot 3-Person
Dome Tent
By Tiffany Ellis

A fun camping trip will be as good as you make. If you forget some of the necessities that you must have, the trip will be harder right from the start. Make a well thought out check list before you start packing and you will be less likely to forget anything essential. The tent is by far from the only important things you will need for a great camping experience.

Every camping trip needs a first aid kit. This could end up being the most helpful equipment you take. Camping can be filled with all kinds of opportunities for accidents and even illness that you won't expect, but can easily happen. You always need a bright lantern in case anything happened in the night and you must be able to see well.

Bringing along chairs to sit in just makes good sense. If the ground is wet, you won't like sitting there and then there are always creepy crawly bugs down there too. A camping stove is a good to have as a back up plan. A rotisserie and grill for the campfire is fun for cooking, but sometimes a stove will be easier if you are in a hurry or can;t get you fire started for some reason.

Something else you might want to bring along could be an air bed or inflatable mattress. Some people use sleeping bags, but they are not nearly as comfortable as an air bed. Air mattresses made for camping can be easily inflated and make for a much better night's sleep than a sleeping bag on the cold hard ground. You don't want the fact that you did not sleep good to make you ill and cranky the next day.

There are a couple of other things like a tent fan and a tent light that will also make your camping trip a little easier. Tent lights are a great help when you need to find something in the tent at night, like a bug or spider. A tent fan will give you just enough of a breeze to help you sleep a little better if it is really hot. Your camping check list should be personalized just for you. What you might need, someone else might not. The point is to have as much fun and enjoyment as possible and this is more likely if you take what you really need.

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