Tent AC Port: Fitting a Unit to a Tent Without One
Most people discover the problem after the air conditioner is already in the trunk. The unit works, the campground has …
Sleeping Pad for Side Sleepers: Hip Relief
Side sleepers have a specific complaint about camping and it is always the same one. You lie down, roll onto …
Reclining Camp Chair: Lie Back Without Tipping
Leaning back in a camp chair should not feel like a risk assessment. Plenty of campers have pushed a standard …
How to Shower While Camping With No Facilities
Camping without a shower block is not the problem people imagine. The problem is doing it badly: shivering in a …
Easy Camping Meals You Cook on One Burner
Camp cooking goes wrong in the planning, not at the stove. Somebody picks recipes that each need three pans, a …
Tent Stakes for Hard Ground, Sand and Mud
The stakes that come in the bag with a family tent are the cheapest part of the tent, and on …
Tent Heater Safety: CO Alarms and Clearances
Most tent heater accidents are not exotic. They are a sleeping bag that slumped against a hot reflector, a cylinder …
Sleeping Pad for Camping: R Value Over Thickness
Sleeping pads get sold on thickness because thickness is easy to photograph. A four inch pad looks twice as comfortable …
Lightweight Camp Chair Without the Wobble
Light camp chairs have a reputation problem, and it is deserved on the cheap end. A frame that flexes every …
Composting Camp Toilet: Worth It for Car Camping
Composting toilets arrived in the camping world through vans and boats, not through tents. They were designed for people who …
Coleman Camp Stoves Compared, Model by Model
Coleman has been building green camp stoves for so long that the shape itself is shorthand for camping. That heritage …
Tent for a Family of Four That Still Fits the Car
Two adults and two kids is the most common car camping headcount in the country, and it is also the …