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What's your favourite gear? (lemmy.ca)

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Mine the past few years has been tarps + ratchet straps. I love making a little tent city and having different areas for different purposes.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I have a few ratchet straps I've never used for anything. Same with some rope I bought, but we've only been able to camp a few nights in the past month. I'm hoping to a lot more in the next year. I just bought a cheap folding saw and an axe. I want to buy good quality equipment, so I've been watching video reviews,etc looking for good options for axes. I've found that brands like Fiskars, Estwing, Gransfors are good choices, to name a few. I'd like to have a longer,heavier maul for splitting and then a smaller one for kindling.

I have a long list of things I want/need. Right now, near the top of my list after axes are: more tarps, better lantern(s), percolator coffee pot(currently using a kettle + french press), a coleman stove perhaps, and a bigger tent and a bigger tarp that I can tie to some trees and put my tent and chairs under if needed. And new boots!

edit: should add also my iron skillet! I love it a lot more when camping than using at home.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I can vouch for the giant tarp. One of them that's like 15' x 20' has saved camping multiple times when we got rained out. Picnic table and gear all fits under it for car camping. Same for backwoods, and we were even to get it high up enough with ratchet straps + standing on food barrels to where it was safe to have it at the edge of the fire pit.