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Category: Camping Gear

  • Best Tents for Stargazing in [current_year]

    Best Tents for Stargazing in [current_year]

    NOTE: The Kelty TN series have been succeeded by the Kelty Dirt Motel series. We’ve also updated our article to reflect this change!

    Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. – Stephen Hawking

    For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream – Vincent Van Gogh

    When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty. – John Muir

    Since the very dawn of human beings’ time on this planet, one phenomenon has attracted their attention quite unlike any other: stars.

    They’ve provided the theme to countless metaphors, featured in just as many lines of poetry, and been the object of attention of many a brooder on the wonders of our universe and very existence.

    For many of us — and particularly those stuck in the big city — sightings of nature’s own, ever-present light show are a rarity, and something we only ever get the chance to enjoy thoroughly when we remove ourselves from the false constellations comprised in the fluorescent glow flooding out of our high-rises and street lighting to where the real, authentic magic happens: nature.

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  • Campingaz Camp Bistro Review

    Campingaz Camp Bistro Review

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  • Best Waterproof Tent Sprays

    Best Waterproof Tent Sprays

    As a kid we always used waterproof sprays to make our hunting boots last long. Honestly, I’m not convinced we used the right sprays or applied them properly, but dad said it helped. When I got older I started guiding backpacking trips and we used similar sprays to renew the waterproofness of our tents and equipment.

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    As a kid we always used waterproof sprays to make our hunting boots last long. Honestly, I’m not convinced we used the right sprays or applied them properly, but dad said it helped. When I got older I started guiding backpacking trips and we used similar sprays to renew the waterproofness of our tents and equipment.

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  • All about Lantern Mantles

    All about Lantern Mantles

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    These days, the outdoor world is replete with new-fangled, cutting-edge gadgets and goods designed to maximize our time in the outdoors. From pinpoint accurate GPS devices to ultralight, high-performing threads, the R&D departments of the big brands have just about covered it all.

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    These days, the outdoor world is replete with new-fangled, cutting-edge gadgets and goods designed to maximize our time in the outdoors. From pinpoint accurate GPS devices to ultralight, high-performing threads, the R&D departments of the big brands have just about covered it all.

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  • Best Camping Tables

    Best Camping Tables

    One thing that makes your life easier on a camping trip is having the right table for your food and equipment. You want a table that’s sturdy but not too heavy, easy to set up and break down, and stable on uneven ground. The right table is also an invaluable addition to your camp kitchen since a raised food preparation area can save you from back strain.

    We reviewed many tables and narrowed it down to these six, all of them well-made and with identifiable advantages for camping. Some are better suited for one type of use over another, and that’s why we broke our review down into those categories. Here are our top picks according to each purpose.

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  • Best Tent Stakes For Anywhere You’re Going

    Best Tent Stakes For Anywhere You’re Going

    A tent stake is also known widely as a tent peg, and is a spike which could be hooked at the top, or have a hole at the end of it. Tent stakes can be made from a wide range of material such as wood, plastic, metal or combinations of different materials. They are inserted into the ground via pushing or knocking in with a mallet, and hold tent cords or direct parts of a tent in order to secure it to the ground.

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    A tent stake is also known widely as a tent peg, and is a spike which could be hooked at the top, or have a hole at the end of it. Tent stakes can be made from a wide range of material such as wood, plastic, metal or combinations of different materials. They are inserted into the ground via pushing or knocking in with a mallet, and hold tent cords or direct parts of a tent in order to secure it to the ground.

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  • What are the Best Tents for High Winds?

    What are the Best Tents for High Winds?

    If you’re planning to camp in a high-wind area, then you’d better find a tent that won’t collapse on you in the middle of the night! There are various features that give a tent more durability in high winds, including the shape.

    We’ve looked at the many tent models available for your windy adventures and narrowed it down to several that can do the job. Since not everyone has an unlimited budget, they’re organized by price: entry-level, mid-range and high-end selections. Among these sturdy tents, we’ll determine the best tent for high winds in both a smaller tent and a larger one. Here are the tents under consideration:

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  • What is the Best Portable Propane Fire Pit?

    What is the Best Portable Propane Fire Pit?

    Camping is not just sleeping out in the open. It is the smell of the outdoors, feeling the dirt beneath your feet and the wind running through your hair. The smell of sausages sizzling on the hot barbecue, the stories told around the campfire. Snuggling up inside a sleeping bag listening to the wind and the rain against the tent canvas and smelling the intense natural perfume of the fresh pine forest in the morning.

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  • Pelican Coolers vs Yeti Coolers: Which is better?

    Pelican Coolers vs Yeti Coolers: Which is better?

    Once upon a time, campers and picnickers dragged bags of homemade ice cubes into the wild to keep perishable foods safe and chilled, hoping that the chill would hold for a matter of hours. Then a new-fangled metal tank introduced in 1947 to keep water cool launched an industry.

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  • Guest Post: These Hot Meals Will Warm up Your Chilly Campsite

    Guest Post: These Hot Meals Will Warm up Your Chilly Campsite

    Who doesn’t like camping, honestly? I mean, what’s not to like – open skies, friends, and family, a campfire, lots of delicious food and good times will happen. If you like spending time in nature then you will take a chance to go to camping whenever one arises because there’s nothing quite like the feeling of sitting close to a fire on a chilly night with nothing around you but silence and sparks.

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