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  1. george_tlc

    Camping Stove

    ^ yeah, but it's not titanium :) cheers, george.
  2. george_tlc

    The Coleman Thread

    ^ the peak stoves are great. Free is a great price! They are basically unobtanium since coleman killed them off. Spares are still easy to find. All you need is to get a spare generator assembly and a pump assembly and you'll be set for a few decades :rofl: I've been using peak and straight...
  3. george_tlc

    Solar Shower Capacity recommendation for 1 (maybe 2 people) for a week?

    Last trip to DV I could easily take 3 showers with a 15litre bag (not full to start with). Wet down, shampoo hair (that DV silt/dust....), soap all the nether regions and then rinse off. I like the solar bags since you can take them to where the water is to fill them and I just lay it on the...
  4. george_tlc

    Can you take drinking water outside in the bottle holder?

    The only issue is long term storage - algae can grow with sunlight in some water tanks - but that's more an issue with rainwater tanks due to spores from the collection process. For a few weeks (and I'd assume you'd be using the water during that time and re-filling), it's a total non-issue...
  5. george_tlc

    Minimizing breakdown time for camp

    Based on what I wrote previously in this thread. Here's my typical camp. Nearly 2 weeks camping out the back of our 80. On my own, so a platform on the right (pulled out rear passenger side seat) and thermarest/sleeping bag on the platform. Super comfy and ready to go every night, nothing to...
  6. george_tlc

    Minimizing breakdown time for camp

    It depends on the goal of your camping trips. If it is fine cuisine and sitting around a campsite with all the conveniences, then setup/breakdown will take considerable time. I take a folding camp chair and use the tailgate as my 'table' for cooking. Single burner stove works just fine, though...
  7. george_tlc

    12V pump for water transfer

    I've been using this setup for a bunch of years when back in oz and I have the same setup here in the US. Often I want to pump water from a spot that is hard to access or trying to get to the water to fill a container directly is tricky. So, what I've ended up using is a Whale pump (GP1352...
  8. george_tlc

    The Coleman Thread

    Coleman feather 442 dual fuel, bought back in the early 90's and still going strong. Frying up some onions to add to the rest of dinner a week or so ago in death valley. I have a dual burner 424 as well, but for one person camping the 442 does just fine. cheers, george.
  9. george_tlc

    ARB Awning light USB C adapter

    Go powerpole - quite common for DC stuff and they click together and are genderless. Common for 4wd usage. Also very commonly used by the HAM community. Just google anderson powerpole. And yes, ditch the pathetic cig lighter stuff! USB C has more 'power' that USB, but only once negotiated as...
  10. george_tlc

    Camping food (dehydrated)

    So, just back from a short 5 day camping trip and figured I'd give a quick report on a new (at least to me) product that I tried out. Bit of history first. Coming up to 2 yrs ago I had some major ticker surgery and of course the doc specified low sodium (not that I was ever one to need a salt...
  11. george_tlc

    Hitch Mounted Grills

    Best thing after a day of dirt roads is having the wonderful taste and texture of miles and miles of dust/dirt seasoning your bbq meat etc. i.e. dumb idea :) Unless hermetically sealed cheers, george.
  12. george_tlc

    camp fire oven

    Aluminium melts easily on red hot coals. That kind of tray you have pictured is very flimsy, easy for your great meal to end up burnt and destroyed. There are aluminium camp ovens too if you are scared of a few kg of cast iron :) Just don't let it sit dry surrounded with coals. cheers, george.
  13. george_tlc

    water tank solutions - water bladder

    Very very common in Australia (search oz ebay). Even places that will custom make them for not much extra $. I had a custom one made for my patrol back there to sit under a fake floor. Got about 70l with minimal storage loss, in fact it raised up the fridge/toolbox etc to a nice height. Water...
  14. george_tlc

    AC solution for sleeping in the car

    I don't think the OP needs to worry about US national park regulations :rofl: cheers, george.
  15. george_tlc

    AC solution for sleeping in the car

    Yeah, no magic here. If you want/need lots of BTU then it will draw a lot of power and a generator is the only option (or a long extension...). 2200 btu is likely ok for a tent, obviously it will be running a lot since the tent has hardly decent insulation :) And yeah, it's a bunch of $ for...
  16. george_tlc

    AC solution for sleeping in the car

    Well, if you have high humidity, as you say, you need a true AC. Maybe a PAC (the personal AC units that you hook to a window with a flex hose) would be the solution. They do draw close to 14A from 115VAC while the compressor is running. So, that's basically a 2kw generator (and fuel) to run it...
  17. george_tlc

    Gasoline stoves?

    Have both Coleman Peak 1 and also an older Coleman (bigger tank) that is also petrol compatible. Both have been rock solid and the most I've had to do is re-vitalize the cup on the pump (though I do carry a spare generator and pump assy). Had them for 20+ years and they go on all camping trips...
  18. george_tlc

    Folding Camp Kitchen

    ^ pretty well all of australia (once you get 50 - 100 miles or so inland) looks like that other than farmland and some desert areas :) You can easily tell if a vehicle has been into the oz outback, just look for the red dust. cheers, george.
  19. george_tlc

    Folding Camp Kitchen

    Yeah, cheap and simple is high on my list. Less crap to take out means faster setup and faster teardown with more time for relaxing and enjoying to camping experience. This table top was a piece of recycled marine ply and mounted to an old folding camp set of legs (I've posted this pic before)...
  20. george_tlc

    Re-purposing gear while out camping

    The hex key was chromed and with a nice flat bottom, so worked well to get to the bottom of the mix and into the outer edge of the pot :) The drill is a 12V dewalt (ebay $25,, new with no battery/charger) that I removed the battery portion of the housing and run direct from vehicle +12V so no...
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