I have a couple tents. I have an early Mountain hardware Winter Light. Worked great for 20 years of single guy camping and backpacking and was a good four season tent. A few year ago I got a deal on SLickdeals for a Coleman extreme 2 man tent for 60$. It's been an awesome four season tent. Just as good of quality or maybe better than the mountain hardware tents. I think they have since killed the line.
Had been using cheap Coleman 8 or 12 man tents. You know the ones that are on sale from time to time for 100 or less. They work well for light camping with the family but Winter or wet camping they flat out suck. A 2-3 season tent at best. I finally broke down last year and bout a Big Agnes Flying Diamond 8. I'm in love with this tent though I wish the zippers were bigger. It's a two room tent where we can separate ourselves from the kids and big enough to have a queen air mattress in the main and a full in the other side with room to spare. Best part about it is it's a 4 season tent. I've been in the teens with it and in torrential downpours and it never leaked.
In the fall and winter I always have a Big Buddy heater attached to a 11lb tank. It has served me well for 10 years only rebuild once because of the known black hose issues. I use it in the 80 and in the tent.
Have a tent hybrid that SOR sells for the 80. It allows you to have the tailgate down and hatch up and windows down and provide protection from bugs, rain and provides plenty of ventilation. You can kind of see it here. It rocks but is spendy. Takes maybe 2 min to install. Using this option you don't have to remove the rear seats but I do for the tailgate space. I put the heater on a box on the tailgate and can have 70's inside the cruiser when it's in the teens outside with the heater on low all night.
I usually haul a 3 burner camp chef cooker around. In the bag it fits perfectly in the back of the 80. Grill, and griddle are a must with it. It's a cooking machine with the fold out tables. I can easily cook for 20 people with it. I have a MSR jetboil style setup for coffee. It's a freestanding coffepress that makes coffee in about 5 min including setup.
For tent camping I have two of the largest thermarests (4") along with the new thermarest cot systems. It's probably more comfortable than my bed at home. Or we use big air matresses.
Bags I have all varies of mountain hardware bags.
Camp chairs I have a Costco chair that has a side table or I have two of the cabelas rocking camp chairs which I love.
One thing I have learned in my 40 years of camping is to limit your gear to just enough to make it comfortable. In years past I've brought everything under the sun. And it really detracts from the camping experience. I used to spend all my time setting up and taking town crap. Camping in the 80 make setup and take down about 15 min.
Had been using cheap Coleman 8 or 12 man tents. You know the ones that are on sale from time to time for 100 or less. They work well for light camping with the family but Winter or wet camping they flat out suck. A 2-3 season tent at best. I finally broke down last year and bout a Big Agnes Flying Diamond 8. I'm in love with this tent though I wish the zippers were bigger. It's a two room tent where we can separate ourselves from the kids and big enough to have a queen air mattress in the main and a full in the other side with room to spare. Best part about it is it's a 4 season tent. I've been in the teens with it and in torrential downpours and it never leaked.
In the fall and winter I always have a Big Buddy heater attached to a 11lb tank. It has served me well for 10 years only rebuild once because of the known black hose issues. I use it in the 80 and in the tent.
Have a tent hybrid that SOR sells for the 80. It allows you to have the tailgate down and hatch up and windows down and provide protection from bugs, rain and provides plenty of ventilation. You can kind of see it here. It rocks but is spendy. Takes maybe 2 min to install. Using this option you don't have to remove the rear seats but I do for the tailgate space. I put the heater on a box on the tailgate and can have 70's inside the cruiser when it's in the teens outside with the heater on low all night.
I usually haul a 3 burner camp chef cooker around. In the bag it fits perfectly in the back of the 80. Grill, and griddle are a must with it. It's a cooking machine with the fold out tables. I can easily cook for 20 people with it. I have a MSR jetboil style setup for coffee. It's a freestanding coffepress that makes coffee in about 5 min including setup.
For tent camping I have two of the largest thermarests (4") along with the new thermarest cot systems. It's probably more comfortable than my bed at home. Or we use big air matresses.
Bags I have all varies of mountain hardware bags.
Camp chairs I have a Costco chair that has a side table or I have two of the cabelas rocking camp chairs which I love.
One thing I have learned in my 40 years of camping is to limit your gear to just enough to make it comfortable. In years past I've brought everything under the sun. And it really detracts from the camping experience. I used to spend all my time setting up and taking town crap. Camping in the 80 make setup and take down about 15 min.
