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Thanks, I added a couple things on here (like the Aeropress) to my amazon wishlist... whatever fails to arrive on fathers day will arrive ~2 days laterThis is the way.
When we car camp dispersed, we carry mostly the same gear we carry for backpacking trips. Instead of backpacks, we use three Plano trunks. We carry a bigger tent when car camping, but the same ultralight sleeping bags and sleeping pads. I’m really into traveling light. Here are some of my favorite pieces of gear:
Backpacking gear that doubles as car camping gear. All this stuff qualifies as light or ultralight gear:
Stove: Soto Windmaster
Titanium mug & pot system from Mountain Laurel Designs (discontinued; try Lixada instead)
Titanium spork: Sea To Summit
Food-hanging system: Pro Bear Bag System (it weighs 4.7oz, glides over branches, and has a 975lb test strength)
Inflator/LED light/phone charger: FLEXTAILGEAR (weighs 5.64oz)
Car camping coffee rig: Aeropress
LED rope camp lighting (runs off any portable USB battery pack)
Nitecore LED headlamp (USB rechargeable, weighs 0.99oz, lol)
Lightweight chair: Helinox Chair Zero (weighs 1.1lb)
Non-backpacking gear:
Family sized stove: Camp Chef Everest
Lightweight table: ALPS Mountaineering
Fiskars Steel D Handle Digging Shovel
Do you guys bother with bear bags when overlanding, or do you just keep everything in the vehicle (assuming you're not sleeping in it)? If we're in our trailer everything goes either into the trailer or into the truck, and I simply make sure it's not visible from the outside as I've heard bears "know" what a cooler.