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Essential Lightweight Backpacking Tent review

Almost everything about your hike is perfect. You have all of your gear, you know where you’re going, and you’re out in nature... But your pack weighs so much. We’ve all been there. One way to save energy is to buy a lightweight backpacking tent. Here are some of the best on the market. Which Lightweight Backpacking tent is right for you I know from personal experience that saving weight on a camping trip can enhance the enjoyment. Heavy weight leads to suffering on hiking trips so reducing the weight is one of the keys to backpacking enjoyment. I have put together a list of my favorite 3 contenders for your post lockdown adventure. All 3 tents are tried and tested and you won't go wrong with any of them. Making sure you understand the pros and cons of each will help you make the right selection. Sierra Designs High Route 1 Person backpacking Tent Minimum Weight: 1 lb 12 oz Packaged Weight: 1 lb 15 oz Number of doors: 1.5 Vestibule: Yes Sier…

Camping Stove Review

When the time is right to head out camping you might be thinking about a new camping stove. Camping stove is one of those essential bit of camping equipment. We generally need one if we want to eat hot foot. Unless you are lucky enough to be wild camping or staying on a campsite with a fire pit. Camping stove makes the experience Staring at a campfire its great and in some ways it can be the holly grail of camping. It's not the only highlight of a camping trip though. Being able to heat food whilst experiencing some discomfort makes getting the right camping stove essential. The question is what is the right camping stove for your next trip. Deciding what the trip is going to be like like is the first step. But there are so many additional questions you need to ask yourself. If you are like me you might just end up buying several stoves for different occasions. I'm sure over time you will but lets looks at some question that will allow you to chose your first camping st…

The Latest Camping Technology

Whether you are an experienced outdoorsman who loves cool gadgets, or a city dweller who wishes the excursions to the country could be a little comfier, here are three devices that are must-haves for your next camping trip. “Roughing it” just got a whole lot easier. Check out the latest camping technology. The PowerPot Being able to have your music with you is a huge plus when you’re going camping, but let’s face it: many of us don’t even own bulky, battery-powered CD players anymore. Using the car radio is another option too, but is it really worth starting up the car and wasting all that battery just to listen to music?

If you’re like most people your music collection is on your phone, it fits in your pocket, and it powers up via a USB port. Thankfully, the latest camping technology has adapted to technology in general. Meet the PowerPot: it’s a thermo-electric generator that allows you to keep your devices charg…