My Favorite Car Camping Gear - Cook & Sleep System
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Get excited by your National Forest... "Pitch a Tent"
Love the variety in the types of content. I feel like a lot of hardcore backpackers hate on car camping, but it will always have a special place in my heart!
Car camping will always be fun & enjoyable to me! It's definitely the entry drug into the outdoors as far as I'm concerned! 😉
Car camping and backpacking go hand and hand for me. I often car camp at trailheads or in random spots either before a backpacking trip or after one, it’s the perfect way to either get ready for a trip or unwind after one. Much better than driving home for 8+ hours!
@@chemistryflavoredAgree. I normally hike in the California Sierra between 9,000 and 12,000 feet, so I like to acclimate for 2-3 days prior to backpacking and rest at least one night post trail before driving home.
Now we’re talking. The thru hike is neat but Car Camping is so much with friends, kids, dogs and
Thanks for doing this video. Personally I can't imagine going car camping without a cast iron Dutch oven.
I do love me some campfire dutch oven cooking!
My parents took me car camping when I was a kid - I continue the tradition; such a money saving strategy when we travel. I've been using gear that you have now upgraded - I'll be making changes. Delightful to see Snuggles 💙 Love to you guys
USB small rechargeable tent fans. They are great for controlling condensation on those muggy humid nights by hanging them from the top of the tent but then pointing them upwards and across the fly to keep the air moving. Then also pointing down for extra breeze when needed. They hardly weigh anything and have been super useful many times.
Great to see no "overland" word associated with car camping.Thanks for the video
I absolutely love cooking in the outdoors. Must have been a cattle drive cook in a previous life. I run a three-burner Coleman stove with a Coleman roadtrip grill. But I never forget my cast-iron Dutch ovens & my cast-iron griddle.
What better than watching your thru hiking posts while sitting around a campfire after setting up my car camping gear.
Exped megamat is so good! I've been car camping with mine for more years than I can remember. A sunshade of some sort and bug screen/management of some sort is also critical.
Whoa...Darwin does car camping, really1?😁😉😜 I'm all in on this vid and hope for a few more every now and than. Really getting the hang of OnX Backcountry , liking it, and will check out their coffee press. As I've gotten older (started backpacking in 1974), I've used my Evolved lightweight backpacking style to ease me into a lightweight "car" camping style in the last 10 years or so. Well actually an FJ Cruiser and Aliner that I can go just about anywhere with in the Rockies backcountry. Often use that combination as a basecamp for hikes, overnight backpacking and fly fishing. Keeps me still getting out there, especially in the National Forests to avoid the over stressed National Parks. And a big THANKS for being a public lands advocate!
Been car camping for years! You never hike too many miles to know where you came from falling in love with the outdoors
My essential car camping item is cold beer. Also love cooking on cast iron over an open flame.
North-South lake site 116. Tucked away in the back against the mountain. Book a site there now lol. Its beautiful
For car camping, the way we do coffee for my wife is I'll make up a bunch of cold brew concentrate before we leave and that goes in our cooler. Then in the morning she can decide if she wants cold coffee or hot coffee, if she wants cold, I just add cold water to the concentrate, if she wants hot, I boil some water in the jet boil and mix the hot water with the concentrate. She gets her coffee, and I don't have to deal with cleaning up coffee grounds while camping.
Love that you are doing this style of video. Due to my circumstances, car camping is my main jam. And I travel with my cat cuz she is a special needs kitty so it’s hard to leave her with just anyone and she enjoys car camping. Since she prefers to sleep with me in my sleeping bag I had to buy an extra wide cot. She enjoys the cot for sleeping on and under so her kitties goes under there for her day time hang out space if it’s hot. If it’s chilly she goes inside her old fashioned flannel sleeping bag that I inherited from my dad. My thermarest thick self inflating pad goes in the cot for my comfort and a memory foam pad on top so she doesn’t pop my thermarest. At night I have a UGQ down quilt for warmth if it’s chilly. Otherwise the old Coleman flannel bag is enough, with a fleece throw if need be. For cooking I inherited my dad’s Coleman stove, tho I prefer cooking on the fire if possible. I have a jetboil style pot if I just want hot water. Mostly I used my good old Stanley adventure camp cook set that is my all in one set for pots and dishes and utensils. And my cast iron frypan with cast iron lid. I recently got the sea to summit kettle that came as a cook set with collapsible bowls and mugs that I have yet to try. I love how lightweight and collapsible it is. For camping when I just am not wanting a full on fire but want to cook over actual wood flames I have my tomshoo gasifier twig stove as well as my firebox twig stove. That way I don’t have to haul a bunch of wood in my car for cooking. I just put these stoves on an aluminum pie pan over the campsites fire grate and make my hot water in the gasifier and my bacon and eggs on the firebox. Save my gas for places with fire bans or for quick stops for lunch at a picnic area when all I need is some quick hot water at a lunch spot. Nothing like a fresh iced mocha made from fresh hot coffee in my moka pot mixed with a bit of a chocolate bar poured over ice from the cooler. Thanks for sharing your awesome car camping suggestions. I’m curious about the tents you use while camping. My cat prefers the big 6 person tent cuz it has plenty of room for the cot, a big chair, a table and her litter box. The rain fly comes off so she can pretty much live in the tent all day and at night run around and play. If I’m out cooking she can see me at the picnic table. Snd I bring her out on her harness and leash when I’m not busy cooking. But I also have a three man tent that the cot fits into as well as her litter box. But that’s for only an overnight jaunt. Then off to the next location. It’s the best tent for warmth when it’s cold and rainy. It’s my old faithful alps mountaineering tent. The big one is a no name off Amazon. It’s not as good on quality but it’s survived in rain storms without a leak but I’m always having to patch the floor cuz it’s so not a durable floor. Grateful for the ground sheet and tenacious tape. lol. Thanks again. I’d love to hear more about some of your other gear if you want to explore this genre in future videos
Best piece of car camping gear I’ve ever had was a collapsible folding table. No longer have it sadly, but the this was long and narrow. Perfect for beer pong. Me and my delinquent friends would go to the woods and throw down.
The table also was used for food and junk, but you haven’t lived until you played beer point by lantern light.
Yeah! We have a little one too that the stove sits on in this video. It’s great!
My cook system consists of a 2 burner coleman stove, but the old style that runs on liquid fuel. I also have the same style Coleman lantern and of course cast iron. I like the liquid fuel Colemans because i can bring a single can of gasoline and not wonder when the propane canister is going to run out. Yes, those old Colemans run great on pump gas which is a fraction of the cost of Coleman fuel.
I never realized i needed this video lmao
It might seem a bit unnecessary, but I just went car camping for 5 days, 4 nights with some close friends and I scooped up the Flextail shower head/pump and shower tent, and it was the hit of the trip.
We didn’t have access to showers other than the river, and it helped bring a bit of an added cleanly refresh to the outdoor adventure, and let us head to bed feeling clean as well! Surprisingly, I’d highly recommend when yer out getting your glamp on!
😅 crazy. I’ve been watching your videos for years and I’m going car camping for the first time with my family next weekend. I have exclusively been going backpacking during that time. Wild timing!
Thanks for the video! I upgraded my car camping tent to a 'fast-frame' design from Oztrail that sets up very quickly, as we often use our car camping tent on road trips where we need to set up camp every day in a new place. It made a huge difference to not have to spend 30 minutes setting up a big dome tent and rather quickly deploy a 10 minute tent.
I love this! Backpacking/bikepacking/packrafting is all great, but car camping is the perfect weekend getaway for relaxation, good food, and quiet.
the sleeping mat is the next upgrade to our car camping setup. I LOVE the look of the brewtek insulated press. Will definitely check that one out.
I’ve never hiked, I almost did twice, but I have car camped and I am so excited for this video. I have upgraded my camping gear to lighter weight and the planning for hiking sure helped me rethink excess and makes camping more manageable. We now bring our jet boil on all camping trips.
I love car camping as much as a backcountry trip. The two of us use a large six person tent we acquired at a yard sale. After a few fails we settled on two fold up cots. This way we aren't getting dressed on the ground and we have storage room underneath.
Darwin, so good to see you thinking of the average hiker/backpacker/car camper. I am sure the majority of your viewers are not thru hikers. Most of us have jobs, kids and responsibilities that don’t allow the time for months on the trail. Great video.
Darwin thru-hikes so that you don't have to.
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Pour over, all day long. Coffee is the Japanese tea ritual of the fremen. - Muad'dib
A really good….. COMFY CHAIR…..and a cold BEER…. peace and quiet… Great … different video 🍺🍺
Great video! ❤❤❤
love my exped mat for car camping!
Going up to flagstaff this weekend, great video to have!
As I've camped more over the years, the number of friends that come with grows. I recently got the GCI folding cook station to make sure everyone's well fed and the picnic tables stay cleared for us to eat at.
Also, we have the same car! It's tiny but wonderful. I'd love to see a video on how you organize your car camping gear on the road and at the campsite.
Did 2 hikes in the arapaho national forest this past weekend. One was lots of up to devils thumb pass and was steady gradual up for 4.9 miles. Great time with wife and cousins. See you on trail
Thank you for this video, as I get older, shorter excursions are necessary and the opportunity to bring more gear by car is nice. I also discovered ExPed last year and it’s the best pad I’ve ever used. Enjoyed your recent talk with Dan, hope you two do more, thank you again.
Gotta have my Dutch Ovens!
Always good for a campfire!
Top two must haves for my family and I when car camping are the storage "tool boxes" and cooler for food. We went with a Rigid 3 tool box system that sits on top each and has a wheeled base. Boxes are filled with camping gear basics and a major portion of our cook system. It is perfect for those walk in sites. The cooler otherwise is a Kenai 65 that holds ice for days especially using a good layering technique for ice and food/drinks. The cooler is definitely heavy when filled and one needs to be sure to lift properly. Cheers!
For car camping I love using two classic large trangias ! Upgraded to the duossal pots
"...something that my friends sent me... my friends at On X Backcountry™️..." lmao smooth segue. And while I dont doubt Darwin actually knows them on a friend level.. such infomercial vibes.
I love that you're a fellow Crosstrek owner!
For car camping I just picked up the Ignik Gas Growler 3.8 It’s great for my small 2 burner and no more single use green bottles!
Hike the Coconino NF every day. It is great!
You'll have to pry my Coleman 2 burner stove from my cold dead hands. I have decent simmer control with mine. I love the flat profile of it. It makes it easy to slide into many different storage spaces.
I recently picked up a Kelty sunshade/canopy. I love the extra shade on those hot summer days.
Very good...do more. Please.
I e always used a Coleman for car camping but I’ve been considering jet boils clamshell, thanks for sharing!
I’m with you concerning Teflon.
I use Plano Sportsman trunks to organize gear. Usually I can fit 3 crates in most SUVs I've used including RAV4, Outback, Highlander, etc. I use one for food, one for cook system, and one for camp gear such as chairs, tarps, lights, etc.
Thanks, Darwin! Something for us 'ordinary' campers! Great stuff.
Kelty low loveseat is my suggested product. Love it, along with the three-seater "coach."
Thank you for talking car camping. This is really more what I do. I have a bad foot now, so short hikes and car camping are more my priority. 🏕️
My pleasure!
Another thumbs up for exped megamat. It ain't cheap, but so comfy, and seems very durable. Been stealth camping regularly in my Tesla for a few years now. Maybe 50 nights or so, no sign of wear.
Gsi outdoors. Love their anodized aluminum pots. I use their sauce pans and their stainless steel skillet. Of course I also bring the cast iron skillet. As for coffee, pour over.
I love the Bru trek and sea to summit kettle, two of my go to car and RV camping accessories.
Bru Trek makes such a good cup o’ joe!
@@DarwinOnthetrail it's so good
When traveling & camping, I fix a majority of my meals & beverages with the Jet Boil Big Mug for boiling water. I boil the water & put instant coffee in a thermos. Then I boil another big mug of water & add it to my dehydrated food, in a jet boil pot. I let the food hydrate an hour , then do a quick re-heat & meal is ready. I do not like to cook my food with jet boil, just heat up. These items are game changers for enjoying the outdoors without a lot of fuss. Happy Trails!
The one item that goes with me no matter where and what I'm doing: a USB powered fan. I have two different ones and they are great at moving the air when I'm sleeping. A little white noise, a little air movement and I'm asleep.
Love this video Darwin, we literally just got back from car camping.
A comfortable chair you can take a nap in
I’ve tried many car camping stoves. My favorite is the Gas One GS-800 mini butane stove. It packs small and you can cook a meal on it easily. If you need only one burner check it out.
When we go car camping we bring a geodesic pop up kitchen tent. It takes 5-10 minutes to setup and we lift it down over a camping table. Besides the weight the only drawback is that it packs down 6 feet long.
Gear vidoes fresh for the junkie like I am!
I agree on the Exped Megamat Duo. Absolutely the most comfortable air mattress I’ve slept on easy. It fits perfectly in my Subaru Outback. Definitely look into getting a tiny air pump though. I got a FLEXTAILGEAR air pump and it makes it so much easier to setup. I also just fold it in 3 instead of rolling it up. I find it takes up less space when folded.
It’ll be awesome to see you guys -as you age-start doing reviews of RV’s, Starlink and comfort lawn chairs 🎉
For 'minimalist' car camping with some hiking crossover, I recommend the Jetboil 1.5l pot. Ceramic coated for easy clean. Soups, stews etc, wipe out with a paper towel. Solid handle so good for 1l water boil.
I use it on a Mighty Mo, a bit fiddly but very efficient.
Exped sleeping pads are some of the best underrated pads imo. I’ve been switching over all my pads to them after spending years with thermarest and nemo ones
Pretty damn good!
Absolutely love my ITASCA custom quilt Enlightened Equipment. It stays in the Clydesdale. I’ll have to check out the Jet Boil burners. Definitely take up less room than the Coleman Stove. 😎👍🏼
great ideas. Like the jetboil dual cooker and the big mattress. I have not car camped since 1991 though, and thought if I needed to do so I'd just use my UL backpacking gear, now that it is pretty comfortable. The jetboil might be useful during power outages here at home, I've used by basic jetboil during outages plenty but it can only boil water.
CAR CAMPING LETS GOO
A couple of decent folding camp chairs and a propane fire pit for later in the summer when all the burn bans are on in the PNW.
I wouldn’t be able to tent camp without the exped mat. I have back problems and thank goodness for it. I did upgrade the inflater thingy for a tiny battery pump.
4" memory foam in 2 compression sacks with 2 Static Vs underneath. About the same size packed as a 3" Kelty double wide, and subjectively more comfortable. Eureka full size bag on top. Timberline Outfitter FTW.
We like Teton Vista 2 instant tent with Coleman Packaway Cots, Coleman Big & Tall sleeping bags and Thermarest pads. Total luxury, no crawling, quick set up. 0:22 0:22 0:22
Nice, our national forest lands are truly our last frontier. I LOVE my Exped mega mat single. I bought it a few years ago. On some trips where it is questionable who is sharing the bed with whom, I’m always the first to say I’ll be on the floor with my Exped bed. Same with visiting relatives. Fold out couch? Nope.I’ve got my Exped bed.
A new subscriber here. I recently bought a 2024 Subaru Forester Wilderness, just got my Inspired Overland RTT on it , gearing it up and about to hit the road in the next week or two into some forests. Thanks for some great suggestions on gear I don't have yet.
good video
Thanks!
We just upgraded to a rooftop tent 😊
Just curious, which one? After watching a slew of YT videos, I went with the Inspired Overland since it's just me camping.
Meganat 15 for the win
On my Genesis stove I use the Ignik 5 lb propane tank. For half the price of one Coleman bottle I can fill my Ignik and have four times the gas. And not have to bother with the empty bottles, i.e landfills.
Yeah, we definitely need to get a small tank
I got the Stanley Camp Pro cookset, was a bit of a splurge buth worth it having quality stainless cookware in the woods. I still bring a 10" flat cast iron skillet though, I'll cook my bacon on the CI and my eggs on stainless. All on the good ol coleman classic stove. But with a 5lb tank from the ranch supply store. $3 to fill it, will last all summer, no half full 1lb bottles.
Got the 4 in one air mattress fold it up for the couch and unfold it for the bed at night best 30 bucks I spent
Car camping specific- I made screens with net like fabric and magnet tape. It is basically two layers so I can slide one layer inside the window and magnet the one on the outside and the two layers keep bugs out but let cool Air in. #Homemade item.
Nemo Roamer! Wanted the Exped, but someone returned the Roamer to REI and I was willing to spend $80 on something normally $230. Nothing wrong with it and will keep it until I need something larger!!
Love the Exped mega mat. Had mine for years now and it's still like new. Its also useful for when a buddy drinks all your beer and needs to crash at your place.
The exped megamat is no joke. When I moved into my house I slept on it as my main bed for a couple months, and it made me not want to buy a full size mattress
I've never car camped a day in my life, but this sure looks attractive!
I wanted to do car camping, and bought a station wagon (to replace my fiat which is a super impractical vehicle) and I've had nothing but problems with my car since getting it (and I live and work in Phoenx! A much different part of AZ, for sure). I think, honestly, I'm toying around with the idea that cars are way more trouble than they're worth. I cycle and my job frankly is close enough to my apartment that I don't NEED a car. I'm thinking about getting rid of it. I'd be curious to hear you comment on the criticisms of car culture I've been hearing lately!
As for cooking my wife & I use a 2 burner gas stove & a hotplate, a tea pot for boiling water for coffee or tea & that's about it really. No need for anything else as we only eat keto/carnivore. We do have a smallish pot to heat water for washing up though & the teapot stores away inside it together with washing up stuff. There just isn't much to wash up, really.
Do you ever get worried about someone stealing your expensive gear while you're out hiking? Like someone taking your tent or what not? What do you do to mitigate these possibilities?
Hest Sleep system Wide. The best, but it is big
I see you used some drone footage, which is awesome (i use drones for commercial work) and is legal in National Forests, but absolutely forbidden in National Parks.
Yep... That's correct
More car camping videos pretty please :-)❤
I just recently bought the Coleman Fold n Go stove for about $40 on sale and it has the same BTUs as that over priced Jetboil.
What tents do you prefer for car camping?
Oh come on!! Same ol’ argument, Get off the Ground! Hammock for Eastern Mountain Backpacking and Hiking and Tru Car Camping, Sleep in your Car in National Forest s and BLM Land out west! You have the SUV and the Van life experience so just get more luxurious with a Good Hatch Tent to add room off your CrossTrek! I slept in a 2010 Subaru Forrester for Trail Days 2023! Now I have a 2005 Prius for milage and generating Energy. Can’t beat the Sleep and Relaxation while still using all the Gear you already have! But like you said, Doesn’t matter what you sleep in, Get out in Nature!
Do you ever have an issue with the coffee burning/overbrewing with the press? That was my immediate concern.
Nope, not yet. It makes a pretty damn good cup
Liked the content. Description listed a hoodie but where did you get that nifty green shirt??
Maybe one day soon all hikers will have a robot carrying their gear like that huuuge mega pad and ultra light will be a thing of the past we’ll all scoff at.
What chairs do you use when you car camp?
No tent?
What tent are you using for car camping?
I've stuck to Coleman stoves and lanterns for the most part over the past 10 years, but I tend to flip-flop back and forth between using the propane models and the Coleman gas versions. On the one hand, I hate those 1lb propane tanks. Never know what to do with them or how to dispose of them properly on a camping trip. Sadly, usually end up just throwing them in the garbage when depleted (shameful, I know). On the other hand, the Coleman gas stove/lantern is such a magnitude of difficulty more annoying. Did I pump it enough? Is the fuel intake clogged? Is it leaking? etc. The last few years I've just stuck with the ease of the propane stuff.
As for coffee, I'm in no way a coffee snob. My prefered method was to use a Coleman "Mr. Coffee" maker that sits on top of your propane stove. Works just like a normal coffee brewer at home, but takes up a huge amount of space. Have mostly resorted to using the Starbucks Via (the tin, not the individual packages) instant coffee, although Cafe Bustelo (as you showed) works pretty well in a pinch.
My favorite car camping item is a Camp Chef Juniper Fire Pit. I live in Oregon and we have fire bans in force most of the summer. The fire pit is allowed in most forests. What is camping without a fire? Right?