I can’t thank you enough for your Chanel. I love watching your videos for hiking and cooking motivations. I’ve never camped before (I am terrified of spiders) so that fear has kept me from ever camping. But I am working myself up to go camping for the first time ever. I’m gonna do it! Thank you
I use a strand of 50 mini led Christmas lights. String around the top inside of my tent. I love it. Goes off auto in 8 hours. Has 8 different settings and auto comes back on in 16 hours. I camped all last summer and just left in when I took the tent down. It worked great. Gives great ambiance. Don’t have to fumble for light if you need something.
Great video; I'm going to check out that chainsaw link you provided. Those things really work best as a one-person tool. You loop it around the branch or whatever, hold an end in each hand, and start sawing. You can apply more pressure that way, and there's less chance of slippage so you can get the job done faster. Also it's way harder to cut yourself with one of these than if using a conventional saw, and a lot easier to carry around. Great for those who like bushcrafting adventures, or, like you said, if a small tree or large branch is blocking the road. Thanks for that link.
Based on your video I purchased this. for $11 on prime day. I prefer devices that have multiple uses. QiMH Collapsible Cutting Board - Foldable Multi-function Dish Tub - Washing and Draining Veggies Fruits Food Grade Sink Storage Basket(8.5 Quart) - New Kitchen and Camping Essentials(Knife Included)
All my cutting boards are Epicurean in the kitchen. I got it for many years. It is like the same material used in skate boards ramps. They will last for ever and they are gentle with knives.
Hey Amanda, I have the same pillow as your old faithful and I’ve washed my a ton! I just throw it in the washer with some other things and toss it in the dryer and it comes out like new. I think I read somewhere that the dryer helps the loft of the little foam bits in the pillow. :)
Someone else commented that they wash it too and I can't believe that didn't occur to me! I'm going to give it a good wash and then Nick can use it. It's still a great pillow!
@@amanda.outside wash it for Nick, after a wash, put it in for an extra rinse cycle a add a teaspoon of that one shampoo that HE thinks makes your hair smell delicious.. just a rinse cycle not a wash, it will leave that smell in/on the pillow forever.....
I’ve had the Garmin Tempe for my Montana 650 / 700 for years. It’s awesome to have camping and motorcycle riding. I also have a Klymit pillow but not as big as the one in the video. The softer outer is much better for sleeping.
I love my saw in a pouch we graduated to a camper and my wife loves those Christmas lights everywhere thanks for sharing keep the cameras rolling from Florida
The lightweight and functional cutting board is a winner. You'll have to let us know how it holds up. I'm also going to make your grilled corn salad, I think my family will love it. I enjoy your videos!
What a fun video!! Thank you so much for all the info and inspiration you give us everytime! I've been watching your channel for the past year and you've been the best resource! So empowered, I went on my first solo camping trip this summer...and my second trip! 😄 Had been camping years ago but only with groups. I gotta say, your Camp Cooking Starter Kit via email is GOLD!! 🌟 Tip: don't skip anything on Amanda's Camp Cooking Essentials list... I speak from experience! 🤣 Love that we can add our own items to your checklist! Think I might laminate mine once finalized. 💞
Your comment just made my day. 🤗 I'm so happy that the starter kit was helpful!! Laminating the checklist is such a great idea. Making it easier for people to get outside and enjoy nature and camping is the core of this channel. I'm glad you had some great trips this summer!
The Tempe thermometer device only broadcasts to the watch approximately every minute. When you access the widget, the delay in temperature reading is dependent on the Tempe next broadcast. No temperature reading will be shown until then; the watch did not lose the connection. In my experience, it could take up to 2 minutes for a reading after widget access . As a side note: please have Nick use a monopod. The micro wobbles, in the vlog, is noticeable.
Good review. Curious about 2 things: 1. Do you like your small camping chair as used in this video? If so would you share the link? 2. Why not use a small bedroom pillow? Genuinely curious, I started using an older small bedroom pillow for my car camping, maybe I need to look into a camping specific pillow? Thanks for your fun and beautiful videos!
Yes I love my camping chair! I'm planning to put it in this year's gift guide! It's the Big Agnes Skyline chair. I also have the Big Agnes Mica Basin camp chair and love that one too. It's just a little bigger. I sometimes use an extra bedroom pillow camping. That totally works! I've forgotten it before, so now I just keep a smaller camping specific pillow with my sleeping bag, so I always have one.
Whenever I replace my bed pillow with a new one (every 5 or 6 years) because it’s lost some of its loft, then I relegate the old one to camping use. Then the even older ‘camping’ pillow is passed down to the dog as an extra spot to snooze.
I’m just about to start camping for the first time in a few weeks here in Ireland. I’ve watched so many of your videos and loving your positivity, advice and energy. Can you recommend a sleeping mat/pad blow up or self inflating. Im not back packing 😉 will have my car. I’m pretty sure I saw in 1 of your videos a recommendation and I can’t find it AGAIN 🥴. Keep up all the help you are passing along please. 🥂🥂
Love your videos! Just so you know with your old pillow you can throw the whole thing in the wash and dryer!! I’ve done it after every trip and the pillow is still good as new
Cool beans we just found your channel and been saving some of your Amazon suggestions! Hey on this cutting board there’s five sizes; it’s hard for us to tell which size you got… it looks perfect as to what we wanna get. Let us know Tks and happy camping too!
@@amanda.outside I rewatched that section and gave you the missing drumroll. My favorite movie. I always thought my husband slept through it until I asked my son to repeat himself and my husband said that I can't hear a dump truck driving through a nitroglycerin plant. 🤣🤣 Camp well~
Amanda I love your videos,, camping , cast iron goodies and all .. Plus you remind me of one of my daughter's ONLY she doesn't go camping unless her husband rents a camper.. Thank you Frank from montana..PS.. More cast iron things please. Thank you..
If your new camping pillow still smells toxic, running it through the dryer on low/medium heat for a long cycle may hasten the outgassing process. Airing in the sun may also help a bit.
Just recently found your channel-thank you so much for making quality camping videos!! I’m prepping for my first camping trips of the fall season here in FL (now that it is finally cooling down!!)
@@amanda.outside thank you! I’m looking forward to the comfortable camping weather-and I totally agree-fall is the best for camping!! ~All the fall vibes~🪵🔥🍂🏕
Great reviews! I often wondered about the Big Agnes string lights. They look awesome. Putting them in my shopping cart. I'm a pillow snob. Still looking for the PERFECT pillow. May have to give the klymit pillow a try. As far as the cutting board, I think you should make a Amanda outside cutting board with the tree logo and offer for sale. I'd buy one. Just saying. Great video. 👍🏕
I love the lights! They're definitely going in my gift guide this year. I would say I'm pretty picky when it comes to pillows and it really did surprise me how much I like the new one! Thank you for watching! I've been thinking about making a custom cutting board... 😊
I love your videos! I'm so glad I found you! I use Epicurean cutting boards at home. They are THE BEST!! Can't wait for your next video! I think I'll be ordering those lights. They look awesome.
ok lets add some light to this story, lol, when you pulled out the old cutting board and compared it to the new one, the old board said really? as for the pocket chain saw, nope, a trusty fine file and a axe and machette will work better, the tempeh or whatever it is called, your body know better or your mind does, cold is cold and warm is warm, our summers i stay in the ac, about 109 degrees every summer, not camping in that crap, winter or fall is more my style. as for the light? no, thats a waste of time, maybe the kids if you have some can play with it, i dont have to even see the pillow lol but i will watch the rest because i love your vids, nothing beats two or three of your favorite pillows from home.
Hi sweety I liked and subed, great stuff but your cutting board is lacking either bring a low walled bus pan perfect amount of space for veggie/food work outdoors with no risk of contamination or a much larger cutting board. And you need to upgrade your hankie to lint free micro fiber hand towels 30 for a few bucks at sams club (comes in colors) they are big enough and absorbent enough to handle any job and soft enough to make your nose feel like a pampered princess. And they make small hand saws that will fly thru that log if you were serious
The chainsaw is wrapped around small branches and pulled back and forth by one person. I don't think using it on a stump is what it was designed for, but in a pinch it could be?
I used to think those pocket chain saws were good but honestly they are garbage and a waste of money…definitely not better then a leather man lol Everything else was cool
I had a lot of fun making this video! I know it's a bit random, but it's nice to change things up and try something new. Thank you for watching 💚
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I loved this video! Watching your honest reactions was great! ❤
Your "random" video was so much fun! Thank you!
Great video! Can you share where you got the plates used in this video?
There's always a nugget of gold in every video, thanks for sharing Amanda.
"Yeah! This cutting board!!!" 😂😂😂 Same, Amanda, same. It really is all little things 😊
I can’t thank you enough for your Chanel. I love watching your videos for hiking and cooking motivations. I’ve never camped before (I am terrified of spiders) so that fear has kept me from ever camping. But I am working myself up to go camping for the first time ever. I’m gonna do it! Thank you
You're so welcome. Thank you for commenting. You can do it!!!
I use a strand of 50 mini led Christmas lights. String around the top inside of my tent. I love it. Goes off auto in 8 hours. Has 8 different settings and auto comes back on in 16 hours. I camped all last summer and just left in when I took the tent down. It worked great. Gives great ambiance. Don’t have to fumble for light if you need something.
Epicurean cutting boards are amazing! Hadn’t thought of them for camping, we use them all the time at home. Dishwasher safe and so low maintenance.
They are so low maintenance, especially compared to my old wooden one! I'm so glad I tried it!
Great video; I'm going to check out that chainsaw link you provided. Those things really work best as a one-person tool. You loop it around the branch or whatever, hold an end in each hand, and start sawing. You can apply more pressure that way, and there's less chance of slippage so you can get the job done faster. Also it's way harder to cut yourself with one of these than if using a conventional saw, and a lot easier to carry around. Great for those who like bushcrafting adventures, or, like you said, if a small tree or large branch is blocking the road. Thanks for that link.
It's joyful seeing how excited you get over these items! I'm the same way, I LOVE camping gear. Safe travels!
What a fun video! My husband and I really enjoyed watching it. We also enjoyed seeing a bit more of Nick.
Based on your video I purchased this. for $11 on prime day. I prefer devices that have multiple uses.
QiMH Collapsible Cutting Board - Foldable Multi-function Dish Tub - Washing and Draining Veggies Fruits Food Grade Sink Storage Basket(8.5 Quart) - New Kitchen and Camping Essentials(Knife Included)
All my cutting boards are Epicurean in the kitchen. I got it for many years. It is like the same material used in skate boards ramps. They will last for ever and they are gentle with knives.
Hey Amanda, I have the same pillow as your old faithful and I’ve washed my a ton! I just throw it in the washer with some other things and toss it in the dryer and it comes out like new. I think I read somewhere that the dryer helps the loft of the little foam bits in the pillow. :)
Someone else commented that they wash it too and I can't believe that didn't occur to me! I'm going to give it a good wash and then Nick can use it. It's still a great pillow!
@@amanda.outside wash it for Nick, after a wash, put it in for an extra rinse cycle a add a teaspoon of that one shampoo that HE thinks makes your hair smell delicious.. just a rinse cycle not a wash, it will leave that smell in/on the pillow forever.....
We like the pocket chainsaw while backpacking! So light
I’ve had the Garmin Tempe for my Montana 650 / 700 for years. It’s awesome to have camping and motorcycle riding. I also have a Klymit pillow but not as big as the one in the video. The softer outer is much better for sleeping.
I have that pillow too! Love it!
I love my saw in a pouch we graduated to a camper and my wife loves those Christmas lights everywhere thanks for sharing keep the cameras rolling from Florida
The lightweight and functional cutting board is a winner. You'll have to let us know how it holds up. I'm also going to make your grilled corn salad, I think my family will love it. I enjoy your videos!
What a fun video!! Thank you so much for all the info and inspiration you give us everytime! I've been watching your channel for the past year and you've been the best resource! So empowered, I went on my first solo camping trip this summer...and my second trip! 😄 Had been camping years ago but only with groups.
I gotta say, your Camp Cooking Starter Kit via email is GOLD!! 🌟 Tip: don't skip anything on Amanda's Camp Cooking Essentials list... I speak from experience! 🤣 Love that we can add our own items to your checklist! Think I might laminate mine once finalized. 💞
Your comment just made my day. 🤗 I'm so happy that the starter kit was helpful!! Laminating the checklist is such a great idea. Making it easier for people to get outside and enjoy nature and camping is the core of this channel. I'm glad you had some great trips this summer!
@@amanda.outside 😊😊😊 Have a great week!
Red light doesn't mess up your night vision, so for the purpose that would be the color to go with.
Great video, as always, but I gotta say, the Christmas Vacation reference was effin Hilarious 🤣. THAT was awesome
I LOVE that movie. I was wondering how many people would get the reference 😂
The Tempe thermometer device only broadcasts to the watch approximately every minute. When you access the widget, the delay in temperature reading is dependent on the Tempe next broadcast. No temperature reading will be shown until then; the watch did not lose the connection. In my experience, it could take up to 2 minutes for a reading after widget access .
As a side note: please have Nick use a monopod. The micro wobbles, in the vlog, is noticeable.
Love your channel! Always love watching new gear being put to use before having to spend my own money on it lol Thanks! 🤙🏼
Good review. Curious about 2 things:
1. Do you like your small camping chair as used in this video? If so would you share the link?
2. Why not use a small bedroom pillow? Genuinely curious, I started using an older small bedroom pillow for my car camping, maybe I need to look into a camping specific pillow?
Thanks for your fun and beautiful videos!
Yes I love my camping chair! I'm planning to put it in this year's gift guide! It's the Big Agnes Skyline chair. I also have the Big Agnes Mica Basin camp chair and love that one too. It's just a little bigger. I sometimes use an extra bedroom pillow camping. That totally works! I've forgotten it before, so now I just keep a smaller camping specific pillow with my sleeping bag, so I always have one.
@@amanda.outside awesome, thanks for the response. :)
Whenever I replace my bed pillow with a new one (every 5 or 6 years) because it’s lost some of its loft, then I relegate the old one to camping use. Then the even older ‘camping’ pillow is passed down to the dog as an extra spot to snooze.
@@altitudeiseverything3163 good idea!!!
I’m just about to start camping for the first time in a few weeks here in Ireland. I’ve watched so many of your videos and loving your positivity, advice and energy. Can you recommend a sleeping mat/pad blow up or self inflating. Im not back packing 😉 will have my car. I’m pretty sure I saw in 1 of your videos a recommendation and I can’t find it AGAIN 🥴. Keep up all the help you are passing along please. 🥂🥂
Amanda just to give you a laugh 🤣🤣 ua-cam.com/video/R3yzlEFAcWQ/v-deo.htmlsi=a1yXqWCOdgImogEp
Love your videos! Just so you know with your old pillow you can throw the whole thing in the wash and dryer!! I’ve done it after every trip and the pillow is still good as new
Oh my gosh... how have I not even thought about that 😂 I'll do that and then Nick can use it!
yes, I have that pillow too and have washed it and it comes out with more loft after too
1000%! I’ve had this pillow for years - it comes out of the wash all refreshed and re-lofted!!
Cool beans we just found your channel and been saving some of your Amazon suggestions!
Hey on this cutting board there’s five sizes; it’s hard for us to tell which size you got… it looks perfect as to what we wanna get. Let us know Tks and happy camping too!
Love your Christmas Vacation reference.
😂 I was wondering if anyone would get that!!
@@amanda.outside I rewatched that section and gave you the missing drumroll. My favorite movie. I always thought my husband slept through it until I asked my son to repeat himself and my husband said that I can't hear a dump truck driving through a nitroglycerin plant. 🤣🤣 Camp well~
'My Pillow' travel pillow... it lives in my car, its small but nice, and laundromat washable/dryable....
Thanks for letting me know on the Big Agnes lights I'm about to buy that that's awesome
They are awesome! I'm already planning to buy more!
was the camping pillow comfy ? is it avilable in sweden ? was the pillow a keeper ?
Amanda I love your videos,, camping , cast iron goodies and all .. Plus you remind me of one of my daughter's ONLY she doesn't go camping unless her husband rents a camper.. Thank you Frank from montana..PS.. More cast iron things please. Thank you..
Hi! Would you do a review of Tentsile suspension tents? Looking into purchasing a 2 or 3 person for me and my husband!
I'm going to look for that pillow! My camping pillow leaves much to be desired 😜
"The 13 year old disgusting pillow? Nahhhh." haha my son and I just love your content overall. Thank you!
What kind of sleeping pad do you guys use and recommend? Thanks!
If your new camping pillow still smells toxic, running it through the dryer on low/medium heat for a long cycle may hasten the outgassing process. Airing in the sun may also help a bit.
Just recently found your channel-thank you so much for making quality camping videos!! I’m prepping for my first camping trips of the fall season here in FL (now that it is finally cooling down!!)
Welcome!! 🤗 I hope you have an awesome trip. Fall camping is the best!!
@@amanda.outside thank you! I’m looking forward to the comfortable camping weather-and I totally agree-fall is the best for camping!! ~All the fall vibes~🪵🔥🍂🏕
Great reviews! I often wondered about the Big Agnes string lights. They look awesome. Putting them in my shopping cart. I'm a pillow snob. Still looking for the PERFECT pillow. May have to give the klymit pillow a try. As far as the cutting board, I think you should make a Amanda outside cutting board with the tree logo and offer for sale. I'd buy one. Just saying. Great video. 👍🏕
I love the lights! They're definitely going in my gift guide this year. I would say I'm pretty picky when it comes to pillows and it really did surprise me how much I like the new one! Thank you for watching! I've been thinking about making a custom cutting board... 😊
I love your videos! I'm so glad I found you! I use Epicurean cutting boards at home. They are THE BEST!! Can't wait for your next video! I think I'll be ordering those lights. They look awesome.
The lights are so cool! I'm planning to order another one!
The pocket chainsaw is for small diameter branches only
My husband hates camping but I love camping. I got an RV to make being in nature easier and he still hates it 😢
ok lets add some light to this story, lol, when you pulled out the old cutting board and compared it to the new one, the old board said really? as for the pocket chain saw, nope, a trusty fine file and a axe and machette will work better, the tempeh or whatever it is called, your body know better or your mind does, cold is cold and warm is warm, our summers i stay in the ac, about 109 degrees every summer, not camping in that crap, winter or fall is more my style. as for the light? no, thats a waste of time, maybe the kids if you have some can play with it, i dont have to even see the pillow lol but i will watch the rest because i love your vids, nothing beats two or three of your favorite pillows from home.
love your videos a lot , thanks for all the efforts , love from india
Gear Stipend!
Very gadgety, the chainsaw thingy. Did it do anything after a closer look. Love your work anyway
Hi sweety I liked and subed, great stuff but your cutting board is lacking either bring a low walled bus pan perfect amount of space for veggie/food work outdoors with no risk of contamination or a much larger cutting board. And you need to upgrade your hankie to lint free micro fiber hand towels 30 for a few bucks at sams club (comes in colors) they are big enough and absorbent enough to handle any job and soft enough to make your nose feel like a pampered princess. And they make small hand saws that will fly thru that log if you were serious
Great video
Good informational video.
The chainsaw is wrapped around small branches and pulled back and forth by one person. I don't think using it on a stump is what it was designed for, but in a pinch it could be?
great video. 13 years is a long time
LOL,I have a 14 y.o. grand daughter....
Great video, thank you 😊
You’re welcome!! Thanks for commenting!
"Made in the USA, that's always good." 👍
why do use red light at night? I see this in several camping videos
Those artificial cutting boards are tough on good knives. You might need to hone more often.
I thought the same, but I’d never take a good knife on a camping trip. I’d be very upset to come home and realize I’d somehow lost it!
Too bad the color for the string of lights doesn’t change remotely.
Give The Old Pillow A Dry Cleaning,
Second!
Wood is porous and holds bacteria, so I don't think a wooden cutting board is a good idea. The pocket chainsaw on the other hand is awesome!
I used to think those pocket chain saws were good but honestly they are garbage and a waste of money…definitely not better then a leather man lol Everything else was cool
Fun video!