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 Post subject: Camping Stuff
PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 1:18 pm 

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I figure it's time to invest in some camping stuff...

I'm looking to buy a 2-3man tent and a little cooker/gas stove (anything I can cook a standard camping meal with).

However, I know nothing about which makes are good or what to look for or even what a reasonable price to pay for such things is. :|
All I know is that I don't want a tent that leaks or attacks me when it gets windy, yet don't want to pay a fortune.

Anyone got any advice?

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 Post subject: Re: Camping Stuff
PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 1:20 pm 
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For the stove get a pocket rocket. Packs down to nothing and you can kind of cook with them. Kind of.

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 Post subject: Re: Camping Stuff
PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 1:22 pm 

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Don't get a cheap tent like one by Eurohike or Blacks or something or it will not last very long. Maybe get a good quality one second hand? Like ebay or off ukc?


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 Post subject: Re: Camping Stuff
PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 1:59 pm 

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A stove that sits on the floor is great like the Primus Spider.

Tents wise I made a mistake of buying a tera nova ultra quasar as a compromise between a light weight tent I could carry but something big enough to use all the time. It's too heavy for wild camping, trekking biking etc and too small for car camping.

Get something sub 2kg or just get a big cheap tent.


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 Post subject: Re: Camping Stuff
PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 3:03 pm 

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ianparkhouse wrote:
Get something sub 2kg or just get a big cheap tent.


A big cheap tent won't last long, also sub 2kg is nice but not mandatory as if you have a 2/3 man tent, presumably you would be sharing it with 1 or 2 other people so if trekking with it, you can easily split the load.


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 Post subject: Re: Camping Stuff
PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 3:04 pm 

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Vango do some relatively cheap and light small tents that are also fair quality :)


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 Post subject: Re: Camping Stuff
PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 3:30 pm 

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No KEEN FRESHER they'll be carrying the cooking stuff.

Just talking for experience trying to buy 1 tent to do lots of jobs will mean it does none of them well. Decide what you are going to be using it for then buy a tent to suit.


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 Post subject: Re: Camping Stuff
PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 3:37 pm 

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ianparkhouse wrote:
No KEEN FRESHER they'll be carrying the cooking stuff.


If you have a pocket rocket or jet boil or something then cooking stuff won't affect it as one has gas one stove one pan? then one has pegs/poles one has outer, one has inner?


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 Post subject: Re: Camping Stuff
PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 4:12 pm 

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how is is one of these gonna help with cooking?... Suppose you could give one to a woman as a gift for staying in the kitchen... :P


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 Post subject: Re: Camping Stuff
PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 4:17 pm 

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Jake wrote:
how is is one of these gonna help with cooking?... Suppose you could give one to a woman as a gift for staying in the kitchen... :P


No you give it the woman and she gets hot enough to cook on


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 Post subject: Re: Camping Stuff
PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 4:38 pm 

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haha helpful as always Jake, but the price is in dollars and I figure the shipping fee would be a bit too pricey.

So, tent wise, the function would almost definitely NOT be for trekking. Though, I don't want a really heavy one just incase I take it somewhere without a car... and also the heaviest weather it would need to survive would be that similar to cornwall last year.

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 Post subject: Re: Camping Stuff
PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 4:48 pm 

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http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/hi-gear-por ... ve-p142491

is this too cheap to be any good?

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 Post subject: Re: Camping Stuff
PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 4:51 pm 

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toodleslou wrote:
http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/hi-gear-portable-gas-camping-stove-p142491

is this too cheap to be any good?


Hi gear are cheap shit but it could be ok depending on how long you wanted it to last for? not very portable but if you looked after it it wouldn't break too soon. You would probably be best paying a bit more though.

Just search on ebay for tents then read reviews online, I just typed in vango tents to ebay and immediately saw 5 or so which would fit the bill well. Its just a matter of having a browse :)


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 Post subject: Re: Camping Stuff
PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 4:52 pm 

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Those stoves burn though fuel quick


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 Post subject: Re: Camping Stuff
PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 4:53 pm 

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2 man or 3 man

Look for outer pitch first for if its raining.

This looks ok for 2

http://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/index.cf ... 28/level/3

This has more space

http://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/index.cf ... 28/level/3


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