pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWhat's your best tip or hack for camping?message-squaremessage-square133linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your best tip or hack for camping?pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square133linkfedilinkfile-text
Any kind–drive-up camping, backpacking, RV camping, in the woods, at the beach, in a shelter, let’s hear it all.
minus-squareTakapapatapaka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoIf you go for a tent, first don’t forget the tent pegs, and then it’s always comfortable having a tiny mallet to plant them, rather than using a rock or your bare hands.
minus-squarekalkulat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 months agoFind a -soft, dry- spot for the tent. And pound the pegs in first, then the rest of the tent goes up more easily. Oh … and if it’s -really- cold out, put a handwarmer, or two, in the toe of the sleeping bag. (Good to well-below zero F)
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoDepends on the tent. Some stakes first some last. Dome tents stakes last, most everything else first
minus-squareOka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoWe had a roofing hammer. Half hammer, half handaxe
minus-squareBrutticus@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoOnce I forgot a mallet and I drove them in with a frying pan. I never forgot them again.
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoYou can also take off your shoe and use that
minus-squarepossumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 months agoIf the ground is super fucked and you’re car camping, an impact and some long ass lags also works a treat.
If you go for a tent, first don’t forget the tent pegs, and then it’s always comfortable having a tiny mallet to plant them, rather than using a rock or your bare hands.
Find a -soft, dry- spot for the tent. And pound the pegs in first, then the rest of the tent goes up more easily.
Oh … and if it’s -really- cold out, put a handwarmer, or two, in the toe of the sleeping bag. (Good to well-below zero F)
flat is a lot more important than soft
Depends on the tent. Some stakes first some last. Dome tents stakes last, most everything else first
We had a roofing hammer. Half hammer, half handaxe
Once I forgot a mallet and I drove them in with a frying pan. I never forgot them again.
You can also take off your shoe and use that
If the ground is super fucked and you’re car camping, an impact and some long ass lags also works a treat.