Top Five Must Have Items?

[tav-2020]

To pass the time this holiday week for some of us not yet on the road please consider sharing your Top Five "must have" camping items.

Besides a tent/rv/shelter, sleeping bag/bedding, basic food with eating/drinking utensils and a camp chair, what are your Top 5 “can’t camp without” items or luxuries?

Mine are:

1. Cooler/fridge.
2. Head lamp.
3. Air or foam mattress, or cot.
4. Solar shower bag.
5. Wine/book.
   
   My reasons for these items can be found here on the tagalongvagabond blog: https://wp.me/p9cg95-5N

Please comment here and/or there with YOUR must have list!

Note: Pets are not items, they are almost human and their inclusion goes without sayin! Also, I am in a tent so do not have built in fridges or beds - you don't have to count items as "must have" if they are already part of your rig!

 

[Trebor English]

1) Coffee.  2) Kettle to heat water in.  3) Propane stove to heat the kettle.  4) Aeropress to run the hot water through the coffee grounds.  5) Filters for the aeropress.  

The stove and kettle have other uses too.

 

[tav-2020]

1) Coffee.  2) Kettle to heat water in.  3) Propane stove to heat the kettle.  4) Aeropress to run the hot water through the coffee grounds.  5) Filters for the aeropress.  

The stove and kettle have other uses too.

lol- coffee is clearly your priority! thanks for playing along

 

[user 423]

OP's list - solar shower but + MP3 player.

 

[bullfrog]

Good sleeping arrangement ( Thermarest or 4" foam in a cheap sleeping bag or both) and lots of quilts
Wave III heater and 20lb propane bottle
Ryobi 18 volt lights and fan with extra batteries and car charger
Separating/composting toliet (C-Head)
Internet device with booster 12volt chargeable

 

[lenny flank]

My laptop is far and away the most vital thing I have. It gives me ideas about places to see, it gives me TV shows and movies and documentaries to watch, it keeps me in touch with everyone, it lets me store all my photos, and it lets me do my job on the road.

 

[Florida boondocker]

not is order but ...
Solar
grill
Good bed
Kayak
Wife , she cooks

" Wife has other uses too "
.

 

[Motrukdriver]

lol- coffee is clearly your priority! thanks for playing along

Coffee is a necessity, kinda like oxygen.

 

[rm.w/aview]

To pass the time this holiday week for some of us not yet on the road please consider sharing your Top Five "must have" camping items.
Besides a tent/rv/shelter, sleeping bag/bedding, basic food with eating/drinking utensils and a camp chair, what are your Top 5 “can’t camp without” items or luxuries?  - you don't have to count items as "must have" if they are already part of your rig!

1. Tool Kit & Knives, for their uses 2. Shovel, for cat holes & to help get unstuck, 3. Hat, for shade 4. Headlamp, for hands free lighting 5. Bio Degrade Soap, for chance encounters with other members of the species.

 

[lenny flank]

Although not a "Must Have" I enjoy having a pair of binoculars along. The pair that I carry, Pentax Papilio,  focus down to 18" so they allow me to view distant and near objects (like a stereo 8.5 power microscope). I even use them in museums to see details while staying behind barriers or like a magnifying glass.

 I use the zoom lens on my camera for the same purpose.  It's like a built-in binoc. 

 

[waldenbound]

Lantern
Hatchet
Plenty of tie downs

That's three, I'll think of two more later.

 

[Kia girl]

Generator, electronics with internet, toilet, ice tea, and heater. These are not in order.


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[frater secessus]

Pocketknife, kindle, sunglasses, daypack, single burner stove.

 

[Bohemian scout]

Headlamp, potty bucket, window coverings, comfy bed, folding step.

 

[SoulRaven]

These are all my must haves
laptop
internet
perfume
shower
food

 

[Weight]

I'm a bibliophile, but I do like my "Paperwhite". I tried a Fire. But for reading the paper-white is better, and my 1000 volumes do not take up very much room.

 

[gallica]

coffee, bourbon, google machine and mobile wifi, book, wool socks.

 

[Zardor]

In this order: WiFi, laptop, cell phone, a comfy full size bed, and spotify.

 

[bullfrog]

Most of you people are way too connected to have a life! Ha!

 

[highdesertranger]

I can't believe all the tech stuff as must haves. what would everybody have done 30 years ago. I find tech helpful, but must have no. highdesertranger