My must have car camping (or bikepacking) gear item is either a collapsible porta potty and privacy shelter or a female urinating device and a pee rag. At my age, walking a distance in the dark several times a night is not an option. I’m not willing to risk squatting on something that will give me a rash.
I used to keep a large collapsible dish washing bucket in the tent in case of pee emergency we had a huge tent, but instead this year I got one of those male/female urinating bottles, and also got a bottle bidet to fully clean off #2. But GoGirl funnel is amazing for when out in the woods.
My husband and I have walkie talkies since there's usually no cell service. That way if someone wanders off to go to the bathroom or whatever and there's an emergency or even just a "hey! Come look at this!" moment, we can get a hold of each other.
Finally someone else that uses a handkerchief!! I always have a special handkerchief bandana which I like because it's bigger than a normal handkerchief.
I have 2 camping bins that I’ve had for almost 30 years. They are always packed and ready to go. Taped under the lid of one is a list of everything we need to take with us when we go camping. I also make a list of all the meals and ingredients we plan to make while we are camping.
Yay! Another handkerchief user! I carry a handkerchief in my pocket on every hike - especially in the winter when the cold air makes my nose run. But I also carry one in my purse every day. SO much nicer on my nose.
I thought you were my daughter when you were talking about the shovel, then bins, but the PPS~ You ARE my daughter. LOL! We had to jump start our truck with the power pack. We never go anywhere without it. Great video with lots of ideas. Thank you!
I would suggest having a small 12v air compressor. Last summer, we were camping and my left rear tire picked up something that caused a slow leak. Was able to inflate the tire and drive to the repair shop. Without the compressor, may have had to call AAA, but didn't need to.
Yes, 18v ryobi..compact ..i use the same batteries for fans , radio and a small inverter to charge phones..i am reading the next comment about bellows..i am going to try to use my compressor as a bellows ( i use my leaf blower on my burn piles and it works well!
Wow I clicked this thinking I probably have most of these items in my car camp/road trip set up and I was totally wrong. I will absolutely look into some of your items and add that in my setup! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for these types of videos. After watching a few of your others, I bought one of those jumpstart power banks and started utilizing bins for storage. I feel so much better taking my car into the woods by myself with the power bank. And the bins have made camping SO MUCH easier by keeping everything organized.
I have all those except for the Bellows of which I’ve never heard. Fun fact: I collect vintage hankies. I’ve never counted but I know I have over 100 of different ones I find pretty. I bought them on eBay several years back. Some I bought stained to cut up and use in my sewing, but I can’t bring myself to do so, lol. I call myself the hanky lady. Excellent video.
A better way to secure your spare car key is to wrap it in duct tape then use a slotted sheet metal screw through the key's eye. To remove the key from under the car use a dime to unscrew the key. With it wrapped in tape no one else will notice it. Those key boxes get lost very easily whereas a key screwed to the car wont move
Actually, you can get an adapter to refill the small green canisters of propane. It isn't super simple, but if you don't want to haul the big propane tank around, you can refill the small ones.
I just bought one, I haven't tried it yet but can't wait to try it. It will save so much money. I filled a 15lb tank for $14. Right now 2 green 1lb cylinders are $10. I can fill my own for under $1 ea.
... Certainly useful tips ... 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍... There are a couple adapters on the market to refill the one pound canisters from a larger canister such as from a BBQ grill tank ,, also specialized ones with a relief valve so they are not over filled ,, all tanks and cannisters should top at 80% ........** actually the older car antennas will work as a bellows ,, when you remove the end solid stem but they don't retract as small for a backpack .... I also found a retractable back scratcher that uses the same collapsible stem ,, who knew ?? ... ...*** Also for a campfire blower or even for backpacking is one of the small battery air pumps for an air mattress ... ...**** For car camping I Have recently also been taking along a telescoping handle leaf rake to clear the ground of the tent area before setting up ,,,, never fails that I find one sharp rock with my knee when I get up in the night or morning .....
The handkerchief is a great idea. I use the large bandanas. I wipe my face with the middle(its usually hot while I'm camping)and my nose with the corners.
The pocket bellows is super-useful. I keep one in the car camping kit, I carry one whenever I’m backpacking, and I have yet another one in both the always-in-the-car and the day-hike “survival” kits.
First, you call this "Camping Items" you need to change that to CAR Camping, the majority of these items are either useless or not items anyone who's tent camping would ever find nessary.
I like the handkerchief. Will kncorporate. One thing that I have for backpacking, that I’ve started to carry camping is my Garmin. With mostly no cell service and especially dispersed, it is a good emergency communicator if needed.
Never knew you could get such a small battery for starting your car. We have a portable one, but it's a lot heavier and larger than the one you showed. Love bins too, but I've opted to use just 1 bin and added a lightweight foldable crate, which I can extend from 1 to 2 compartments. I always have a spare car key with me, but the little magnetic box also looks great.
Great low cost but very useful items! Thanks for sharing! I might need to get my husband a power pack car jumper for Christmas, especially since we'd like to do more camping away from the crowds. The pocket bellows is also cool. Also, I share your love for bins!! We tent camp as a family of six with 5 bins and an ice chest, and a rooftop carrier for the tent and sleeping bags/pads. The 5 bins are kitchen items, pantry, clothes, daypacks, and misc. Bins keep everything organized and easy to find. And we keep most of them packed and restocked for the next adventure!
Gaia is a total game-changer. I recently learned about the NPS layer. It's literally the maps the national park service provides overlayed on your map. Has more than just the national parks also.
Thank you. I keep most of those things on hand. We like old worn quilts for that car blanket, we also throw them over our old metal lawn chairs. If you do have a use for the one pound gas tanks, you can get an adaptor to fill them from the bulk tanks.
@@cheryellemley-mcroy6758 actually they are old quilts that Grandma made but she made them from old worn out clothes and other fabrics, as a utility to keep her poor family worm. They are loved for their memories used for their intended purposes. We do however take good care of the heirloom quilts like the Dutch girl that my children inherited from their grandmother. Thank you.
Hi Amanda! Off-topic - but do you bring your own firewood when dispersed camping, or do you gather the wood at your site? If you gather at your site, what tools do you bring to do so? I would love to hear all about it!
Transporting firewood into a state park here in Texas is also illegal. You must purchase it at the state park. The US has lost thousands of trees to invasive insect species.
Great items & video! I **need** to go thru my van & take an afternoon and go thru & find things I have been carrying since I have been on the road full-time, but NEVER used. If it's not been touched in 6 months(or even longer!), boom, it's gone.
If you get one of the Cold Steel Special Forces or Spetsnaz (slightly longer) shovels, they will also split wood, be a serious self defense weapon and can be used as a cooking skillet.
Hygiene is key when on the trail. So use biogradeable wastebags for number twos and then dig it down (easier if you don't have aim) and use bio tissues as well. It's literally more hygenic than reusable. It will break down and not leave any trace💖
Being new to your site, you may hVe suggested this before . We filled an empty dish detergent bottle with clorox. We used it ,mixed with water, to wipe surfaces ,soak dish sponge ,etc. Better than " bleach cleaners" that will have a detergent mixed in.
5:41 Power Bank. I have used mine quite a lot-a few times for myself and a few for helping others...and a few for charging other things. 6:56 Magnetic Key Holder. I've had these drop from the car before. A double loop of 8AWG insulted wire is on for good. Find a hidden but accessible place to attach it. Also, I only attach an entry key outside the vehicle; an ignition key is in a hidden but accessible place inside the vehicle. If all else fails I can break a window to enter the vehicle and I still have an ignition key...which generally opens the doors, etc., too. Radios are very useful. FRS walkie-talkies are OK; GMRS radios are better (MURS can be, too); Amateur/ham radios (handheld and/or vehicle-mobile) are the best. Get the basic Amateur license and you are way ahead of the communications game. 18" of 3/8" or 1/2" Aluminum is easy to have along when car camping; and it's free from a friend...unlike most pocket bellows. Cool vid!
i think making sure your blanket is wool would be extra benificial. .I wonder if for a hankerchief using one of those cloths with silver in it would be extra hygenic? Consider having tarp that is reflective mylar on one side. Great tips, thanks
Amanda, All great tips, thank you. I have been told many times that I need a telescoping fire bellow but since I also have a tent fan I just put that next to the fire and adjust the speed accordingly. I know, lazy.
Camping is a very nice activity because it brings you closer to nature. But when you don't have time to go camping you can listen to all of the wonderful sounds of nature on my channel.
Writing while watching. 1) Something like a sleeve, baseball cap, etc will do just fine. 2) Toilet paper. You'll have it anyway. 3) You don't CARRY an app as an item, you bring your phone and whatever is useful in it. Basically, here you're just saying "have your smartphone with you". 4) A relativley useful item at last. 5) Tent / mat (inflatable, for example). You'll likely take it with you anyway. 6) Another hoarding point. 7) Second useful item of 7. 8) Hoarding. 9) Third useful of 9. 10) Hm, it's actually fourth. 40% of [relatively] useful items, was expecting worse ratio since the beginning of this video. Seems okay-ish. Seems I missed the 11th. Not gonna go through again.
Love the shovel… when I seen one I bought it…. Great for camp fires…. Digging small holes…. Probably more things… great to see someone else seeing the same use …..SMILES AND MILES 🍺🍺
Great video. Let's talk about hankerchiefs ! Nice white cotten bleached. Ever see people prefilter water with a bandanna, a T shirt, and the really cool guys use the 'Shemage' like a middle eastern 3'x3' scarf the US military guys in Iraq in the military made popular. Or any heavily dyed scarf. I just said the magic word......dye. chemical toxic dye. And this goes along with most commercial detergants (think Tide Pods) and fabric softeners. Fire retardant things,water repellent things maybe used so the body at one point as our skin is covered in sunscreen or bug spray and detoxing through swet. All so gross, huh? And people pre-filter water this way....SMH. SO....I always keep one bleached, rinced well, aired and dried cotten handkerchief to prefilter my water. Or use no bleach and just boil the natural fabric, so easy. Boil in a camp pot between a few uses to clean if you use it to blow a nose, wipe a wound, etc... So, since they are somewhat sterile when stored in baggies or very sterile if you keep one sealed after bleaching, and either way toxic free they can be used as part of your medical preps. Or personal care. White cotten fabric was the go to before all this fancy and rolled often compressed gauze was created. People repurposed all natural cotten bed sheets for these type of things, especially in war time, or.....that time of the month, wink. Especially good to use on children and pets. Can be used as a base layer under a bandanna as a mask, dust, smoke, flu.... They tie nicely on my wrist like a swet band. Keep my little watch from getting all scratched up too. Many uses regardless.....
One thing I’d always carry in my car is a mini solar powered battery (with emergency torch) with an output of 240 volts at 15O watts (Americans can buy similar things at 110 volts). Can be powered by a smallish solar panel or while you’re travelling in the car (be sure to start the car first). While not powerful enough for cooking, l’ve used it to power a range of low wattage devices including, recharging my (wide screen) game boy computer games machine, a mini computer, printer, portable DVD / CD player, cassette player, bright camp lights, hair trimmer and electric razor, etc. and more. While I’ve used it to recharge my Ipad, I wouldn’t recommend it for ultra sophisticated electronic devices that may be easily damaged. It would be the first thing I’d take camping.
Eye masks are also great when you are car camping and other campers are getting in late (car headlights) or even when other are just getting up to go to the bathroom (headlamps).
I got to the shovel and lost faith. How is that better than a foldable one which has other useful features? Oh, and an old dirty blanket? What a clever hack, if you have never been outside. What a joke!
I swear every large tank hose adapter I've ever bought was just a piece of junk. I like the idea of it but I've gone through three of them. Worse yet when they break they spray gas all over the place and it can be dangerous. Is your adapter hose for the stove super high quality or something? What makes it different?
My must have car camping (or bikepacking) gear item is either a collapsible porta potty and privacy shelter or a female urinating device and a pee rag. At my age, walking a distance in the dark several times a night is not an option. I’m not willing to risk squatting on something that will give me a rash.
I used to keep a large collapsible dish washing bucket in the tent in case of pee emergency we had a huge tent, but instead this year I got one of those male/female urinating bottles, and also got a bottle bidet to fully clean off #2. But GoGirl funnel is amazing for when out in the woods.
Bikepackers unite! Glad that I can pee in a bottle inside my hammock cuz at freezing temperatures getting up means a ruined night’s sleep…
Ditto. I do the same thing.
Which collapsible potty do you have?
I’ve got to say (as someone who has IBS) squatting outdoors has been a challenge.
My husband and I have walkie talkies since there's usually no cell service. That way if someone wanders off to go to the bathroom or whatever and there's an emergency or even just a "hey! Come look at this!" moment, we can get a hold of each other.
💙blue tarps are great if you need rescuing💙 as someone who worked SAR, blue stands out in a natural environment making it easier to find you.
Finally someone else that uses a handkerchief!! I always have a special handkerchief bandana which I like because it's bigger than a normal handkerchief.
I have 2 camping bins that I’ve had for almost 30 years. They are always packed and ready to go. Taped under the lid of one is a list of everything we need to take with us when we go camping. I also make a list of all the meals and ingredients we plan to make while we are camping.
Please tell my it's laminated so you can use a dry erase marker to mark it off as you repack for next time lol. Mine is
I'm already preplanning for June and we have something like this but really needs updated because we have toddlers now lol
Love the list idea!!
Yay! Another handkerchief user! I carry a handkerchief in my pocket on every hike - especially in the winter when the cold air makes my nose run. But I also carry one in my purse every day. SO much nicer on my nose.
I thought you were my daughter when you were talking about the shovel, then bins, but the PPS~ You ARE my daughter. LOL! We had to jump start our truck with the power pack. We never go anywhere without it. Great video with lots of ideas. Thank you!
I would suggest having a small 12v air compressor. Last summer, we were camping and my left rear tire picked up something that caused a slow leak. Was able to inflate the tire and drive to the repair shop. Without the compressor, may have had to call AAA, but didn't need to.
My husband bought one this year. A great investment!
Yes, 18v ryobi..compact ..i use the same batteries for fans , radio and a small inverter to charge phones..i am reading the next comment about bellows..i am going to try to use my compressor as a bellows ( i use my leaf blower on my burn piles and it works well!
Someone pretending to be you in the comments?
Wow I clicked this thinking I probably have most of these items in my car camp/road trip set up and I was totally wrong. I will absolutely look into some of your items and add that in my setup! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for these types of videos. After watching a few of your others, I bought one of those jumpstart power banks and started utilizing bins for storage. I feel so much better taking my car into the woods by myself with the power bank. And the bins have made camping SO MUCH easier by keeping everything organized.
I have all those except for the Bellows of which I’ve never heard.
Fun fact: I collect vintage hankies. I’ve never counted but I know I have over 100 of different ones I find pretty. I bought them on eBay several years back. Some I bought stained to cut up and use in my sewing, but I can’t bring myself to do so, lol. I call myself the hanky lady.
Excellent video.
A better way to secure your spare car key is to wrap it in duct tape then use a slotted sheet metal screw through the key's eye. To remove the key from under the car use a dime to unscrew the key. With it wrapped in tape no one else will notice it.
Those key boxes get lost very easily whereas a key screwed to the car wont move
A nice old fashioned fly swatter.. no batteries needed. Just follow the instructions.
Old school hankies - me too hate using tissues.
Actually, you can get an adapter to refill the small green canisters of propane. It isn't super simple, but if you don't want to haul the big propane tank around, you can refill the small ones.
I just bought one, I haven't tried it yet but can't wait to try it. It will save so much money. I filled a 15lb tank for $14. Right now 2 green 1lb cylinders are $10. I can fill my own for under $1 ea.
... Certainly useful tips ... 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍... There are a couple adapters on the market to refill the one pound canisters from a larger canister such as from a BBQ grill tank ,, also specialized ones with a relief valve so they are not over filled ,, all tanks and cannisters should top at 80% ........** actually the older car antennas will work as a bellows ,, when you remove the end solid stem but they don't retract as small for a backpack .... I also found a retractable back scratcher that uses the same collapsible stem ,, who knew ?? ... ...*** Also for a campfire blower or even for backpacking is one of the small battery air pumps for an air mattress ...
...**** For car camping I Have recently also been taking along a telescoping handle leaf rake to clear the ground of the tent area before setting up ,,,, never fails that I find one sharp rock with my knee when I get up in the night or morning .....
The handkerchief is a great idea. I use the large bandanas. I wipe my face with the middle(its usually hot while I'm camping)and my nose with the corners.
You are so right, handkerchiefs are such a must!!
Yes!!
On cross country road trips I used to wear an extra key to my car around my neck attached to my dog tags.
The pocket bellows is super-useful. I keep one in the car camping kit, I carry one whenever I’m backpacking, and I have yet another one in both the always-in-the-car and the day-hike “survival” kits.
First, you call this "Camping Items" you need to change that to CAR Camping, the majority of these items are either useless or not items anyone who's tent camping would ever find nessary.
I like the handkerchief. Will kncorporate. One thing that I have for backpacking, that I’ve started to carry camping is my Garmin. With mostly no cell service and especially dispersed, it is a good emergency communicator if needed.
Never knew you could get such a small battery for starting your car. We have a portable one, but it's a lot heavier and larger than the one you showed. Love bins too, but I've opted to use just 1 bin and added a lightweight foldable crate, which I can extend from 1 to 2 compartments.
I always have a spare car key with me, but the little magnetic box also looks great.
Great low cost but very useful items! Thanks for sharing! I might need to get my husband a power pack car jumper for Christmas, especially since we'd like to do more camping away from the crowds. The pocket bellows is also cool. Also, I share your love for bins!! We tent camp as a family of six with 5 bins and an ice chest, and a rooftop carrier for the tent and sleeping bags/pads. The 5 bins are kitchen items, pantry, clothes, daypacks, and misc. Bins keep everything organized and easy to find. And we keep most of them packed and restocked for the next adventure!
Gaia is a total game-changer. I recently learned about the NPS layer. It's literally the maps the national park service provides overlayed on your map. Has more than just the national parks also.
Thank you. I keep most of those things on hand. We like old worn quilts for that car blanket, we also throw them over our old metal lawn chairs. If you do have a use for the one pound gas tanks, you can get an adaptor to fill them from the bulk tanks.
Danny, make sure those are store bought quilts, not an irreplaceable quilt that your grandma made.
@@cheryellemley-mcroy6758 actually they are old quilts that Grandma made but she made them from old worn out clothes and other fabrics, as a utility to keep her poor family worm. They are loved for their memories used for their intended purposes. We do however take good care of the heirloom quilts like the Dutch girl that my children inherited from their grandmother. Thank you.
Lists, batteries, multiple can openers, first aid, gallons of water -
Great tips. What pants are you wearing please? They look comfy!!
A pocket bellows?! I never even knew such thing existed! I could have used that on my last trip for sure. Thanks for the tips!
You're welcome! We just discovered it too and it's so useful!
It's awesome, I've used one backpacking for years. Weighs nothing for how effective it is, especially if wood is wet.
I got one a couple years back, and it’s a game changer. Use it most often on our backyard fire pit.
Yeti has a metal straw..be careful though!..not very long!
@@orourkeseant I'll keep my hair back in pony tail!
If you're car camping, you should already have a shovel as part of your off-road kit.
those powerbank jump starters are so worth it. for camping or just getting around town. lifesavers
I can't belive i watched this to find out 70% is something no man would use while camping xD
I don’t think 90% of women would use these useless items either.
@@Ira88881 xD weird list of unnecessary things
Does anyone know where you dispose of the green Propane tanks?
I love my old man handkerchief! It’s 10x better then Kleenex.
Hi Amanda! Off-topic - but do you bring your own firewood when dispersed camping, or do you gather the wood at your site? If you gather at your site, what tools do you bring to do so? I would love to hear all about it!
I know here in Minnesota moving wood across county lines is illegal. There’s tree diseases that could travel as well.
Transporting firewood into a state park here in Texas is also illegal. You must purchase it at the state park. The US has lost thousands of trees to invasive insect species.
I downloaded your cookbook for the RidgeMonkey and can't wait to try a few. You explained things so well. I love your handwritten hints.
My dad always had a handkerchief in his pocket. Always lol not a bad thing at all 💜
I might try the eye mask. The moon kept me up this past weekend. Ironic that I was in a dark sky state park.
I carry a black bandana. It has so many uses. Sleep mask is #1.
I use a tarp 10x20 to make a camp if dispersed camping.
I love the pocket bellow. I use one in my house everyday during the winter.
Great items & video!
I **need** to go thru my van & take an afternoon and go thru & find things I have been carrying since I have been on the road full-time, but NEVER used. If it's not been touched in 6 months(or even longer!), boom, it's gone.
Thanks for your videos! I always end up buying something you recommend in your vids. I'm a gear nerd. LOL.
crowbar, and high quality machete, as well as good quality folding saw
If you get one of the Cold Steel Special Forces or Spetsnaz (slightly longer) shovels, they will also split wood, be a serious self defense weapon and can be used as a cooking skillet.
Soooo agree about the bins! My boyfriend and I have been using them for the last year and they’ve been a game changer!!!💜
Plus hankies can be personalized and made pretty, my grandfather always carried them! I’m team hankie!!
Hygiene is key when on the trail. So use biogradeable wastebags for number twos and then dig it down (easier if you don't have aim) and use bio tissues as well. It's literally more hygenic than reusable. It will break down and not leave any trace💖
There is no such thing as a biodegradable plastic .
A decent sized shovel has always been in my gear.
I love my 5lb propane tank with the adapter, especially in the winter. hook it up to my mr.buddy to quickly warm up!
Being new to your site, you may hVe suggested this before . We filled an empty dish detergent bottle with clorox.
We used it ,mixed with water, to wipe surfaces ,soak dish sponge ,etc. Better than " bleach cleaners" that will have a detergent mixed in.
5:41 Power Bank.
I have used mine quite a lot-a few times for myself and a few for helping others...and a few for charging other things.
6:56 Magnetic Key Holder.
I've had these drop from the car before. A double loop of 8AWG insulted wire is on for good. Find a hidden but accessible place to attach it. Also, I only attach an entry key outside the vehicle; an ignition key is in a hidden but accessible place inside the vehicle. If all else fails I can break a window to enter the vehicle and I still have an ignition key...which generally opens the doors, etc., too.
Radios are very useful. FRS walkie-talkies are OK; GMRS radios are better (MURS can be, too); Amateur/ham radios (handheld and/or vehicle-mobile) are the best. Get the basic Amateur license and you are way ahead of the communications game.
18" of 3/8" or 1/2" Aluminum is easy to have along when car camping; and it's free from a friend...unlike most pocket bellows.
Cool vid!
i think making sure your blanket is wool would be extra benificial. .I wonder if for a hankerchief using one of those cloths with silver in it would be extra hygenic? Consider having tarp that is reflective mylar on one side. Great tips, thanks
Amanda, All great tips, thank you. I have been told many times that I need a telescoping fire bellow but since I also have a tent fan I just put that next to the fire and adjust the speed accordingly. I know, lazy.
Camping is a very nice activity because it brings you closer to nature. But when you don't have time to go camping you can listen to all of the wonderful sounds of nature on my channel.
Writing while watching.
1) Something like a sleeve, baseball cap, etc will do just fine.
2) Toilet paper. You'll have it anyway.
3) You don't CARRY an app as an item, you bring your phone and whatever is useful in it. Basically, here you're just saying "have your smartphone with you".
4) A relativley useful item at last.
5) Tent / mat (inflatable, for example). You'll likely take it with you anyway.
6) Another hoarding point.
7) Second useful item of 7.
8) Hoarding.
9) Third useful of 9.
10) Hm, it's actually fourth.
40% of [relatively] useful items, was expecting worse ratio since the beginning of this video. Seems okay-ish.
Seems I missed the 11th. Not gonna go through again.
Love the shovel… when I seen one I bought it…. Great for camp fires…. Digging small holes…. Probably more things… great to see someone else seeing the same use …..SMILES AND MILES 🍺🍺
Great video.
Let's talk about hankerchiefs !
Nice white cotten bleached.
Ever see people prefilter water with a bandanna, a T shirt, and the really cool guys use the 'Shemage' like a middle eastern 3'x3' scarf the US military guys in Iraq in the military made popular. Or any heavily dyed scarf. I just said the magic word......dye. chemical toxic dye. And this goes along with most commercial detergants (think Tide Pods) and fabric softeners. Fire retardant things,water repellent things maybe used so the body at one point as our skin is covered in sunscreen or bug spray and detoxing through swet. All so gross, huh?
And people pre-filter water this way....SMH.
SO....I always keep one bleached, rinced well, aired and dried cotten handkerchief to prefilter my water. Or use no bleach and just boil the natural fabric, so easy.
Boil in a camp pot between a few uses to clean if you use it to blow a nose, wipe a wound, etc... So, since they are somewhat sterile when stored in baggies or very sterile if you keep one sealed after bleaching, and either way toxic free they can be used as part of your medical preps. Or personal care. White cotten fabric was the go to before all this fancy and rolled often compressed gauze was created. People repurposed all natural cotten bed sheets for these type of things, especially in war time, or.....that time of the month, wink.
Especially good to use on children and pets. Can be used as a base layer under a bandanna as a mask, dust, smoke, flu....
They tie nicely on my wrist like a swet band. Keep my little watch from getting all scratched up too.
Many uses regardless.....
One thing I’d always carry in my car is a mini solar powered battery (with emergency torch) with an output of 240 volts at 15O watts (Americans can buy similar things at 110 volts). Can be powered by a smallish solar panel or while you’re travelling in the car (be sure to start the car first). While not powerful enough for cooking, l’ve used it to power a range of low wattage devices including, recharging my (wide screen) game boy computer games machine, a mini computer, printer, portable DVD / CD player, cassette player, bright camp lights, hair trimmer and electric razor, etc. and more. While I’ve used it to recharge my Ipad, I wouldn’t recommend it for ultra sophisticated electronic devices that may be easily damaged.
It would be the first thing I’d take camping.
You SHOULD ALWAYS use a shovel to fully extinguish a campfire.
Digging your Nissan Xterra. Love my 2011. Been on so many back country adventures....
Nice items that most would think of! Great additions to any camping set up! Keep making memories & adventure on! ~Karen & Shannon WOY
I just love your videos! Informative, easy to follow, & ND friendly. Thank you much for sharing & wishing you much love & abundance. 🤗🖤✨
thx u
Eye masks are also great when you are car camping and other campers are getting in late (car headlights) or even when other are just getting up to go to the bathroom (headlamps).
I just ordered the battery jump starter and the cute handkerchiefs. Thanks for the tips. I use a sleeping mask most nights.
You forgot a 12 guage shotgun for bears and condoms 😂🎉🎉🎉🎉
Rather than a dedicated single-purpose item to cover my eyes, I like to use a neck gaiter, which has tons of other uses.
I cant be without earplugs because of the bus, animals and train horns, but especially when drive-in camping because of the noisy people.
The handkerchief made me a subscriber! A clever young woman.
I got to the shovel and lost faith. How is that better than a foldable one which has other useful features? Oh, and an old dirty blanket? What a clever hack, if you have never been outside. What a joke!
Love my pocket bellow! I love the idea of the propane hose! I'll have to check that one out!
You showed your age when you said car antenna.
If you think hankies are gross camping is probably not for you because that would be on the way low low low scale of grossness😅
Albiet pricey, a hack for almost no light is to get a ShiftPod. i LOVE mine.
How do you safely store your propane tank when not in use?
I am new to camping and I love your videos! getting ready for fall camping and you have great ideas for getting organized.
If you use a keybox like the one you showed make sure to put a ziplock plastic bag inside to keep the keys in so they do not rust together just a fyi
Handkerchiefs have bee used for most of human history before the disposible tissue so it's def no gross!
Love these types of videos. I use pretty much everything you listed here routinely.
Eye mask.....Every Luxory a girl wanna bring in a camp 😂
Where would you car camp while driving between Denver and Seattle
Pocket bellows keeps your hair from being singed. Good will or a 2nd hand store for the shovel and blankets.
That's such a great idea to find those items at the thrift store!
Scratch the picture of a key off your hide a key box so it's less obvious if someone is looking for one.
Yeah the moon full or not is not keeping a normal person awake that’s for sure
I don’t remember nights with full moons cuz I’m werewolf.
another great video thanks for the tips Amanda! :)
I have used an eye mask every night for years too
Good luck sleeping in after the sun comes up. Sauna city
Unless somebody laxic everything in the car
I don’t like wearing an eye mask, I want to see the bears coming.
Best key hack is to zip tie so the road bumps don’t knock it off.
What is the name of the power bank you use to jump start your car?
Improvisation is what I always enjoyed about camping. I will skip all the gadgets.
Sorry minutes spent on talking about an eye mask is so silly.
And we use the bens as night stands for our fans
You can refill the one pound tanks with a $8.00 adapter
Always bring a gun for protection
I swear every large tank hose adapter I've ever bought was just a piece of junk.
I like the idea of it but I've gone through three of them.
Worse yet when they break they spray gas all over the place and it can be dangerous.
Is your adapter hose for the stove super high quality or something? What makes it different?
thanks for not using tissue!! 😍🤘👏👏