pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat's your best tip or hack for camping?message-squaremessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1135arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your best tip or hack for camping?pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square128fedilinkfile-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-up6·1 day 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-squareBrutticus@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 hours agoOnce I forgot a mallet and I drove them in with a frying pan. I never forgot them again.
minus-squarekalkulat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 day 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-up4·24 hours agoDepends on the tent. Some stakes first some last. Dome tents stakes last, most everything else first
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 hours agoYou can also take off your shoe and use that
minus-squarepossumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-222 hours agoIf the ground is super fucked and you’re car camping, an impact and some long ass lags also works a treat.
minus-squareOka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·24 hours agoWe had a roofing hammer. Half hammer, half handaxe
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.
Once I forgot a mallet and I drove them in with a frying pan. I never forgot them again.
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)
Depends on the tent. Some stakes first some last. Dome tents stakes last, most everything else first
flat is a lot more important than soft
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.
We had a roofing hammer. Half hammer, half handaxe