Useful stuff for Camping

[BassCatter]

Thought I'd start a thread to put some links up for usefull stuff for camping. Some essentials, and some luxuries. Feel free to add stuff that you think makes camping nicer!

For my first submission I offer the Katadyn Gravity Fed Microfilter for water purification. This is also great to have for storm readiness. The filter will filter 200 gallons of water before you need to change the cartridge.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/pod/standard-pod-wrapped.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/pod-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20075-cat20132&rid=&indexId=cat20132&navAction=push&masterpathid=&navCount=1&parentType=index&parentId=cat20132&id=0031810

[BassCatter]

Propane Lanterns and Camp Stoves? Tired of paying so much for all of those disposable propane bottles????? Check this out

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0005936512325a&type=product&cmCat=Search_Results_NYR&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&QueryText=propane+filler&N=4887&Ntk=Products&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=propane+filler&noImage=0

Disclaimer: DOT prohibits transportation of refilled disposable bottles. Use it all before you drive with it on a road.

[BassCatter]

Every good campsite needs lighting......since propane is so easy to deal with I'm showing that version rather than the old pump up fluid version.

http://www.academy.com/index.php?page=content&target=products/outdoors/camping/appliances&start=0&selectedSKU=0224-00660-5152

[BassCatter]

Now on the islands when mosquitos aren't the main pest, but gnats and noseeums are, this won't help too much. However, in the woods, by a lake or on a creek bank this Thermacell Skeeter repellant is hard to beat!

http://www.academy.com/index.php?page=content&target=products/outdoors/camping/accessories&start=0&selectedSKU=0248-40214-0001

[Fotno]

A knife,machete,an Alice pack with some goodies in it and my little ranch Rifle.
500' of 550 cord,poncho liner,fire starting goodies and a bed roll.

[rollinthunder]

dang Fotno....what about beer?

[rollinthunder]

Thought I'd start a thread to put some links up for usefull stuff for camping. Some essentials, and some luxuries. Feel free to add stuff that you think makes camping nicer!

For my first submission I offer the Katadyn Gravity Fed Microfilter for water purification. This is also great to have for storm readiness. The filter will filter 200 gallons of water before you need to change the cartridge.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/pod/standard-pod-wrapped.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/pod-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20075-cat20132&rid=&indexId=cat20132&navAction=push&masterpathid=&navCount=1&parentType=index&parentId=cat20132&id=0031810

You mean I can just dip up some water from Black Creek...let it drain through this....then drink it?

[Fish-Bait]

That filter has some awesome reviews....4.9 out of 5 in 14 reviews. Must be worth the money.

Rollin', that' what you do, just fetch water from the crick or mudhole and wham bam shabam.....you have yourself some dasante'......or whatever...lol.

[rollinthunder]

I hear ya....beats boil'n it anyday

[bpitt]

I'm gonna purchase a water filter in the near future, for the hike in April.

[Fotno]

Where are you hiking to?

[bpitt]

We gonna do a week on the A.T.(appalachian trail)

[Hawkeye]

We always just took some halazone tables camping to use in the water from the little clear streams we always made camp by. :shrug: Pretty sure you can still get them OTC at the pharmacy.

[Fotno]

I hate those damn halazone tabs.
Halazone halitosis.

[bpitt]

Let's see, good things for camping........a case of beer, a pack of red-hot weiners, some beenie-weenies, a good gun and knife for killing stuff, a rod and reel if near water, a warm body of the opposite sex to sleep by at night, a 1 1/2 inch thick steak to cook on the grill or campfire, a box of matches.........these are the things my wife said would be good.

[rollinthunder]

Yeah I trust those water filter systems...out here on the rig the potable water maker is a series of filters that filter water from the gulf for us to drink....I always just drank Black Creek water anyhow lol....

[BassCatter]

You mean I can just dip up some water from Black Creek...let it drain through this....then drink it?

Yep!

[Fotno]

When it works.

[BassCatter]

It works......slows down as it get's close to it's 200 gallon filter replacement time. What I like about it is it's gravity fed and I don't have to sit there and pump.

[rollinthunder]

We gonna do a week on the A.T.(appalachian trail)

My wife and I and another couple were in Gatlinberg. We decided to take that Chimney's hike. On the way up I got really thursty. We brought water but I'm a country boy so I found a really pretty...cool stream of water and took a looooong drink........that night I broke out in hives

[Fish-Bait]

T.P. peoples......

[Hawkeye]

I hate those damn halazone tabs.
Halazone halitosis.
I guess we didn't smell each others breath in dem days. maybe you and someone was in each others face too close. :drool:

[rollinthunder]

nobody wants a tent?

[Hawkeye]

Like this?

http://labiscreations.com/

[Fish-Bait]

I have a dome tent. It holds the world record for traveling down Horn Island by itself.
I can only run 15 mph for just a little bit. The tent won that race. I finally pulled anchor and just motored down to it...about a half a mile give or take. Carry stakes for your tent...lol.

[rollinthunder]

Like this?

http://labiscreations.com/

You got it goin on........yeah like that would be fine

[BassCatter]

Oh, yeah that's standard..........I was throwing out some gadgets........What style tent do you like?

[BassCatter]

Check out the stories and ramblings link on my site and you'll see the tents we set up on sandbars.

[BassCatter]

Since I float and camp, and because even if you don't swamp the canoe, the paddle moving from side to side drips on all of the bags.......I have made this purchase for dry storage for the YH Float/Camp trip.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20075-cat602714&id=0036822121210a&navCount=1&podId=0036822&parentId=cat602714&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=IJ&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat602714&hasJS=true

[Fotno]

When it works.



I was talking about our water maker.:D

[rollinthunder]

Check out the stories and ramblings link on my site and you'll see the tents we set up on sandbars.

Man those pic's of the creek were beautiful. I've been up and down that thing from Danzler to Fairley Bridge. My daughter was raised on it....learned to swim there...we live one mile from it lol....When we went camping there....we'd stay almost 2 weeks in the woods...( close driving distance from home though )....cooked everything on the fire with cast iron pots...set lines out....had a gooooood ole time.....thing is....i can't just float down it without a rod'n reel in the boat......those kentucky's are callin me. Thats what I thought of when I saw those pic's....I couldn't pass those places without chunk'n......anyhow...those are some nice tents...I've owned one like it. I've used one of Fish-Baits tents on overnighters though. They're nice too...but I'd have to hurry up and cram stuff in it so it wouldn't blow away like his did....those lil wire spike's don't work too good in loose sand lol.....

[rollinthunder]

I was talking about our water maker.:D

HAHAHAHAHAHA......I hear ya Fotno.....

[Hawkeye]

Our week long squirrel/deer hunting and camping floats on Black Creek was always between Fairly Bridge and Alexander Bridge. It was still virgin wild and beautiful back in those days in the 60's.

[rollinthunder]

I'll bet it WAS beautiful....I love nature like that...sometime's it's so quiet while you're drifting...listenin to every sound in the woods........dang......when's that float?

[Fish-Bait]

ain't nothin' like hangin' a spotted bass off a log......oh yeah..now we are talkin'. I rember we camped up in the pits on the bouie one weekend. I had forgotten something to fry fish in. So I cut a miller lite can into and formed it flat and made me a little dish. worked perfectly lol....

[rollinthunder]

you're kidd'n....well I always have pleanty empty can's lol

[BassCatter]

The Float is June 14th and 15th.

[bpitt]

My wife and I and another couple were in Gatlinberg. We decided to take that Chimney's hike. On the way up I got really thursty. We brought water but I'm a country boy so I found a really pretty...cool stream of water and took a looooong drink........that night I broke out in hives

That's a neat hike. We did the Trillium Gap trail this past Novermber, went up to Grotto Falls. The wife and kids made the hike, I was proud of them. Of course, I ended up toting the littlest one on my shoulders most of the way.

[BassCatter]

O.K. I don't wanna start too much crap over this one, but I think a GPS is a must when I'm camping. Here is the model I have......

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0028183017032a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&QueryText=Lowrance+iFinder&N=4887&Ntk=Products&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=Lowrance+iFinder&noImage=0

[rollinthunder]

O.K. I don't wanna start too much crap over this one, but I think a GPS is a must when I'm camping. Here is the model I have......

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0028183017032a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&QueryText=Lowrance+iFinder&N=4887&Ntk=Products&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=Lowrance+iFinder&noImage=0

My wife and I were riding a VW dune buggy I used to have. We were exploring roads leading to Black Creek. We were just creeping along...in no hurry...and a man came out of nowhere and walked out of the brush. I thought he was lost because he wasn't a local so I stopped and asked a fiew questions. He told me he was hiding his stash...he was flanking the hiking trail and hiding supplies along the way. I don't know how long he'd hike but it must have been for days at a time. Anyway he was talking about roughing it and told us he loved being on the edge when it came to survival. I mean you can't get lost on the nature trail but I asked him if he took a cell phone and he said no. I asked what might happen if he were snake bit...or broke his leg...and he couldn't get help....that question was right up his alley...he preached for 15 minutes on survival and if its your time its your time and he wasn't taking cell phones or anything that might help him. I thought of that when you mentioned the GPS. I have my cell phone every where I go and if I had a GPS I promise you I'd have it with me all the time. My cell phone has already kept my wife and I from spending 2 days of misery on the creek floating during a bad storm. You're not catching any crap from me for taking your GPS.....You know....I never saw that man again.............

[BassCatter]

Thanks RT......I was more concerned about some of the Moderators here going off on a GPS Tangent as they have in the past week. < grinz >

I know it's a very useful tool, especially in emergency situations. It can call Rescue 7 to an appropriate LZ in the event of emergency.

[Ted]

........What style tent do you like?Pop-up dome - Square bottom. Or rectangular.
Those six sided things are just - - awkward.

[BassCatter]

My tents are the rectangles.

[Ted]

My tents are the rectangles.Yeah. I noticed that.

Something else I keep in my 'junk' is a folding saw.

[BassCatter]

If I'da had that, I wouldn't have gotten wet on that trip! < LOL > Adding one of those to my list now!

[Fish-Bait]

snake charmer....

[BassCatter]

Always good to have one FB.....you are right.

[Hawkeye]

Imodium or Lomotil pills. :eek:

[Fish-Bait]

soap

[Hawkeye]

sand works for soap, pilgrim.

[BassCatter]

It does for pots and pans, but I bring soap on a rope on floating camp trips or Ivory.......cause it floats and can be retrieved if dropped.

[rollinthunder]

a 12 inch bick....or matches lol....

[TheCapitalist]

You know....I never saw that man again.............

Must have had a BIG stash!!!:D

[Fish-Bait]

sand works for soap, pilgrim.

I'm delicate.

[rollinthunder]

Must have had a BIG stash!!!:D

HAHAHAHAHAHA.....I hear ya

[maggie-doodle]

When I was a Boy Scout leader we camped usually every 5 or 6 weeks...I ALWAYS made sure to stuff three or four large ziplock backs full of dryer lint in case all the kindling we found was wet...it was light to carry and easy to use for a firestarter! :thumbsup:

I took a zip lock to my neighbor and she would save me her lint too in case I didn't harvest enuf from my house.

[BassCatter]

Awesome Tip Maggie! Talk about waste elimination.....using lint is about as conservative as anything I've ever heard! You heard her Float Trippers, Save yer lint!

[Ted]

Well - -
I ain't got a dryer -

How 'bout bellybutton lint and dust bunnies?? :D

[rollinthunder]

T.P. peoples......

What bout an entrenching tool for that TP there FB....

[BassCatter]

I was wondering if anybody would mention an E tool........It's a staple RT!

[Honey]

I didn't read all this thread but the only thing you need for camping is lipstick and the camper.

[Honey]

Oh and bring the husband too. Hey someone will need to catch the fish. And clean them.

[rollinthunder]

Uh huh....is that all we'll hafta do?

[Nana]

No, it isn't. If I am in the canoe you gonna have to paddle for me cause I'll be too skert to loosen my grip on my seat.:eek:

[BassCatter]

Lean the way we do!

[rollinthunder]

When Hummingbird and I float...It's prolly the closest thing to paying someone to paddle and put you on the fish lol....she just sit's in front ...casts...catches fish and smiles the whole way lol....I get a cast when ever I can lol...used to....she'd listen when I'd give her advice....now she tell's me she know's what to do lmao....I still hafta tell her not to reel a fish all the way to the rod tip though lol.....don't tell her I said that !!!

[Honey]

My idea of fishing is sitting in the back of the boat under the umbrella watching hubby standing in the front of the boat fishing. My fishing consist of reading a book. He can fish all day. Just fish fish fish. I on the other hand just like to watch him catch the fish. But the nice part about the whole thing is spending time together.

[rollinthunder]

You'd love floating fishing trips then...not much time for reading though....nature is all around you......

[Honey]

Well I love to float but not to much on touching fish and bait. Nasty. We float down the Little River in Tenn. It is so much fun. And once when the water was way up it was a little dangerous. I loss my tube several times and drank a lot of nasty water. But I lived to tell about it.

[Fish-Bait]

Nothin' wrong with bait and fishes.

[Honey]

Sorry FB.

[Fish-Bait]

Sorry FB.

No need. You just have to let go sometimes and get all fish slimey and stuff. Fish Slime is good for your hands. lol

[rollinthunder]

I'm talk'n bout float'n like this:
http://www.blackcreekcanoe.com/

[Honey]

Oh yeah I like that too. We got one canoe, two kayaks. And all colors of life jackets to match my outfit.

[Honey]

Oh and a ziplock baggie for my lipstick. I'm good to go.

[Nana]

Hawk & I went with our good friends on a houseboat a few years ago. I was fishing for bream and he was baiting and taking them off the hook. I caught too many too fast so he made me bait and take them off myself after a while cause he didn't have time to clean them. He cleaned fish allllllll day.:bouncy:

[TheCapitalist]

My wife and I dated on the Pascagoula. Both our parents had camps at Vancleave. When I knew she could bait a hook and loved to fish, I was hooked. That's a real woman. Mississippi girls RULE!!!!

[Ted]

Hawk & I went with our good friends on a houseboat a few years ago. I was fishing for bream and he was baiting and taking them off the hook. I caught too many too fast so he made me bait and take them off myself after a while cause he didn't have time to clean them. He cleaned fish allllllll day.:bouncy:So -
You found Hawkeye a useful addition to your camping gear, huh???

Now we know why ya let 'im hang around. :D heh heh heh

[bpitt]

My Leatherman multi-tool. I call it my 'McGyver'.

[EricStratton]

Beer, whiskey,something to play "Country Boy Can Survive" on, hot....okay....morally liberal women, and a map (so the women can find there way out when it's time for them to go)....this was my list for camping as a single man....

Married list: beer, lots of whiskey, earplugs (when the wife starts *****in' about bugs or being cold or being dirty or.....you get the point), and lots of lube and something soft to sleep on when the wife kicks you out of the tent....

[maggie-doodle]

I am the camper/fisher/hunter in our family...my hubby said he had enuf of that crap when he was in the Army. Actually I don't like to hunt..wouldn't kill a deer for big $$$...I just like being out in the woods...

I used to go hunting with my dad but when he would make me take a shot I would miss...I always told him something was wrong with my gun...he needed to fix the site...I think he got wise to my b.s. though...when I would shoot other things and actually hit them. He never let on though...it was just nice to be out with him and spend quality time together. :thumbsup:

[BassCatter]

<smiles> A wise one you were! Your Dad was on to you all of the time but wouldn't have dared to let you know. He was equally glad to be spending time with you...................From a dad that understands.

[BassCatter]

O.K. anybody thinking of communication on a float trip stringing boats out across a winding creek?????? I just got a set of these......

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&partNumber=97670&hvarTarget=search&cmCat=SearchResults

[TheCapitalist]

That 25 mile range ought to do it, RG!!

[BassCatter]

2 miles in urban, 10 miles on a lake, 25 miles Mountain to Valley......They are still Line of site. Pretty cool set though complete with drop in charger and NiMH battery packs.

[rollinthunder]

I think I have a set similar to those...I'll hafta dig'em out....see if they still work....oh...is anybody gonna bring a dadblamed coffee pot?...I hafta have a swig when I wake up...I'll bring my cup....I hafta have sugar and creamer too....

[BassCatter]

We have one we can put on the camp stove, just remind me just before the trip. You're on your on for the cream & sugar and coffee, but the pot and stove will be there.

[rollinthunder]

We have one we can put on the camp stove, just remind me just before the trip. You're on your on for the cream & sugar and coffee, but the pot and stove will be there.

Aight.....:D

[bpitt]

I'm bringing 'Betty Lou', the combination AK-47, uzi, radar, laser, triple barreled, double scoped, heat seeking shotgun......burp......

That's a joke, for 1000 doubloons, can anyone tell me what song that line is from?

[BassCatter]

Got me, I will be bringing a Remington Tactical Magnum 870.

[bpitt]

Honestly, no one knows what song that line is from? C'mon!!

[Fish-Bait]

turdy purnt buck....did you see the turdy pointer

[BassCatter]

I'm sorry bpitt, it doesn't roll off my tongue.

[farside]

A compass (so I can set the azimuth for my DirectTV dish).

[bpitt]

turdy purnt buck....did you see the turdy pointer

Now, how do I give you the dubloons?

[Fish-Bait]

Now, how do I give you the dubloons?


use the donate tab up in the right hand corner of your post

[bpitt]

use the donate tab up in the right hand corner of your post

Okay, I gave you 10,000 instead of 1000.

[Fish-Bait]

thank u.

[rollinthunder]

I'm gonna be float'n in my john boat with a trolling mtr. If anybody thinks they might need to charge their cell phone... bring the charger you use in your car....I'll have an adaptor for my battery to plug it in...

[BassCatter]

The water filter and the Propane Bottle Filler came in yesterday....... I'm ready for a trip right now!

[BassCatter]

Wow, I gotta run to Big Buck's to get me one of these........Takes up little room in the canoe, folds up to waffle gridle size!!!

http://www.bigbucksports.com/store/product.php?productid=18111&cat=528&page=1

[rollinthunder]

WOW....that IS neat...