pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat's your best tip or hack for camping?message-squaremessage-square137linkfedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1143arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your best tip or hack for camping?pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square137linkfedilinkfile-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-up2·17 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-up4·1 day agoDepends on the tent. Some stakes first some last. Dome tents stakes last, most everything else first
minus-squarepossumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 day agoIf the ground is super fucked and you’re car camping, an impact and some long ass lags also works a treat.
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoYou can also take off your shoe and use that
minus-squareOka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day 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
If the ground is super fucked and you’re car camping, an impact and some long ass lags also works a treat.
You can also take off your shoe and use that
We had a roofing hammer. Half hammer, half handaxe