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Car Camping, Rooftop Tents & Overlanding Gear for Road Trips
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items Camping out of the back of our SUV used to mean waking up sore on a deflated air mattress and struggling with a tiny camp stove in the wind. Over dozens of weekend road trips and national park campouts, I've dialed in a car camping setup that feels a...
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Weatherproof Tents, Thick Sleep Pads & Camp Chairs
Camp Kitchen Stoves, Coolers & Trail Coffee Gear
Rooftop Cargo Boxes, Lanterns & Off-Grid Safety
Weatherproof Tents, Thick Sleep Pads & Camp Chairs
Fast-pitch cabin tents, four-inch insulated sleeping mats, cozy 20-degree sleeping bags, and rocking camp chairs for sleeping well under the stars.
Sharing this quilted Kelty lowdown camp loveseat around the evening fire ring beats sitting in separate upright folding chairs any night of the week. My dog and I curl up comfortably on the thick padded canvas frame, and the two insulated armrests ke...
Kelty Low Loveseat / Double Padded Folding Two-Person Camp Couch
After snapping the legs on three cheap folding chairs over the years, I finally splurged on the Yeti Trailhead chair and my lower back thanks me on every road trip. The supportive woven mesh seat never sags around the campfire, and the whole chair sl...
YETI Trailhead Heavy-Duty FlexGrid Mesh Folding Camp Chair
Instead of coating our skin and clothes in sticky bug spray every evening at camp, we just click on this little rechargeable Thermacell on the picnic table before dinner. Within fifteen minutes it clears mosquitoes out of a twenty-foot circle around ...
Thermacell E-Series Rechargeable 20-Foot Zone Mosquito Repeller
Pulling into a dark campground late on a Friday night used to mean arguing over tent poles by flashlight, but we can pitch this spacious Coleman Skylodge cabin tent in a minute. The attached telescoping poles click right into place, and the tall ceil...
Coleman Skylodge 6-Person Instant Setup WeatherTec Cabin Camping Tent
As a side sleeper who used to wake up with sore hips on thin camping pads, unrolling this plush Therm-a-Rest MondoKing foam mat felt like bringing my bedroom mattress outdoors. I just twist open the two corner valves while we set up camp and let the ...
Therm-a-Rest MondoKing 3D / Self-Inflating 4-Inch Foam Camp Sleeping Mat
Tight mummy bags always make my feet feel trapped at night, so I love how the wide rectangular Wawona sleeping bag gives me plenty of room to stretch out or unzip it like a quilt. Even when we camped through damp coastal fog that usually ruins down f...
The North Face Wawona Bed 20°F / Cold-Weather Rectangular Sleeping Bag
The first thing I do whenever we pull into a wooded campsite is clip my Eno DoubleNest hammock between two pine trees for an afternoon reading nap in the shade. Breathable triple-stitched parachute nylon easily holds two people at once, yet the whole...
ENO DoubleNest Lightweight Parachute Nylon 2-Person Camping Hammock
We drape our Rumpl Original Puffy blanket over our shoulders around the campfire and across the backseat for our dog because dirt, pine needles, and spilled coffee shake right off. The hands-free cape clip at the collar is also such a smart detail wh...
Rumpl Original Puffy Recycled Ripstop Packable Indoor/Outdoor Camp Blanket
Camp Kitchen Stoves, Coolers & Trail Coffee Gear
Everything you need to cook real meals at camp, from wind-blocked propane stoves and ice-retaining coolers to French press trail coffee.
Our Yeti Tundra cooler sat in the back of our truck through four full days of blistering Utah desert heat and still had solid ice cubes left on the drive home. Those thick insulated walls, heavy rubber lid latches, and freezer-style gasket keep our c...
YETI Tundra 45 Hard Rotomolded Insulated Bear-Resistant Camp Cooler
Packing this tabletop Blackstone propane griddle on road trips upgraded our campsite meals from sad lukewarm hot dogs to crispy smash burgers, fajitas, and diner hashbrowns. Two independent burners heat the heavy rolled steel cooking top evenly, and ...
Blackstone 22-Inch Tabletop On-The-Go 2-Burner Propane Adventure Griddle
After our old glass coffee press shattered on a bumpy forest service road, this stainless steel Stanley French press earned a permanent spot in our camping kitchen bin. The fine steel mesh plunger brews four generous mugs of rich morning coffee, and ...
Stanley Classic Stay-Hot 48-Ounce Vacuum-Insulated Stainless Camp French Press
Nothing beats lifting the heavy iron lid off our 12-inch Lodge Dutch oven at camp to reveal bubbling peach cobbler or tender braised short ribs over the fire. Because the built-in legs sit right over the glowing coals and the rimmed lid holds hot emb...
Lodge 12-Inch Seasoned Cast Iron Camp Dutch Oven with Flanged Coals Lid
Whenever campsite picnic tables are covered in pine sap or too far from our tent, I pop up this folding Lifetime prep table at standing counter height for our camp stove. The weatherproof tabletop wipes clean in seconds after dinner and folds flat in...
Lifetime 4-Foot Fold-In-Half Adjustable Height Heavy-Duty Camp Prep Table
We stopped buying wasteful cases of single-use plastic water bottles for road trips once we strapped this sturdy Reliance water dispenser jug into the back of our car. The recessed angled spigot gives our camp kitchen running water for handwashing, m...
Igloo 5-Gallon / Reliance 7-Gallon BPA-Free Rigid Camp Water Dispenser Jug
Cooking breakfast for a hungry group in a breezy canyon is so much easier on our two-burner Coleman propane camp stove thanks to the fold-up wind guards and push-button starter. Having two separate heat dials lets me gently simmer oatmeal on the left...
Coleman Cascade Classic / Triton 2-Burner 22,000-BTU Propane Camp Stove
When we pull over at a windy mountain overlook and want hot pour-over coffee or trail soup without unpacking the whole camp kitchen, I fire up our one-liter Jetboil Flash. Two cups of cold water hit a rolling boil in under two minutes, and the insula...
Jetboil Flash 1.0-Liter Rapid-Boil Personal Backcountry Cooking System
Rooftop Cargo Boxes, Lanterns & Off-Grid Safety
Hardshell rooftop storage, rechargeable lanterns, headlamps, and satellite SOS communicators for peace of mind off the grid.
Mounting the Thule Force XT cargo box onto our roof crossbars finally cleared all the muddy tents, bulky sleeping bags, and camp chairs out of our cramped backseat. You can tighten the mounting claws by hand in two minutes flat, and having the lid un...
Thule Force XT L 16-Cubic-Foot Aerodynamic Rooftop Cargo Carrier Box
Whenever we camp down remote desert canyons where cell service does not exist, clipping this lightweight Garmin inReach satellite messenger to my pack gives our family peace of mind. Even miles off the grid, I can send quick check-in texts to my pare...
Garmin inReach Mini 2 Compact Two-Way Satellite Communicator & SOS Beacon
From tightening a loose camp stove fitting to slicing rope and pulling stubborn tent stakes out of rocky dirt, my Leatherman Wave multi-tool saves the day on every road trip. All eighteen folding stainless steel tools, including the sharp blades, woo...
Leatherman Wave+ 18-in-1 Heavy-Duty Stainless Steel Multi-Tool with Sheath
Splitting thick bundles of campsite firewood into small kindling sticks takes me half the effort and time with this balanced Fiskars camp hatchet in our gear box. The shock-absorbing handle feels virtually unbreakable in cold weather, and the smooth ...
Fiskars X7 14-Inch Forged Steel Kindling Hatchet & Campfire Splitter
When you are three hours down a bumpy dirt road from the nearest town, keeping this organized wilderness medical kit under our backseat is a total must for our family. Everything inside is sorted into clearly labeled pockets so you can grab blister p...
Adventure Medical Kits Mountain Series Hiker & Family Overlanding First Aid Kit
Our Goal Zero Lighthouse camp lantern pulls double duty in the tent by lighting up just half of the warm light panel to save battery or illuminating the whole picnic table at night. Knowing it runs for two full days on low, charges my phone with a co...
Goal Zero Lighthouse 600 USB-Rechargeable Dimmable Camp Lantern & Power Hub
I keep one Black Diamond Spot headlamp in my car glovebox and another inside our tent pocket because the dedicated red night-vision setting never blinds our campmates around the fire. When you need to hike back to camp in a sudden rainstorm, the seal...
Black Diamond Spot 400-Lumen Waterproof Red-Light Night Vision Headlamp