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Big E's List Of Recommended Camping Stuff
I thought I would make a list of stuff, products that have worked well for us. Some of the items are fan favorites, tried and true and widely used and accepted across the LOA spectrum of members. Others are little known, sleeper products if you will. Some have been passionately debated and others, not so much. Hope this list can be of use to somebody. To start things off simple, toilet paper. White Cloud Green Earth available at Wal Mart. Broke down more quickly than every other TP I tested,...
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Very cool. I was recently thinking of adding a list of purchases to my mod list, but not counting them as anything in the mod count.
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Nice starting list. reminds me i need a tps system, victron and grill... I never even thought to look at non "rv" toilet paper. I might have to give that one a go. I have the dominator hose as well (only 1 10' section though) and like it. never tried the camco rhinoflex. for our blue tank stuff we found some drop-ins, basically packets of concentrated stuff similar to the ones for washing machines or dish washers. it's more $ per dose but takes up less space and no need to measure. Got it at...
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Don't you already have some on your list? Water: City Filter - Completed Water: Filler Tube - Completed etc. cool. i have green text now. so easily amused at 12:05am...
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Great list, Erick! We have the bake sheet and love it. We found by adding 12"x15" pizza stone under it while in the oven, it works even better. I will have to check WalMart on the TP. I trust your testing.
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Erick, great post, thanks for sharing. The only thing I would add is a comfortable chair, a steak for the BBQ, and a beer or three.
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Good list. We have a Webber that we love and I have a hose that goes directly to the propane tank so no need to modify the regulator. I will have to check out the TP.
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Hi Erick, Great idea for this "basics" list. The air bake sheets work well for those home bakers, too. One question about the leveling blocks. I have one 10-pack of the Lynx levelers. I do not recall seeing anything about the cap blocks. Why and when do you use that block? Thanks.
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Good list Erick. One item that stays in the front pass-thru storage cab is our fold up picnic table. I've had it since 1982 and it's still in service even though it has the "made in China" emblem. It's a "must have" for boondock camping.
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I would add: Chairs (as Nutman--Larry) alluded to: And with the latter, one needs an ottoman: A propane fire pit for this times where open fires are prohibited as discussed in a recent thread: Along with my water hose, I take a garden hose for a black tank spritzer. I also take this "Y" connector and hook both hoses to it so I can easily add water to our black tank: I have a bunch of hose washers. For some reason I had several fall out early in our camping career. Since buying 10, I've lost...
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Great list Erick...I only have room for one pack of lynxs....want to get some caps....I have not cracked any but I have damaged some using them on large stoned site in State forest that had my camper tilted hard on a side hill...but I have had them since my first 5er and they have served me well....going to get another set to replace the damaged ones, and then carry some extras with the caps if I can get them shoved in somewhere.....
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I'd add an inflater. Giles and I both have an18V battery operated one that I love for its portability and digital setting capability. I also pack an 18V trouble light - small, portable, and has built in stand. Also it operates off normal house current. Finally I carry disposable rubber gloves. The best I've found are nitrile heavy duty black rubber. A ten pac costs about five dollars at HD.
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Hi Lee Ann. The cap blocks are just a nice addition to the Lynx Levelers. They provide a flat surface for the tire to rest on instead of the 4 raised lego bumps...... Here is the Amazon link for your shopping convenience........ https://www.amazon.com/Tri-Lyn...eywords=tri+lynx+cap
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The Amazon cart is filling up again. You might want to ask them about a commission! Thanks.
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BigE, Thanks for lego block caps link. I have been using my set(2) for 20 plus years and often wondered if a cap was made. Now I know and ordered a set for our next trip. Happy Camping
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I use Lynx blocks for my tongue and the stabilizers as well as leveling the trailer, so I have 3 sets plus the caps. The caps are useful for adding a half inch of height, and I've sometimes needed to go 3 blocks high to get level, and I've usually made a ramp up and a level parking surface for both wheels. It takes more blocks, but it seems easier to me. I also have the Lynx chocks that work with the blocks. Got them from Amazon, the Lynx system seems better than the yellow ones I've seen at...
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....Ask Bob R how long a set of CW blocks last......
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I bought some of them gloves they where all the same....no pairs.....!
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2 trips and I cracked some on both times. But I was using them upside down, how was I to know. Pretty cheap stuff.
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Would like to hook up victron battery monitor,not sure how involved it is?
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I like the list and the additions later on. The lego blocks are good i have used mine well so much so I have ruined two...have a new stack now. Now when it comes to toilet stuff, good old Costco TP works well, and i have not used a chem for at least 5 or 6 years...just have not had the need. Extra cost and got to carry it someplace and hope it doesn't spill, ever tried to clean up the blue stain after it dries? Why gloves, just wash your hands! it is your stuff, why worry! I carry electrical...
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When I installed the inverter I put a batt monitor in as well, I wonder how I got along without one before, but still have not figured out everything it call tell me and why I need to know! it easy install and are not that expensive. Check with Bestconverter.com.
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Thanks Big E I have most of that stuff, but not the legos. Just use 2X lumber pieces. Is there an advantage to using the legos?
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I have the smaller Ryobi inflator - handy little tools - works great for my air shocks, and an 18 volt, Ryobi drill that I use to raise/lower the stabilizers
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The only real advantage(s) I can think of, they are light weight, stack for storage and take up little room. Quite possibly no better than lumber.......
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If you cross the border either way between USA and Canada, they could ask you to return and dump wood from the country you are coming if you use wood for stabilising or under wheel . The border agent are more and more vigilant regarding this..
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I scoured everyone's lists and was shocked and saddened to realize that the one essential camping item was not on any of those lists .... Now we're talkin' camping!!
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Why fully cooked, part of the enjoyment is the wonderful smell and driving your neighbors insane!
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Simple, fully cooked bacon when camping cuts down on cooking time and more important, cuts way down on grease to dispose of. Bacon grease can be a problem as one can not simply pour it down the drain so that leaves disposing outside as the only option. Unless you're able to have a campfire, the grease usually winds up on the ground somewhere and that can attract Bears when boondock camping. Costco sells the exact same stuff (re-badged as Kirkland) and we like the taste.
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Erick thanks for the list and ideas and the beginning of what is sure to be a great and useful thread! I can see Santa bringing me a lot of essentials before I even have the Lance.
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We always fry 1 or 2 # of bacon early in the trip, save the grease, refrigerate it, and use it for frying eggs, pancakes, etc. Nothing beats the taste of breakfast fried in bacon grease. If we have extra grease we put it in an empty tin can, let it solidify, and dispose of it in a bear proof bin in the campground.
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After ther bacon grease cools some, we just pour it into a ziplock bag, use a paper towel to wipe the residual grease from the pan, put that into the bag too, seal it, and place in the trash.
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The aluminum can would be my solution, as was done when I was a child. However...I do not recall the use of it for frying eggs. I suspect it tastes much better than my no-cal cooking spray for frying eggs.
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You all are reminding me of elk camp and/or fishing trips where we occasionally had to pass a beer around at 0330 or so to get an empty can for the bacon grease
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I will, and do cook bacon, when camping (good bacon, as Jacster will agree )....but I will start the day before I leave, and broil about 3 lb and not totally finish it ,and let it cool and wrap it in a paper towel and put it in a bread bag or zip lock bags and keep in the fridge....then when It's time to start the Genny for a battery boost in the morning, I will Micro some ....cost far less(well maybe not) then buying the pre-cooked, and (but) is usually better. once it is all though I will...
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Growing up my parents cooked everything using bacon grease. One secret recipe for cooking Venison was to use bacon grease for flavoring. Every morning the bacon was cooked first, then the eggs. Hot bacon grease was flipped up on top of the eggs to finish them, rather than "overeasy" style. When I first got my cholesterol checked, it was kinda high, so I suggested my parents get theirs checked. Mom's was 280; dad's was 375 Was bacon grease the cause? Maybe not. They also used lard for cooking...
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Best shore lunches in Canada with walleye,were cooked in bacon grease.
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Wow. Those are big numbers. In the years before my heart attack in 2006, I was on cholesterol meds and keeping it close to 200-240, which was too high as it was. After my heart attack, I completely changed my diet and became a food nazi, eliminating everything that I thought had contributed to my cholesterol. Two months after my heart attack, my cholesterol as 91. We had to practically stop my cholesterol meds. I have since maintained it at about 130 with the LDL within the required levels...
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My cholesterol was 250+ for years. Had fried everything and lottsa marbled steaks and bacon. Then had an unscheduled triple bypass early 2014....I was outnumbered so my wife and the docs changed my diet big time and its been at 114ish since then until last month came back at 145...no clue why. Kent, or anybody, did you notice any difference (sore muscle kinda stuff) quitting the cholesterol meds? I'd like to get them off my recommended camping stuff list
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I'm still on them currently. Combined diet and meds keep me down pretty low currently. Doc didn't want to count on me alone to control it. I accepted that for now. Hmmm...We seem to be way off topic.
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Yep, let me help with that........like most folks, my cholesterol was over 200 so my doc prescribed the usual statin cure. Took my first pill at bedtime and awoke the next morning covered head to toe in hives..........a SERIOUS allergic reaction. Back to the drawing board the doc then started me on a Niacin regimen and augmented that with a script for Fenofibrate 145 mg, one a day. Since then my numbers have fallen below 100 and my good cholesterol has risen above 70. I eat lots of carbs and...
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My doc put me on Niacin but I quit that and started taking Effitol.
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Yoder's has some canned bacon (10 year shelf life!) Yoders
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We have most of this stuff from previous camper. Don't forget, commercial TP is a no go, and TP should be purchased at RV centers, appropriate for RV toilets.