setters posted:
....Ask Bob R how long a set of CW blocks last......
2 trips and I cracked some on both times. But I was using them upside down, how was I to know. Pretty cheap stuff.
Would like to hook up victron battery monitor,not sure how involved it is?
Not difficult at all.......
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 adapters for 15 to 30 to 50, extension 30A cord with an LED light so I know I have power.
All sorts of water stuff so i can get water from almost any tap.
Quick connectors for city and flush different heads so they are not mixed.
in line shut off always handy/
Short flex with pressure reducer in line makes it real easy to fit on almost any tap.
What are these called, slip it over a tap with out threads.
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four way key, any good plumbing supply has them.
tank fill long enuf so it stays in place with shut off.
All my hoses have new cast brass fittings, not stamped, so they will take abuse plus they just work better and do not cross thread.
Plus a fitting that goes inside a tap that had inside threads...they are anti tamper hose bibs and the thread on the outside cannot get destroyed.
Hose to hose coupler...3/4"
Carry a Weber BBQ and the hose to feed from the low pressure LP.
It was easy to remove Weber reg and replace with good airhose fittings.
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Big E posted:Not difficult at all.......
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.
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?
Mike and Sue posted:
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.
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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Les1 posted: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?
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.......
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..
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!
Capt PJ posted:Why fully cooked, part of the enjoyment is the wonderful smell and driving your neighbors insane!
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.
You spoil all the fun!!! 
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. 
R&V Spiker posted:Capt PJ posted:Why fully cooked, part of the enjoyment is the wonderful smell and driving your neighbors insane!
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.
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.
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.
Dale L. posted:R&V Spiker posted:Capt PJ posted:Why fully cooked, part of the enjoyment is the wonderful smell and driving your neighbors insane!
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.
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.
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.
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
Nutman posted: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.
That's for the bears....um I mean birds......
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 cook some.... as Capt said the smell is some of the whole picture when camping.....