Camping Projects

Campfire conversation turned into ideas

Backpacking Gear To Make

  • Chameleon Tent: Hammock - Bivy - all purpose tent
    • Bridge hammock (as opposed to gathered-ends hammock) because:
      • I can’t seem how to figure out how to sleep comfortably on the diagonal in a gathered-ends hammock, and my legs stick out when at an angle
      • I don’t want to buy a underquilt (double-layer bottom makes a sleeve for an air pad!)
      • I don’t care about weight or needing poles or the increased hanging distance
    • Similar to Eureka Solitaire, with hoop ends and able to pitch on the ground
    • Start with a kit hammock, add no-seeum netting
    • Rain flap like this
    • Lots of these on Amazon these days but they all look cheap and short
    • Daisy chain for easy hanging
    • In the end I bought a wind anchor tent
    • The Ray-way tarp system is really interesting: light-weight, proven functionality, compatible with hammocks?
  • Fold-up wood burning grill with blower
    • Like this but with the option of attaching a blower
    • Stamp or cut myself and add disk vents and CPU fan?
    • Wide enough on top to use a wok
    • Basically, a large and lighter version of the sierra zip stove with a more moderen battery/power supply
  • Car Camping chuck wagon:
    • Butane-fired burner
    • Cast iron pot with hanger, and reversible lid for coals for baking
    • Cast iron griddle
    • Small pot nesting pot set with lid, strainer
    • French press
    • Pressure cooker, to use less energy and time to cook light-weight foods like dried veggies and mushrooms, beans and rice, etc
    • Camping utensils set in a go bag
    • Flexible plastic cutting boards
    • Mobile schwenker grill
    • Fire bricks for tiny oven?

Car Camping Upgrades

  • Teardrop trailer:
    • Foamie on harbor freight heavy duty trailer
    • 5’ x 10’
  • Yurt
  • Campaign furniture:
    • Trestle table
    • Marcy field cots
    • Oil lamps
    • Cube mini woodstove
    • UDT for portable toilet
      • C-head is no longer being made :(
      • Air head
    • Knockdown ADK chairs
    • Inflatable hot tub
  • Propane appliances
    • Fridge
    • Hot water heater
    • Griddle
    • Lamps
  • Water heating coil for the fire