Useless things for camping

[Andie20521]

Whilst looking at the Aldi camping bits I started thinking about stuff I thought would be fab but was a waste of money/space, the kind of thing most people try once and throw away.

For me it would be the camping toaster (the type you put on top of the stove). I was sooooo excited to get it! Breakfast would be revolutionised!

I burnt myself, used half a can of gas to get a vaguely coloured piece of bread (I can't bring myself to say toast, it clearly wasn't) whilst trying to convince OH that it hadn't been a waste of money.

I soon bought a double burner with grill, which is actually fab for toast!

ha ha - I opened the thread to say camping toasting rack
(Better is a Diablo tasted sandwich maker - works a treat on a stove. Or a more sturdy pie iron for camp fires.)

Hahaha! We have one too! I think we might actually have binned it after its first use (or useless more like!!)

Totally agree re the toast rack!!!! have bought this in hope that it'll be a bit better but only does a slice at a time........

The various toaster things we have bought was what I thought of as I saw the title!

My know it all BIL has bought one for his first family camping trip this summer - ha ha ha.

Yup the toaster is definately something we have all fallen for the allure of...a cheap lesson, but it has put me off buying other pieces of kit unless strongly recommended/researched.

Oh my god, hahahahahah just started exactly the same thread... inspired by same sorry toasting device! Sorry Andie!

Those plastic Water carriers with the taps on. The taps are crap... They leak a d the water tastes foul!
A 2 litre bottle of water works just fine

I agree about water carriers. We use one of the big bottled water containers, the ones with a handle over the top. Cjeap enough even bought full from Tesco, then we just re-fill it and buy a new one every so often,

arse. I've just bought a water-carrier-with-tap. Was enticed by how small it folds down

Maybe yours will turn out to be the perfect one!
though in my limited experience the squashable folding ones are the worst

Wind-up lanterns. You get more illumination from a cigarette lighter.

Any sort of lantern that isnt one of those dirt cheap led ones. Since discovering led lights in wilkinsons I've never used my normal lights.

Totally agree with the toaster - ours too was binned after one trip

Our water carrier has been successful though - think that came from Aldi.

We have the folding toaster, I think it was used once about 7 years ago and now lives in the bottom of the camping box.
We also have a couple of platypus water bags, with a couple of spare sports cap lids.

Argh I hate our foldable water carrier that is rubbish and that my dh insists on filling, and that it is impossible to get any water out of without slipping a disc.

Cheap 'non-stick' foldable frying pans. The teflon peels off and sticks to your sausages the first time you try to use them.

We take a normal frying pan.

DH?

So do I, now. I was temporarily seduced by the folding nature of it. You can flog any old shit to campers if it folds down small.

Oh I agree. I get very excited over camping gear that packs down small. Anything that is dual purpose too!

I get my thrills going to outdoor shops, and browsing them on the net as well.

I have seen a folding double burner stove that I am really coveting. We have a good, reliable single burner stove. Dh would not be agreeable to my spending ££s on a stove when we already have one.
This one folds though...and it has two!!

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Ooh! WANT!

I have recently purchased a couple of camping cookbooks...looking for inspiration beyond bacon, sausages and beans. I have been fair fired up and am lusting after some serious cooking kit.

Ds1 and ds2. At least when you send them on a camping trip by themselves. They come home minus most of the kit I send them with, I'm actually surprised when they return with the tent.