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So what's new in the way of camping gadgets?!

113 replies

Uppermid · 17/02/2013 17:31

The nights are getting lighter, so surely it's about time to start seeing what stuff is new and essential this year! Have the bunting and fairy and fairy lights ;o) so what do I need this year?!

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UptoapointLordCopper · 05/03/2013 21:49

That kettle is amazing. Can you also try it out and let us know?

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Bramblesinafield · 05/03/2013 22:14

Oh I am loving those collaps things vehr naice.

Mmm picturing snacks by the campfire, with olives protected from the flies by the lids.


Is there a hobnob space?,or one for some Brie?

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Bramblesinafield · 06/03/2013 07:04
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Quenelle · 06/03/2013 10:13

Abzs I'm very Envy of you working in an outdoor shop. Mind you, I'd be permanently skint if I did.

I bought the Outwell collapsible bowls last year and they are great. When DH used them to collect the takeaway frites and salad from the campsite cafe he said he had many admiring glances, and I'm pretty sure they were looking at the bowls, not DH.

Have you tried the kettle out? I am quite tempted but it is expensive so would have to be good.

I adore that snack table Cavey. If we had one though it would be filled with jellybabies and Doritos. Or it could be very handy for paints when I put DS's easel up in the garden...

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Abzs · 06/03/2013 11:22

Sadly, we are not allowed to actually fire up a stove and boil a kettle Sad

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Quenelle · 06/03/2013 11:52

Sad That is probably infringing on your workers' rights Abzs. How can anyone be expected to work in an outdoor shop and not play with try out the gadgets all day?

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Blu · 06/03/2013 12:39

Ha ha at that snack stand I will be looking out for thos on campsites as a surefire MNer signifier!

Things I have not got, don't really need, but hanker after:
Cobb oven. Are they now SO 2011?
Tripod and Dutch oven cookpot
Pie iron

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Quenelle · 06/03/2013 12:55

I think I would like a Cobb. I described one to DH the other day and his response was surprisingly positive. He doesn't know how much they cost though.

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hillbilly · 06/03/2013 12:55

Oooh this thread is really ramping up a gear now! Love the collapsible kettle and pots but although they seem fine far a gas stove I'm not so sure they would survive Mr Hillbilly's campfires!

I have everything I need already unfortunately but always open to new stuff.

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troutsprout · 06/03/2013 14:47

Oooo that stove is pure porn . Blardy gorgeous

Pmsl at the snack stand Cavey. God it's almost worth getting to sneak in the car just to see dh's face when I set it up! Grin

I have a collapsible kettle already.. It is a thing of beauty

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troutsprout · 06/03/2013 14:49

Snack stand... Could be like our secret handshake?
Grin

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rubytutu · 06/03/2013 19:12

oh I really want that snack stand now. think the dcs may love it too. would it be wrong to convince them to spend their pocket money ........

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rubytutu · 06/03/2013 19:16

just tried to buy one its sold out. to bloody mumsnetters no doubt Grin Grin Grin

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troutsprout · 06/03/2013 19:34

What do we think of these ?

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troutsprout · 06/03/2013 19:41

Love the pic too. Knickers that give you leaping ability !

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HerRoyalNotness · 06/03/2013 19:53

That biolite stove looks amazing!!

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Bramblesinafield · 06/03/2013 22:18

I'm a bit worried about those pants. Is it for women with stress incontinence?
The plastic bite would be scratchy too!

I want a snack stand.

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MrsMc82 · 07/03/2013 08:15

I love camping gadgets..... but can't imagine a time when those knickers could be needed. .... can honestly say don't know of any instance when ive found changing my pants too onerous!!!!!
Haha!

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VictorTango · 07/03/2013 09:39

I want a biolite stove!

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rubytutu · 07/03/2013 11:03

oh I want the stove too it's just that the snack stand is more achievable. if (when) I buy the snack stand I will have to smuggle it on board! we also took an electric kettle last year was v useful for tea
,hot water bottles and water for pasta,
rice etc

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Quenelle · 07/03/2013 11:24

Those Pop&Go knickers look like the solution to a problem that nobody has ever had.

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troutsprout · 07/03/2013 13:42

Those knickers were in a top 10 of new camping gadgets for 2013. Hmm

If I was ever in a situation where I would be incluned to change my knickers without removing my trousers, I think my fist instinct would be to go home!
No showers?... Go home
Too cold ?.... Go home
Tent has mysteriously disappeared overnight and you have no belongings?...Go home

I think they are not for middle aged boring people like me. They are for young things trekking their way across somewhere or other .Or perhaps festival goers who are taking nothing with them.
Actually I'm still not sure who they are for

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troutsprout · 07/03/2013 13:43

Oh fgs!
inclined
first instinct

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Quenelle · 07/03/2013 13:49

How's that marketing role at Pop&Go going troutsprout? Wink

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MummyPigsFatTummy · 07/03/2013 15:20

I know I must be being thick but I don't get how those pants work. When are you going to be in a position where it is too public to take your trousers off but not too public to be seen unpopping and yanking out an old pair of pants and writhing around in your trousers stuffing a new pair in, under your crotch and up and then popping them together again. Or am I over (or more likely under) thinking this?

Clearly I am also too old and stupid for them Confused

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