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Camping kit - what items are a game changer?

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RS1987 · 19/04/2026 18:07

We are a family of 4 plus dog - DC are 10 and 8.

We go camping twice a year and am looking at expanding our kit repetoire.

What do you swear by for camping? Especially interested in comfort options for sleeping and sitting. Also organisation, our packing and tent organisation is generally a bit chaotic.

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Goingtroppo · Yesterday 12:47

Tesco delivery to the camp site. Saves a tonne of space.

Theonebutnotonly · Yesterday 13:35

A couple of those hanging storage things with pockets. There'll be somewhere to hang them and they are really useful for storing clean pants, socks, Calpol in case of need, odds and ends like scissors, new batteries etc.

Flushitdown · Yesterday 13:37

Goingtroppo · Yesterday 12:47

Tesco delivery to the camp site. Saves a tonne of space.

Yes! We do this (or whichever supermarket will deliver there).

My most recent game changer is finding a local launderette that does a service wash - drop it on the way out for the day and collect all clean, dry and folded on the way home.

HellenicOfTroy · Yesterday 17:46

Flushitdown · Yesterday 13:37

Yes! We do this (or whichever supermarket will deliver there).

My most recent game changer is finding a local launderette that does a service wash - drop it on the way out for the day and collect all clean, dry and folded on the way home.

I can see this being very useful - are there any of these kind of launderettes around? You don't see them much any more at all - it's all the massive washing machines in car parks now!

HellenicOfTroy · Yesterday 17:47

@Backtosugar I've ordered the Decathlon table with the stools that fold inside, I'm very excited!

Flushitdown · Yesterday 21:43

HellenicOfTroy · Yesterday 17:46

I can see this being very useful - are there any of these kind of launderettes around? You don't see them much any more at all - it's all the massive washing machines in car parks now!

So the ones I've found have been mainly for trade, hotel linen, restaurants etc but will often do service washes for people of asked. On our most recent trip it was in a small businesses park in a farm literally down the road from the campsite. £10 for a bin bag of clothes, washed, dried, ironed and folded.

It wasn't a launderette like a shop with loads of machines you could go in and do tour own (like from EastEnders). I found it on Google.

Goingtroppo · Today 01:33

Flushitdown · Yesterday 13:37

Yes! We do this (or whichever supermarket will deliver there).

My most recent game changer is finding a local launderette that does a service wash - drop it on the way out for the day and collect all clean, dry and folded on the way home.

You have just taken it to another level! I love this!

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