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Tents, Gear & Checklists
Shelter, sleep systems, packing lists and backpacking basics.
- How to Choose a Camping Tent: Size, Seasons and SetupA plain-language guide to tent capacity, season ratings, materials, floor plans and pitching skills.
- How to Sleep Warm and Comfortable at CampSleeping bags, pads, temperature ratings and small habits that turn cold, lumpy nights into real rest.
- The Ultimate Camping Checklist (Car Camping Edition)A complete, organized packing list for car camping: shelter, sleep, kitchen, fire, clothing, safety and fun.
- Backpacking Basics for Car Campers Ready to Walk InWhat changes when you carry everything on your back: the big three, water, food, navigation and a first overnight plan.
Portable fire pit
Love campfires? Bring your own clean one.
The Slot Grill Compact burns charcoal or cooking wood in a raised steel box with a 2⅞" air gap underneath, so where fires are allowed it doubles as a tidy personal fire pit after supper. Set up by hand in 30 to 60 seconds, no tools.
See the Compact · $89.97
Compact · $89.97 About 14 lb, 146 sq in, 1 to 3 people, packs about 1" thick.
Full Size · $149.97 About 27.6 lb, 231 sq in, family-size, packs about 1.25" thick.