Wall Tent / Car Camping Creature Comforts

[Clovis]

Me too, and the soft hissing, and the heat. I guess it's a little nostalgic

I don't know how old you guys are, but am in my 50s and love the old Coleman white gas stoves and lanterns. They remind me of good times when I was a kid and are really functional for a heavy camp. The old ones are overbuilt and last forever, more efficient and convenient on fuel for a long trip, and will always feel just somehow awesome to me. Seems like my younger compadres don't feel the same.

 

[4th_point]

Would definitely want a tarp. Not a creature comfort but I had a storm dump a ton of wet snow on a Kodiak and am glad I had a tarp to help it slide off!

There's a 10x14 Kodiak under the tarps in the pics below.

Got a freak snowstorm one year on October 5. It went from hot and miserable, to drizzle, then to wet snow in one day. The wet snow stuck to the canvas like a magnet, so I put a big green tarp and smaller brown tarp to protect three sides. The side near the trees, I left unprotected, as I ran out of tarps.

The pics were from the next day, with drier snow. It was worse the day before.

Since the awning was not usable, I extended the green tarp a bit.

In front of one door, you can see:

• water jug
• 5-gal bucket with seat (I use compostable trash liners and cat litter)
• 2-gal garden sprayer, modified for shower

That tent must have weighed an extra 20 pounds when I packed up camp. The snow and tent were fine, but getting out of there was a nightmare with gumbo mud under the snow!

 

[mountainman406]

Thank you. Do you have a recommendation on the lantern? Pour over coffee is a good idea.

I've had good luck with this one, although the gas ones that have been recommended would be nice as well. I just hate wearing a headlamp around camp when I could use the battery out in the field when I need it.

Lantern: https://www.basspro.com/p/fenix-cl3...3p.ds&gad_source=7&gad_campaignid=14596387140

 

[mountainman406]

Another addition, a couple 5gal water bottles with an electric pump. These are nice to have for refilling bottles/jetboils/cleaning pans and butchering knives (optimistic). A cheap one like this has worked fine for me: https://www.amazon.com/Dispenser-Au...msclkid=705a330cfb4d18f6e17a5bd703c734f7&th=1

 

[wyosteve]

One of the frames with a toilet seat on it. Beats squatting!

 

[Wheels]

I take a Honda EU2200 generator and a single serve Keurig coffee maker, works good for making coffee and also just heating water for MRE's. Solar shower for heating shower water, works great as long as it gets a few hours of sunlight.
Also look into the Springbar Stormfly for the top of your tent, it covers quite a bit of the tent and is well worth it.

 

[AlabamaMountainMan]

Not sure how good your chair is, but I just upgraded to a much more comfortable chair. I was using the cheapo $10.00 chairs you pick up at wal-mart but just got one of the XL padded chairs from bass pro. Having "hot spots" from the chair digging in sucks after a while.

 

[Fever Buck]

Would definitely want a tarp. Not a creature comfort but I had a storm dump a ton of wet snow on a Kodiak and am glad I had a tarp to help it slide off!

Is the purpose of the tarp to help snow slide off on its own?

 

[4th_point]

Is the purpose of the tarp to help snow slide off on its own?

That's right. The wet snow piled up fast. And I wasn't going to have a stove running 24/7.

 

[wpeach1912]

Amazon has some lag bolt stakes that were cheaper than lag bolts as far as I could tell. I have a small two burner nexgrill I got at Home Depot that goes on every camping trip with me. A red baron frozen pizza fits perfectly on it. Cots and good sleeping pads are always nice. I keep a big rubber maid bin of camping stuff that is pretty much grab and go. Coleman stove, propane, metal and pale tic utensils, paper plates, small cutting board, cheap knife, can opener, dish scrubber and soap, salt and pepper, olive oil, aluminum foil, trash bags, ziploc bags etc. a folding plastic table is nice too. Maybe a table cloth or plastic cover if you bone out an animal on it

 

[Fever Buck]

Alright yall, back from the trip early. It was a ton of fun but figured I’d come list the things that were great that yall recommended or I brought on my own accord:

-Solar lights
-exterior mat for muddy boots (will bring another one for the interior as well)
- electric water dispenser
- lag screws for stakes
- battery bank, solar panels, and Starlink
-small portable grill
-camp shoes
-down booties
- last light string lights (fantastic quality)


Need to bring next time:

- wood stove (only having the buddy heater sucked big time)
-rain fly
- contractor lighting for better site visibility when getting up early and or getting in late
-way less small stuff. Bringing the flex box tent and cot with pad takes up a ton of room. Need to drop non necessary small stuff to make up for it.

 

[Fever Buck]

Picture of the maiden voyage for the Springbar

 

[Wheels]

Alright yall, back from the trip early. It was a ton of fun but figured I’d come list the things that were great that yall recommended or I brought on my own accord:

-Solar lights
-exterior mat for muddy boots (will bring another one for the interior as well)
- electric water dispenser
- lag screws for stakes
- battery bank, solar panels, and Starlink
-small portable grill
-camp shoes
-down booties
- last light string lights (fantastic quality)


Need to bring next time:

- wood stove (only having the buddy heater sucked big time)
-rain fly
- contractor lighting for better site visibility when getting up early and or getting in late
-way less small stuff. Bringing the flex box tent and cot with pad takes up a ton of room. Need to drop non necessary small stuff to make up for it.

Buddy heater didn’t keep it warm enough? What temps were you in?

 

[Fever Buck]

Buddy heater didn’t keep it warm enough? What temps were you in?

The buddy heater definitely warmed the tent up but was having some issues staying lit at elevation (10k feet) and I got pretty sick one night from excess propane being in the tent. Would’ve been nice to just let the stove heat the tent while I slept.

The other two issues was not being able to dry wet clothing and not being able to heat water conveniently.

 

[shtrbc]

Good pad and pillow(why not?), LED string lights and a power bank, Chinese diesel heater with a lithium battery and 2.5 gallons of fuel (good for 5-7days) scrap piece of carpet to use for a rug just inside the tent. Heaven.

 

[mighteywhitehunter]

Few things I have added to my wall tent kit:
I have a Davis 14x16 with a stove, and 3/4 floor

Combination of solar lights and Coleman Lantern
Davis wall tent hanging organizer x 2
Clothes hangers to help dry clothing quickly
Peets propane boot dryer
Hallway runner leading into the tent
Davis lantern hook x 4
Leather gloves and a hatchet go along with the stove to aid in starter wood and cleaning out embers and ash
Folding table x 2

 

[WCT3]

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Picture of the maiden voyage for the Springbar

Looks awesome! How do you like the Springbar? Is it pretty easy to set up and tear down?

 

[realunlucky]

Looks awesome! How do you like the Springbar? Is it pretty easy to set up and tear down?

Yes the springbar sets up quickly even with one person

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[Fever Buck]

Looks awesome! How do you like the Springbar? Is it pretty easy to set up and tear down?

It was fantastic. It was pretty easy to set up besides having one slight issue with the extendable side pole on one side of the tent. Took me about 20 minutes my first time.