What do you guys use to camp / live out of your Jeeps?

Speaking of tents, when I am not using my one-person aussie swag tent I use an ALPS Mountaineering Lynx-2 2-person, 3-season tent, which at 5' x 7'6" is actually large enough for two. I have owned high end tents as well as bargain brands and have found after decades of experience (and having been tasked with scout troop equipment purchases for boys who are notoriously hard on equipment) that the moderately priced ALPS Mountaineering line is frequently the "best buy." (Hammocks don't work well for me because I often camp in desert areas where hanging one can be a challenge.)

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A good source for tents is steepandcheap.com.
 
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At 70, I'm no longer very flexible, so no longer deal with tents... either on the ground or a roof rack. I've been using a pop-up trailer for decades, but it finally wore out. My current trailer is about 3 years old. It is great for two adults, and is self contained. I won't take it 4 wheeling, but set it up as a base camp to operate out of. It's been across typical dirt roads, but 4x4 trails.

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Dave Carpenter said:
At 70, I'm no longer very flexible, so no longer deal with tents... either on the ground or a roof rack. I've been using a pop-up trailer for decades, but it finally wore out. My current trailer is about 3 years old. It is great for two adults, and is self contained. I won't take it 4 wheeling, but set it up as a base camp to operate out of. It's been across typical dirt roads, but 4x4 trails.

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That's a cool looking little trailer. Sounds like it has everything you need.
 
Dave Carpenter said:
At 70, I'm no longer very flexible, so no longer deal with tents... either on the ground or a roof rack. I've been using a pop-up trailer for decades, but it finally wore out. My current trailer is about 3 years old. It is great for two adults, and is self contained. I won't take it 4 wheeling, but set it up as a base camp to operate out of. It's been across typical dirt roads, but 4x4

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Nice looking set up. Would you please list the make and model?
 
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lowranger said:
Wow! That is really a clean and nice looking set up! Oh.....and I like the color too. :)
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It is currently painted "Sebring Red," the color of the CJ-7 that I used to own and sold to my little sister. I have left it red because Bantam originally shipped them red or green, but I am tempted to repaint it Light Khaki Metallic to match my LJ.
 
I used a spring bar tent and cots if it is a longer trip, if not the wife and I can squeeze into my REI house brand 3 season 2 person tent. A good cooler and stove is also helpful. Most of my cooking is done with an old percolator coffee pot. Boils water for any of my freeze dried stuff I get at the grocery store or emergency essentials. Tim

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I've gone through a lot of cooking setups over the years.

Right now I have settled on combination stoves - mainly spirit and stick stove combos.

I like spirit/stick stoves for on the move cooking because alcohol is a very multipurpose fuel to have with you (it can be used for many different things outside of cooking), these setups are very light weight, compact, and dead simple (no parts to break), and if you run out of fuel you have the stick option.

Anything larger or in camp... Well this is camping and there is typically a campfire. Set your pan/pot on some coals or cook right in them. No need for anything else.

Leave that big clunky Coleman gas stove at home, you don't need the bulk or the weight.

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I've gone through a lot of cooking setups over the years.

Right now I have settled on combination stoves - mainly spirit and stick stove combos.

I like spirit/stick stoves for on the move cooking because alcohol is a very multipurpose fuel to have with you (it can be used for many different things outside of cooking), these setups are very light weight, compact, and dead simple (no parts to break), and if you run out of fuel you have the stick option.

Anything larger or in camp... Well this is camping and there is typically a campfire. Set your pan/pot on some coals or cook right in them. No need for anything else.

Leave that big clunky Coleman gas stove at home, you don't need the bulk or the weight.

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Camp fires are a NO NO in forest fire areas!
 
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Since I'm driving my Jeep and have a small trailer behind me with a comfortable roof top tent on the trailer with a nice thick pad for my sleeping bag. Since I have the room, I like to be comfortable... Small cook stove for my coffee in the morning.... Ice chest for my French Vanilla coffee creamer. Small gas BBQ for steaks for dinner. Isn't that what camping is all about? Out in the country just relaxing and doing what you like to do..... enjoying life!
 
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lowranger said:
Since I'm driving my Jeep and have a small trailer behind me with a comfortable roof top tent on the trailer with a nice thick pad for my sleeping bag. Since I have the room, I like to be comfortable... Small cook stove for my coffee in the morning.... Ice chest for my French Vanilla coffee creamer. Small gas BBQ for steaks for dinner. Isn't that what camping is all about? Out in the country just relaxing and doing what you like to do..... enjoying life!
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Ultimately the end goal is the same and comfort/necessity has a different meaning to different people in different scenarios. What doesn't change is the laws of physics for a given loadout.

To me comfort is being able to stand up in my shelter, sitting at normal chair height to tie my boots, or be rocked to sleep in what is more comfortable then my bed at home while being able to look at the stars. There are others who sleep right on the ground under a 10$ tarp and love the hell out of it. There are others who need a $100,000 RV to be comfortable.

Camping has always been about comfort, weight, bulk, and capability. As weight and bulk goes up, capability goes down. It has caused decades of innovation, awesome titanium/carbon fiber products, and new materials to be born.

I boil water on my spirit stove (which does it in 3 minutes and change and weighs 11 oz including the pot, stove, and fuel) and enjoy a nice tea or vanilla coffee as well. I don't carry 5 pounds worth of gear to do it and I retain the same comforts while being lighter.

I don't want to pull a trailer on the road with a jeep let alone through the densely wooded forest. I don't want several hundred pounds up high above my head acting as a pendulum either.

Do what works for you. I like comparing setups, ideas, and gear; its great forum fodder and fun to see what everyone does to accomplish the same goal.

If you had a full size toilet and indoor plumbing inside that tent, you may cause me to reevaluate my loadout haha.
 
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jjvw said:
This guy has been road tripping in his YJ for several years.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbjw-VrJCUb8PTGoiDI2UMw
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I've been following Jake for a couple of years. He's amazing, but in the last 8 or 9 months he's become more commercialized. I liked his earlier stuff where it was just him. Now he's got a buddy with him and I don't think his adventures are quite as good as they once were.
 
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WillM said:
I've been following Jake for a couple of years. He's amazing, but in the last 8 or 9 months he's become more commercialized. I liked his earlier stuff where it was just him. Now he's got a buddy with him and I don't think his adventures are quite as good as they once were.
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Agreed, his older content was way better. He’s actually inspired me to drive cross country out to the Colorado/Utah area next summer, so I’m still glad i found him!

Another awesome channel is goonzquad. They do really in depth build series of wrecked cars, and a few months back did both a 2003 and 2015 rubicon. They blew up pretty recently tho and aren’t really the same as they used to be either.
 
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