![]() ![]() Either way, car camping is a way to use your vehicle to rest your weary head after a long day of hiking. ![]() Some car campers opt for sleeping inside the car, others for the top of the car. Ready to hit the road and stay there? Here are our favorite car camping gear essentials.Ĭar camping refers to a style of camping that relies on the vehicle to get you to the location and as a place of rest. Because while having a cooler pressed against your face while you sleep won't kill you, it's certainly not ideal. Storage Space: If your car is both sleeping and storage quarters, you'll have to plan storage ahead of time. Just remember: When it comes to gear and gadgets, you usually get what you pay for. For standard items such as camping stoves or headlamps, however, you can probably stick with the average price points. Price: If it's an item that you'll use regularly or will determine your comfort, it's not so bad to consider a splurge purchase. Road Conditions: What will the roads be like on the way to your campsite? If you plan to do a bit of overlanding to your site, consider having some emergency equipment that can help you in a pinch should you drive through a puddle that you swear didn't look that deep. Vehicle Make and Product Compatibility: If you're buying something that installs onto your car, like a rooftop tent, make sure you take the correct measurements to ensure it will actually fit your vehicle. Always make sure to have some type of power source that will keep your phone charged in case you need to make an emergency call. ![]() ![]() If you don’t have a Maxx Air fan like us, a portable fan is a great alternative to create air circulation in the van.Power: Will there be access to electricity where your travels take you? This is possibly one of your biggest considerations in this modern age, but it also takes into account your safety while camping. When using bleach, it builds up gas inside the tank so make sure to release it by opening the valve in the middle every few days unless you’re using the tank daily. We didn’t add bleach the first time we used our portable toilet but later found that it was easier to clean the tank with bleach in it. Make sure to tighten the lid on your black tank! We use a silicone jar grip to help us easily tighten and loosen the lid. After dumping, we simply rinse the tank with freshwater multiple times. Somehow, the bleach makes the walls of the tank glossier and prevents the black water from sticking. Then, we add the porta-pak tablet and a splash of bleach into the water in our black tank. Every time we flush, our toilet bowl is rinsed with bleach water. How do we clean our black water tank?įirst, we add some bleach to our flushing water. As mentioned earlier, I avoid dumping on a flushing toilet to avoid clogging it. We prefer to find a free campground dump station or a public portable toilet. Paid dump station on RV parks usually charging $5. Some Conoco gas stations have free dumping stations. Some campgrounds and parks have free dumping stations. I’ve read other blogs about clogging the toilet when dumping a black tank with regular toilet papers so I’m very cautious about it.Īs for dumping locations, you’d be surprised how many options there available and many of them are free. So far, we’ve only used regular toilet paper but since we only dump on non-flushing toilets, the use of regular toilet paper isn’t an issue. RV toilet papers also dissolve however the regular ones don’t. First, you have to know that the porta-pak breaks down the black tank content into a liquid which makes it easier to dump and clean. Cleaning the black water tank is probably the hardest part about van-living though, surprisingly, it doesn’t gross me out completely. ![]()
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