I am new at family camping and I am trying to figure out the minimum needed equipement to pack in order to have a good vacation. 2 grown ups - 2 kids 1 and 4.
What I can figure out myself
Tent - and tent equipment, footprint, carpet, canopy etc.
Sleeping eq - SIM´s, sleeping bags, pillows etc.
Cocking eq - Cocking pan, frying pans.
Water container - how big? what type?
Eating eq - Plates etc.
Table, chairs -
Fridge?
Electric roller supply unit:
Lamp - led? How many?
Computer with movies etc. Does campings have wireless networks?
Games? Deck of cards etc.
Playstuff - balls, freesbees etc.
What have I forgotten? Organizing - wardrobes, kitchen eq?
You need a stand for your cooker and to keep all your pots and pans on.
We made an electric hook up lead with sockets on so we could take small fridge, electric kettle etc. and a light which had a clamp on to clamp onto one of the poles
Most sites have wifi but costs about 3.00 a night.
maybe a small heater cos it can be cold at night if you are camping in UK. Most peole take 2 windbreaks to make their pitch bigger and give privacy when eating etc. Also you may want a small toilet if the kids need to go to the loo in the night, there are several types available from just a bucket type with a toilet seat (about 20.00) to aproper chemical toilet, more expensive.
I hope you have a large vehicle to pack all this lot into. Make a list as you pack it all in then you can use it every time and add to it the things you forgot.
once you get a list of everything use excel to make a list with a spare section of boxes next to each item ,simply print it out and laminate it ,you can then tick of each item with a board marker as you pack it.
it sounds rather dweebish but i can assure you when you arrive on site having forgotten something (in our case it was usually 12v psu's for the fridge~) then having to fork out for something that's sitting at home tends to make it more sense.
ours is 3 horizontal rows ,first row (used once a year) is what gets packed in the trailer tent trailer.
second row is the main essentials cooker ,stand ,sleeping bags etc etc and the 3rd row is the personal stuff ,pills ,boots,alarm clock ,fleeces etc.
theres things on the list that are not needed for the TT but on there for when we use the other tents rather than have separate lists
half the problem is is when two people are packing ,with the list its known the other person has packed an item instead of the usual "did you pack.....?)
read your post about making your own hookup lead.did you fit an rcd to this?
If not, then an inline RCD can be easily fitted to the lead as close to the socket as possible. A Google shopping search will bring them up. Safety first remember and all that!
If you've got some spare time, check out my old thread I started a couple of years ago, when we first bought our tent and gear - lots of useful tips from others and a full list of everything I bought.
We did buy a caravan after that first season because the wife just got too cold in the tent at night - but we still have quite a lot of the stuff I bought for the tent!
PS: your english is much better than our Swedish ...in fact, better than many english people's...
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Topic: Pack list - family tent camping?
? Cocking equipment ... that's something quite different ...
...in fact, better than many english people's...
