Camping Buying Guides

Explore beginner-friendly groups and events to learn outdoor skills, gain confidence, and build community, enhancing your camping experience. Focus on hands-on learning, essential gear, and safety.

Use cam straps with elastic components for secure gear on motorcycle camping trips; ensure proper buckle threading and tension checks.

Use Cub Scout handbook achievements to build self-reliance through fire building, first aid, navigation skills, hiking, healthy eating, and proper rest for successful outdoor adventures.

Use Permethrin spray on clothing and gear, apply Tick Tape Wrap on lower limbs, and adopt additional practices like wearing long clothing, sticking to paths, and doing frequent tick checks for effective tick prevention during outdoor activities.

Tarps are crucial for camping as they provide extra protection from rain and sun, making your outdoor experience more comfortable and safe.

Invest in high-quality ratchet straps like Rhino USA for safe gear transport, prevent overpressure, use carabiners, and check straps every 15 miles.

Always include broad-spectrum sunscreen in your camping gear to protect against harmful UV rays, prevent skin cancer, and maintain skin health, regardless of the season.

Master the Five Cs of Survival—Combustion, Cordage, Cutting, Cover, and Carry—along with climate preparation, hydration, nutrition, shelter building, and a resourceful attitude to thrive in the wilderness.

Use UV-blocking, polarized sunglasses while camping to protect your eyes from serious sun damage, photokeratitis, cataracts, and macular degeneration.