Camp Furniture

Its what changes roughing it into enjoying it!

Camp furniture puts the civilization back into your day, whether you're out in the wilds somewhere, in a campsite or an RV camp ground.

Unless you're backpacking, or travelling super-light, you're going to want some camp furniture, even if it's just a stool to sit on while you're taking a break.

It's camp furniture that makes you more comfortable when you're camping. You can relax on a folding camp chair, and it's good to have a table to eat your meals off, or for preparing food.

As long as you've got some space in your vehicle, you can take some camp furniture. For me, the bare minimum amount of camp furniture would be a couple of folding picnic chairs and a collapsible table.

But if you've a larger vehicle or a trailer, you'll have room for more camp furniture. You might want to take along a folding portable kitchen table, like the one from Coleman. It even includes a tiny plastic sink for preparing your vegetables and washing the dishes and pots when the meal's over.

Another important item of camp furniture is your camp cooler, refrigerator or insulated ice chest. The most basic type is the insulated ice chest. Just throw in a pack of party ice from the gas station, and your food will stay cool for the day. Just pour out melted ice each day and buy fresh ice. And for those with more serious camp refrigeration needs, there are several portable fridges or fridge/freezers. The best ones are gas or mains powered, and some do 12v power from your vehicle as well.

Young people can do without much camp furniture and sleep on a small foam mat or an air mattress, but those of us with greater years (and heavier bodies) much prefer a camp cot or camp bed. I have found that women seem to hate sleeping on the floor, even on an air bed. Perhaps they are just too sensible to put up with "roughing it". So to keep them happy, as we must, you can use a double or queen-size air mattress, with a foot or electric pump.

The ultimate camp furniture would seem to be the new folding camp beds, in double or queen-size. These have an air mattress plus an array of multiple legs underneath to give you the same height off the floor that you'd have at home, and the same size. Of course, you'll need a pretty large tent for that, too.