List of necessities?
We will be picking up our first camper next Tuesday, a used 2015 Keystone Laredo 291TG. It has a sewer hose and electric cord with it, but that's it. Is there a handy list of things that we will need ...
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K3WE wrote:
There's tons upon tons of 'nice to have'.
The NEED TO HAVE list is shorter.
The best advice is 1) Camp one night in your own driveway, and 2) Then go and actually camp where you will have reasonable access to a Wal Mart or something- they generally have a good selection of basics.
We've been camping 20 years and still don't have some of the things that are on the typical 'need to get lists'.
Agree with K3WE. I would suggest, after a night or two in your driveway, to find a campground that is within 30 minutes of your house, and hopefully near a Walmart.
Camping chairs... you will probably be buying the standard cloth folding type. Don't skimp for yourself! Go to Walmart and other stores, Open up the chairs in the store, and SIT in them! Think about sitting in that chair for a couple hours, you want it to be comfortable. My wife's favorite chair is a Coleman MAX from Walmart, rated for like 400lbs... she is a little thing, but the big chair is really comfortable for her. My favorite is a Cabela's chair... a bit pricier than others, but I can fall asleep in it.
Now kid's chairs? Whatever is cheapest, as they will probably destroy a couple as they spill on them and play gorilla with them, it's camping!
Try not to buy TOO much right away... if you do what myself and many here have done, you fill up your camper the first summer with "essentials", then spend the next 10 years getting rid of 90 percent of that stuff! lol, have fun camping!
