What did you find you did not need?
We have been FT for almost a year and are looking at our annual purge... What have you taken on the road and never used? For example, we brought a blender we haven't used, but I keep thinking I wi...
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I keep two ongoing lists, and add to them while camping, whenever things occur to me: Bring Next Year, and Weight Reduction. What I need and what I don't!
The weight reduction list currently is mostly about less of certain things, not really none at all, or things that can do double duty. For example, my car jack has a lever arm /tire iron that can also work as a pry bar -- so I can get rid of the pry bar in my tool box. I don't need a whole roll of solder, just a piece. I never used the 5 gallons of emergency water, so I'll reduce it to 1 next time.
One thing I need less of is cool-weather, nice-looking clothes. The places i go are warm in the daytime when I might be in town. But I need more warm clothes for chilly nights around the camp, so that just evens out.
Instead of a blender, may I suggest an electric 'chopper'? Smaller, lighter in weight, and it can do the same jobs (except ice cubes). That way, even if you don't use it, you are taking up less weight (and about half the space)
The weight reduction list currently is mostly about less of certain things, not really none at all, or things that can do double duty. For example, my car jack has a lever arm /tire iron that can also work as a pry bar -- so I can get rid of the pry bar in my tool box. I don't need a whole roll of solder, just a piece. I never used the 5 gallons of emergency water, so I'll reduce it to 1 next time.
One thing I need less of is cool-weather, nice-looking clothes. The places i go are warm in the daytime when I might be in town. But I need more warm clothes for chilly nights around the camp, so that just evens out.
Instead of a blender, may I suggest an electric 'chopper'? Smaller, lighter in weight, and it can do the same jobs (except ice cubes). That way, even if you don't use it, you are taking up less weight (and about half the space)
