Real-world notes from a Texas Hill Country family car camper.
A long-term review of the CORE 9 Person Instant Cabin Tent after a season and a half of family car camping in Texas, from a Hill Country campsite to the Colorado mountains.
After two seasons of Texas Hill Country weather in a CORE Instant Cabin Tent, I borrowed a Coleman Skydome to see whether the cheaper tent would have been the smarter buy.
Real-world notes from a Texas Hill Country family car camper who has pitched this tent more than a dozen times.
Real-world notes from a Texas Hill Country family car camper.
Real-world setup notes from a Texas Hill Country family car camper: the exact five-step routine I use to go from bag to pitched in about eight minutes.
Two seasons with the CORE 9 Person Instant Cabin Tent from a Texas Hill Country family camper. The honest setup, weather, and size tradeoffs.
Six months, four state parks, and a lot of bacon. Here is what the Coleman Triton 2-burner stove actually did for a family of three.
Two dependable two-burner stoves, one clear winner for most families. A season and a half of Texas and Colorado camping with both.
Real-world notes from a Texas Hill Country family car camper on why the two-burner stove earns its spot in the 4Runner.
One cold morning at Garner State Park, a two-burner stove changed how our family starts a camp day. Honest notes from a Texas Hill Country car camper.
A full camp breakfast for three, start to finish, on a Coleman Triton two-burner propane stove. The order, the timing, and the cleanup, from a Texas Hill Country car camper.
A season and a half of Texas Hill Country weekends with the Coleman Triton: what genuinely works, what annoys me, and what I would change if I could.
A season of Texas state park nights, one 4Runner full of gear, and two rechargeable lanterns. Here's what the Lepro actually did for us.
I camped with both for a season out of the back of a 4Runner. Here is which one I would buy again, and the one I would skip.
Real-world notes from a Texas Hill Country family car camper who made the switch and never looked back.
A storm knocked the power out at Pedernales Falls. The Lepro lantern carried the night.
A five-step setup for even, dependable light around the table, the tent, and the path to the bathhouse, from a Texas Hill Country car camper.
A year of Texas heat, Hill Country storms, and one wet Colorado trip with two Lepro lanterns. Here is what nobody tells you before you buy.
Two and a half seasons of Texas car camping in the Coleman chair with the 4-can cooler armrest: what holds up, what doesn't, and who should buy it.
The Coleman cooler chair vs the padded oversized quad chair, tested through two Texas summers and a Colorado trip. One question decides which one you should buy.
Real-world notes from a Texas Hill Country family car camper who has used three of these chairs for three seasons.
A sunset story about the Coleman camp chair with the 4-can cooler, told from a Texas Hill Country campsite.
Five things I check before any chair earns a spot in the back of the 4Runner, learned over two seasons of evenings by the fire.
Two seasons of car camping with the Coleman chair that has a cooler stitched into the arm. The honest version: what I love, what annoys me, and what I would change if I bought it again.
Eighteen months and eleven campsites with the YETI Tundra 45, packed and unpacked out of a 2017 4Runner.
A side by side look at the YETI Tundra 45 and the Igloo BMX from a Texas Hill Country car camper.
Real-world notes from a Texas Hill Country family car camper on why rotomolded coolers like the YETI Tundra 45 hold ice for days, not hours.
Real-world notes from a Texas Hill Country family car camper.
A five-step packing routine that keeps ice from Friday to Sunday, tested in Texas summer heat out of the back of a 2017 4Runner.
A year and a half with the YETI Tundra 45: the honest ice numbers, the weight you do not expect, and who should skip it.
A long-term review of the CORE 9 Person Instant Cabin Tent after a season and a half of family car camping in Texas, from a Hill Country campsite to the Colorado mountains.
Two seasons with the CORE 9 Person Instant Cabin Tent from a Texas Hill Country family camper. The honest setup, weather, and size tradeoffs.
Six months, four state parks, and a lot of bacon. Here is what the Coleman Triton 2-burner stove actually did for a family of three.
A season and a half of Texas Hill Country weekends with the Coleman Triton: what genuinely works, what annoys me, and what I would change if I could.
A season of Texas state park nights, one 4Runner full of gear, and two rechargeable lanterns. Here's what the Lepro actually did for us.
A year of Texas heat, Hill Country storms, and one wet Colorado trip with two Lepro lanterns. Here is what nobody tells you before you buy.
Two and a half seasons of Texas car camping in the Coleman chair with the 4-can cooler armrest: what holds up, what doesn't, and who should buy it.
Two seasons of car camping with the Coleman chair that has a cooler stitched into the arm. The honest version: what I love, what annoys me, and what I would change if I bought it again.
Eighteen months and eleven campsites with the YETI Tundra 45, packed and unpacked out of a 2017 4Runner.
A year and a half with the YETI Tundra 45: the honest ice numbers, the weight you do not expect, and who should skip it.
