Top 5 Gadgets to Bring on Your Camping Trip

Everybody needs to get away from it all sometimes and camping is one of the best ways to do that. By venturing in the great outdoors, you can shed off all that stress from your every day life and just spend time admiring the beauty of nature. Taking in the flora and fauna – hopefully not the poisonous or carnivorous kind – can be so relieving that you'll probably wonder what the heck you're doing spending most of your days in the city. Oh yeah, working. That nonsense you can forget about when you're camping.

Although when you go camping you're usually trying to escape the trappings of modern life, there are some gadgets that can actually make your camping experience more entertaining. Some will make your trip a whole lot easier and that's sort of what you need when you're out camping as you're trying to relax and enjoy yourself. Others will help maximize the enjoyment you have on your trip, another equally important thing you're trying to achieve while out in nature. So here's a few ideas for some cool gadgets which you should consider bringing on your next camping adventure.

1. Solar Powered Electric Lantern

While flashlights are a regular accessory to bring with you camping, an electric lantern can be a great alternative. It can light your way at night while also giving you a less modern feel. So while it is a gadget, it's one that feels less gadget-y than a typical flashlight. They're also great for setting down on a surface or the ground to illuminate an area if you don't have a fire going and are considerably better at this than a flashlight. When you put a flashlight on the ground all you get is a half disrupted beam which rolls around constantly making people nauseous. The solar powered part is definitely a must-have feature as this will prevent you from having to bring batteries on your trip. The last thing you want is to be fumbling around putting batteries in your flashlight in the dark like one of those comically clumsy people from an infomercial.

2. Remote Control Boat

If you're going camping by a lake, one of the most entertaining gadgets you can bring is an RC boat. Whizzing around the water with this thing can make you feel like a kid again while making all your friends jealous at the same time. They probably didn't think to bring their own RC boats because they're too busy being "grown ups", but you'll show them. Next camping trip you'll probably all have one out in the water and you'll be racing to see who has the best RC boat. They won't let you live it down, so make sure you buy a good one!

3. Solar Powered Charger

Let's face it, there's no real way to fully escape the responsibility you have tied to your phone. Well, aside from throwing it in the lake. But that thing's expensive so you'd probably regret that later. There's also a lot of cool things you can do with your phone on your camping trip such as playing music, watching movies, or even looking stuff up. So maybe you don't know how to properly tie a fisherman's knot or if a specific plant is poisonous, but the internet does! Having a solar powered phone charger can really help you on your trip by keeping your phone at full battery the entire time and giving you access to its awesome features whenever you want.

4. Personal Water Filter

There may come a time when you need to drink from a questionable water source. You could be out by a lake and get dehydrated without being anywhere near running water, or you could be on a hike in the same scenario Regardless of the reason, you'll be happy to have a person water filter on you. It could actually wind up being your lifeline! Because drinking dirty lake or puddle water is really gross, not to mention dangerous because you have no idea what kind of creepy crawlies are in there. But with a personal water filter, that icky water becomes a source of hydration, allowing you to continue enjoying yourself in the sun without having to stay close to a source of running water. After all, the entire point of being on a camping trip is to avoid civilization right?

5. Portable Wood Burning Camp Stove

While cooking over a fire sounds like an awesome idea because of the delicious flavor that wood smoke infuses your food with, it can be pretty dangerous. Unless you have a proper set-up, you could light yourself on fire and become the next big viral video. Then again viral videos can be monetized so maybe it's not too bad of an idea if you have a long term goal in mind. But for the majority of people who don't want to star in the "Person Ignites Themselves Cooking Over a Campfire" viral video, a portable wood burning stove can give you the best of both worlds. You can have the clean flavor of wood burning cooked food while simultaneously being safe.

Enjoy the Experience

Having a good time is the most important part of your camping adventure, so this should be the thing you prioritize. Whether you enjoy just sitting by your tent carving sticks or driving an RC boat around a lake, you need to do what you love. That's why you're out camping in the first place anyway. So take the time before you leave to ensure that you have everything you'll need to have in order to enjoy yourself to the fullest.