Gearing up my teardrop camper. Suggestions needed!

[225]

I am 90% done with my teardrop trailer. Been working on it about a year. And this is my second one. My first one, I mostly did over nighters and day stuff at events. I do lots of traveling in the mountains, and most of my camping will be boon docking. Not far away from anything, just camping on road pull offs, etc.

Here is a rough list of what I have already:

12' Coleman pop-up tent
4' folding table
chairs
Camco 5.3gal portable toilet and tent.
Yamaha 2000 watt generator
Fuel/water cans.

As far as cooking, the only thing I have is a French Press for coffee.

I've been looking at the MSR 4 system. But I really need a cooking system. I have a Coleman stove, just need pots/pans/ and stuff like that.

 

[Hilldweller]

Congrats; look forward to seeing it.

FWIW, we stopped bringing our generator with us long ago. I added a second battery and a 100w folding solar "suitcase".
Quiet is a wonderful thing.

And a full galley is handy

 

[SoCal Tom]

Personally I use a stainless steel cookware set. It's a little heavy, but very durable flexible and easy to clean when used right. Takes a little more space than a back packing set but with the TD space is not a big issue. I also stopped bringing the generator. I can charge by towing and I rarely stay in the same spot more than a couple of days. Eventually I'll add solar.
Tom

 

[225]

Thanks. What SS pots do you use?

My lil camper:

 

[Hilldweller]

She's a beauty!

I've got a SS set of cookware that went back in the house; I was never using it....
It's a Quisenart nesting set, wonderful quality. This was like $80 or $90 when I got it: http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-STO...0007QS6G2/ref=pd_sxp_f_pt/191-0186474-6860337

I've got a 12" GSI anodized aluminum Dutch oven, 10" Banks FryBake, 10" ceramic fry pan with folding handle, and a one liter aluminum tea kettle that takes care of everything now.

 

[SoCal Tom]

My SS stuff is an older Kmart/ Martha Stewart set. It was left over from my bachelor days. It's a 5 piece set, 10 inch 4qt pot, 10 frying pan , 1qt pot w lid.
Tom

 

[Honu]

I have found like hilldweller I now use gsi anodized aluminum DO
A partner steel anodized griddle is awesome
Small tea kettle and pie irons can do everything we want

Make recipes you want to bring camping see what ya need to cook them once we found our camp meals were fun things easy to cook on griddle or in DO found regular pots pans never get used
We also have a small BBQ

We have a GSI bugaboo set we used maybe once ? Have to sell it cause we just don't use it

Reasons I quit taking cast iron camping and switched to hard anodized aluminum
Easier clean up less maintenance and no rust and light weight

Things I like camping
Way to spray water like portable showers rinse sandy muddy legs besides showering etc....
Scrubby wet wipes for cleaning things or just pack of diaper wipes are handy for cooking items to other things
Piece of shade cloth for entry to living quarters get dressed on etc....
Large tarp shade when it's not around and sprinkles rain large enough to eat cook under
Propane fire ring since we have burn bans here but found we love it quick easy ambience can have it on in morning shut and close no coals to mess with and can walk away to do hike without fear of starting fire etc... Some good threads on these on the forum
Making sure on the road lunch prep is super easy and the shower spray water access is super easy
At least two ways to relax so chairs and hammocks as example

Things I don't like
Having to move to many things to get to stuff as that gets old really quick

 

[Ghost65]

Nice teardrops fellas...we really like our MSR nesting cook set.


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[SoCal Tom]

I've been trying to settle on my "kit" list for about a year now. The things I always bring are, my disk pans and cleanup stuff. Cooking utensils, some form of shade. ( recently purchased the texsport sub shade, but I often carry an EZ up) chairs, of course my cf35 and a separate beverage cooler. Leveling blocks, electric stuff if I'm going some place to need them, propane and a propane lantern. Then I also have a thermometer and a volt meter ( to track batt voltage) and we bring a campfire in a can.
Tom

 

[225]

I really love the suggestions. I will definitely buy a GSI DO.

Most of my camping other than going to teardrop camper gatherings will be on pull offs on the side of the road in the mountains. They have some nice spots for free. Been doing it for years.

I have a 12' Coleman canopy and folding chairs. And a generator for tire warmers. Also a nice hand forged axe I bring.

I just need to plan more for meals. Tired of eating out every day

 

[Honu]

just make sure its the hard anodized model not the regular aluminum

 

[Hilldweller]

I really love the suggestions. I will definitely buy a GSI DO.

Most of my camping other than going to teardrop camper gatherings will be on pull offs on the side of the road in the mountains. They have some nice spots for free. Been doing it for years.

I have a 12' Coleman canopy and folding chairs. And a generator for tire warmers. Also a nice hand forged axe I bring.

I just need to plan more for meals. Tired of eating out every day

x2 on the hard anodized aluminum Dutch oven. The regular one is harder to clean and tastes of aluminum...

We eat at restaurants very rarely on our roadtrips but do look for local artisan type shops, bakeries, that sort of thing. There's nothing like a piping hot loaf of hearty-textured bread to mop up your campground dinner.
Local fruit and veggies on the road too. Something to throw on the grill.
One of the neatest scores we made was some maple syrup in Vermont. Garage operation on a small farm; teen girl that had tapped the trees herself.
It was soooooooooooo good on pancakes....

 

[workerdrone]

Since you're car camping, I'd bring
-cast iron griddle (it just makes me happy sizzling with fat treats and I don't mind throwing it on a wood fire either)
-very comfortable chairs
-camp slippers / crocs
-extra tarps and cordage, couple of small ratchet straps
-quality hand saw
-trash bags and grocery bags - make emergency ponchos, keep water away, keep dirty stuff wrapped up
-cards and a few good books
-notepad / sketchbook and pencil
-road atlas for dreaming
-sewing / misc repair kit
-bug spray, sunblock, hand sanitizer (one squirt does great for greasy dirty cooking hands)
-nice big first aid kit
-leather gloves
-I like a little iPod speaker that doesn't really carry out of the campsite
-small tripod for camera or phone