What do you use to store your camping gear?

[Terracar]

Hi Guys!

Let's see what you use to store your camping gear.

We have recently purchased a new tent-Mahal, which replaced our previous one of 10+years. We also picked up some cots for the kids.

I normally use one of the 6ft tables that I take camping and stack all my gear on it. The sterilite tubs with dishes/non-food stuff, chairs, tents, and camp stove, etc. After our recent camping trip, I am a little concerned about the weight I am tossing on the table. For reference, the twin size air matress cots are 28lbs roughly we have 2 of those, plus a queen size one (which I swear weighs less) and tons of other gear.

I have had a bad experience with stuff stored on the floor, so I like everything stored off the floor. Hoping for some ideas from the talented and unique members here.

So post up what you have. I would have posted pics of mine, but left my cell at home today.

Thanks in advance!

-Terracar

 

[Kaleb]

Keter 5-Tier Freestanding Ventilated Resin Shelving Unit

 

[mike93lx]

Clear bins with gasket lids. Grab and go. Everything stays dry while at the campsite too

 

[isb cornbinder]

I never go camping. My childhood summers was forced Bible camp every summer. I hated it more than death. So, I will never have a problem with storing camping gear, I burned it all when I was 14.

 

[mike93lx]

I never go camping. My childhood summers was forced Bible camp every summer. I hated it more than death. So, I will never have a problem with storing camping gear, I burned it all when I was 14.

Man, its helpful stuff like this that keeps me coming back here

 

[Jazz1]

I use plastic bins, stored off the floor on sturdy shelf. Bins protect from a mouse taking up winter residence in your favorite sleeping bag. I also store my boats canvas in bin,,,it was my bow cover that mice chewed up one winter that got me storing all this gear in bins.
If we are camping we're travelling by boat so everything goes into DRYSACKS for travel. Keeps it dry and if you happen to be canoeing these sacks float

 

[ddurrett896]

Bins in the attic.

If I camped more frequently, I've seen small tear drop type trailers that can store great. Pretty sweet - just hook up and go!

 

[icthruu74]

I also use bins. I built shelves in my basement storage area sized to fit the bins. Larger items like tents and cots are just piled on a shelf near the bins. Lanterns are in cases, and the Coleman 2 burner is just there on the shelf too.

 

[OHMS LAW]

Also bins. Use the Plano brand that seals for dry good that shouldn’t get wet. TP, fire starter., camp cook stuff, soap
A large bin for sleeping bags that holds all four of mine and the kids bags.
Another bin for dome tents. I like to use 2 dome tents instead of a large multi room tent. Easier set up and tear down. And if they rip or leak they are cheap enough to toss and get another.

But yes bins.

 

[4xdog]

I tend to keep the gear in the same containers I take with me -- seems efficient to have only one system.

I use a combination of Zarges boxes (my favorites, but $$$), Rubbermaid Action Packers (cheap and nearly indestructible), and a super-large Eagle Creek duffle bag for things like tents and canopies. Lantern, sleeping bags, and so on are packed separately and live on wire shelves in the basement when not in use.

 

[Griff79]

We camp a lot and this is the best system for car camping that we have come up with. Use Rubbermaid or another STURDY bin. Break your stuff down into its function, group like items together, clean well after use, return gear to proper bin, a place for everything everything in its place. Perfect setup. Grab and go! Rinse and repeat.

Thanks,
Griff

 

[zhaddock]

 

[derosa]

Just a storage tote but my stuff is probably a lot lighter and and more compact for backpacking/bikepacking. The bicycles weigh less then your cots. My 2 cooking stoves fit in the cook pots and they're all titanium while my sleeping bag and pad can fit under my bicycle seat so I have storage easy.

I also have one of these keter shelf systems in the basement, the only downside to it is the height of the totes it will allow isn't all that great but it does hold a lot of weight and should accommodate the weight.

Keter 5-Tier Freestanding Ventilated Resin Shelving Unit

 

[Flargen]

I've always had aspirations to refine the kit to fit into 2-3 mid-sized Pelicans, which may be given priority soon thanks to a friend talking me into doing the Texas Water Safari with him.

Currently, though, I use a pair of 8-gallon Rubbermaid ActionPackers for core gear (one for lights, fans, rope, spare tarps, and campsite tools, and the other for non-chilled food items), and a larger 24-gallon ActionPacker for cooking gear, flatware, etc. I like to keep the stuff separated since I generally go camping with friends who aren't useless and trade off on cooking responsibilities.

I'd focus on what fits your core gear most densely, and fits best in your adventuring vehicle (especially with ice chests in the picture). Separate it in ways that prevent reorganization every single time you go camping with a different group or different responsibilities/needs. I'll be honest in that as the years have gone by, I'm a bigger and bigger fan of venturing into civilization for at least one meal, and sticking with ready-to-eat food at the campsite itself.

 

[niget2002]

Most of our camping gear fits in 3 of these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00002N6SQ/?tag=atomicindus08-20

The rest of it goes into a trailer I built to tow behind a motorcycle a long time ago.:


The trailer sits behind a double gate on the side of the house. It has our tent and some of the larger items that don't fit in the rubbermaid containers.

When we want to go camping, all I have to do is throw the three tubs in the bed of the truck and hitch up the trailer. Grab food at the grocery store on the way out of town.

I do need to rebuild the cooler mount. We got a new cooler over the winter and I haven't made a bigger mount for it to sit on yet.

 

[kj_mustang]

Those ActionPacker tubs are the best, very durable.

 

[Mirage]

Another vote for Action Packer's, they stack up nice if you don't have shelf space. Got a kitchen one for cleaner stuff and a tent supplies one for stuff that might get a bit dirtier

 

[niget2002]

Another vote for Action Packer's, they stack up nice if you don't have shelf space. Got a kitchen one for cleaner stuff and a tent supplies one for stuff that might get a bit dirtier

Yup. We use 3

1 for kitchen
1 for tent
1 for campsite

You can add window sealing foam to them to make them pretty water proof.

 

[Jeffh40]

I just lock it all up and leave it in the camper.

 

[Mecha]

I have clear bins with good lids. That way you can see what's in there. I think i have a been for cooking stuff, and bins for various other camping stuffs. Up on metal shelves. I stored the bags and tent indoors though to keep out mice.

 

[Monza Harry]

I used these for our [long ago] camping adventures, I chose these (older version) for the handle for easy carrying and the Visibility of Homer Orange. with the heavy item in the bottom they should stay rights side up and float. You can also sit on it if you aren't as heavy as I am over #200 and even then it is possible with careful check placement. As well as bins similar to the others mentioned, I used the hinge lid bins and the minuses out way the pluses for me though. Harry

https://images.homedepot-static.com...ble-tool-boxes-17331512-64_400_compressed.jpg

 

[SGKent]

we use clear large plastic containers we got from Walmart. We inventory everything when we get back and check off the needed items on a written list that goes into the container. Then before we leave we inventory it again against the list. If we are camping and realize we need something, we add it to the list so next time we don't forget it.