How to Clean and Store Camping Gear After a Trip (at home tips and storage ideas)
How to Clean and Store Camping Gear After a Trip (at home tips and storage ideas)
Now that we’re heading into the winter months, I thought it would be a great time to talk about how to clean and store your camping gear at home! After a camping trip, taking care of your gear is important so it lasts for years to come. For links to everything mentioned or shown in this video, click SHOW MORE!
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I store mine in a storage unit that’s climate controlled and so far no problems.
Lot of helpful information! We do some of the same approaches with our gear!
You have the best tips! Very much appreciated 😁
Thanks, Amanda! Good call keeping your gear in CLEAR bins…I have all mine in solid-colored bins. One time, I almost brought our Christmas decorations camping instead of our gear. Now they’re clearly marked on the side & top!
What happens if the sleeping bag is stored compressed?
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I spy the Beekeeper’s Bible under your coffee table! I suggested that book to you in a previous comment (either here on YouTube or Insta – I can’t remember). I hope you are enjoying it!! I’ll look forward to your future videos on beekeeping 😉
Great tips! Thanks Amanda. I definitely need to get myself some clear bins 😊
Great video! I was wondering, though, how you store your Exped Mats?
thank you for all your advice & tip! you make the BEST videos!!!
We wash our water jugs with a few scoops of baking soda, and hot water, put the cap back on and give it a really good shake. Rinse thoroughly and I store ours with the cap open to dry out thoroughly. We usually expect 1 day of rain each trip here, so mud on the outside happens and the cap/tap on it we do use soap and water to clean as it can get dirty by the end of the trip.
Too funny – I was actually going to request a video on how you cleaned your tent/camping gear. Thank you!
got to it before miranda in the wild! lol wondering if u got the idea from her last video 😆
Just a side note, bleach actually breaks down info safe ingredients so you could always use a bleach/water mixture.
Much better than my method, which is just throwing things in designated corners 🙂
Excellent advice and presentation. Thank you!
Love the videos! I am curious, what is the benefit of storing the sleeping bag loose and not compressed?
One of those few videos where Amanda outside made a video indoors
What happens if we store sleeping bag compressed?
Hello Amanda, great ideas for storing your gear. Thanks for the information.
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Great points! We like storing our camping gear in tubs too. It makes it so much easier when everything is together.
This is so timely. I was just in the basement sorting the camping gear.
Spot ON, I use totes too, store them in the corner of my bedroom, take them down to the car and I’m 80% set… I hang my sleeping bags in the closet so they don’t get mashed and lose all their ‘loft/warmth’
Thanks. Using a pillow case for sleeping bag storage is a great idea. My biggest pet peeves are the cleaning and storage of the camp stove and the air mattress ALWAYS leaks. Total garbage 😊😅😅. The manual pump that I was sure would break after a couple uses outlived the mattress 😂. Cleaning your gear is very important. Thanks again 👍🏻😊😊👍🏻 ⛺⛺
Useful tips for the post camping part of adventures.
Excellent 🍬 🤪👑😘
Have you considered a vehicle based kitchen such as NomadKitchen, PullKitchen, etc?
Some Sleeping pads shouldn’t be stored compressed either. Some say to store with valves open.
Thank you for sharing some great information
I sure enjoy your videos
Thanks! Great info… appreciated!
Great and timely video. As I started watching I realized I’d not dried out my hammock and tarp after my last trip! It is now hanging up in my (humidity controlled) basement.
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I’m surprised you only have 69k subs. You have really great content I would think you should have 1 million subs already!!
Very nice interesting video. Big like. Thank you very much.
Maybe another video, creative storage for small spaces.
First, I didn’t know about the sleeping bags, a great tip. Second have you or Nick ridden electric fat bikes yet?🍔🍔🍟🍟
Great tips! Thanks you for sharing!
Great video…I love seeing the organizing videos! Those of us who are OCD can never get enough!
Great video!! Lovin’ all of your content, keep crushing it! 🙂
Another great video. We have a couple of bins but they are either too big or small. Those look great. I had no idea that you needed to store your sleeping bags uncompressed. Ordered a couple of large laundry bags that I think should do the trick.
Thanks.
Ok….you guilted me in to making sacks out of old sheets so I can store my good sleeping bags lofted ad opposed to a stuff sack in a hot attic. Sorry, I’m sure that made you cringe.
Don’t store gear in the shed if it’s sleeping bags or anything material. Mice love to cozy up in the winter and ruin it with holes. Thanks for the video!!
i use those big water containers and after a trip I use boiling water (or as hot as the container can handle) with a little course sea salt, seal it and shake it. Drain it with several rinses, and air dry as you mentioned. Also do this with my water bottles as well, might not do anything but makes me feel better.
I use to keep my camping things in clear bins, but my husband is so rough with them that it’s always cracking at the bottom or broken lids. So I’ve gone heavy duty and he can abuse them as much as he wants.