Getting Started
Packing checklists
Start with the core list — it's the same whether you're in a tent or a 35ft coach. Then pick your style for a detailed, category-by-category list of everything that's specific to it. Tick items as you load; your progress saves in this browser.
How to pack
Six rules that make every list work
Pack by category, not by bag
Sleep, kitchen, clothing, light, safety. Categories make gaps obvious; random bags hide them.
One bin per category
Clear, labelled, stackable. The kitchen bin stays packed between trips so you only ever restock consumables.
Load last-out first
The shelter, mallet and headlamps go in last so they come out first at the site.
Duplicate the small critical things
Two lighters, two headlamp batteries, two knives. They weigh nothing and each one ruins an evening when missing.
Restock on the way home
Note what ran out while it's fresh, refill it before the bin goes back on the shelf.
Print or tick as you load
Not as you plan. The list only works if you check items off while they physically go in the vehicle.
Part one
The core list — every camper, every style
Fifty-odd items that belong on any trip where you sleep outside your house. Nothing here is style-specific.
Documents & money
The five-minute category that saves the whole trip.
Sleep
Kitchen & food
Light & power
Clothing
Layers, not bulk. No cotton next to skin in cold weather.
Health & hygiene
Camp comfort
Safety & tools
Part two
Now pick how you're camping
Each style adds its own categories on top of the core list.
Don't forget