Camping Cooling Devices

Picture a still August night in a Dorset field. The sun went down two hours ago, but your tent hasn’t noticed. The fabric is radiating the day’s heat like a storage heater, and your sleeping bag has turned into a sauna with a zip. This is where the tent fan vs clip-on fan question stops … Read more

A portable cooler for family camping is an insulated box, or a battery- or 12V-powered cooling unit, that keeps food and drink for several people safely chilled away from a home fridge. Most hold 25-50 litres, run on ice packs or electricity, and are built to survive being hauled in and out of a car … Read more

There’s a very specific kind of misery reserved for 3am in a tent during a heatwave. You’re lying on top of your sleeping bag instead of in it, the flysheet is radiating stored heat like a pizza oven, and somewhere nearby a zip is being unzipped by someone equally desperate for a breeze. Camping cooling … Read more