What's your latest camping gear purchase, and what caused you to buy it?

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Got a 5lb flame king propane tank to use with my Skottle and buddy heater.
It should pay itself off not having to buy 1lb tanks anymore.
I bought one last year. Absolutely worth the money. Based on usage so far, it should last us about a week of camping, probably longer, though we've not used it with a heater.
 

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I bought a blizzard box 41 qt refrig, Duracell powersource 660w and a Massimo 500w power station all from Costco. Plan is to return one of the battery units after testing out (probably the Duracell). Main reason I pulled the trigger on all of these was price. Blizzard Box $500, Duracell $450, Massimo $400, which were all about half of what the other brands I was looking at cost.
How are you liking the Massimo? I see Costco has it on sale today through the end of the year for $340 which seems like a steal for a 500W power station with MPPT. Do you know if it is a regulated 12v output? I can't find info on that.
 

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After a longer than anticipated time away from the trails, I'm hitting the road again this summer. I got a nice little bonus from work this year and have decided to put that towards gear. I've replaced my 10+ year old Coleman pop up tent with a Gazelle T4, which arrives today. I got an Igloo BMX 72 cooler. I'm also getting a new Coleman Camping stove camping chair and cots. Boy, I blew that bonus (and then some) pretty quick. :tearsofjoy:

The plan is this summer (2021) AZ, NM, CO & UT.
Summer 2022 TBD
Summer 2023 (assuming all goes well) up to Tuktoyaktuk.
Summer 2024 Baja
 

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How are you liking the Massimo? I see Costco has it on sale today through the end of the year for $340 which seems like a steal for a 500W power station with MPPT. Do you know if it is a regulated 12v output? I can't find info on that.
I like it so far. I've only used it around the house, but it is nice. Don't know about regulated 12v.
 

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I like it so far. I've only used it around the house, but it is nice. Don't know about regulated 12v.
One thing I've noticed about these power stations is that if it doesn't explicitly state that it has a regulated 12v output, it's safe to assume it's not regulated.
 

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How are you liking the Massimo? I see Costco has it on sale today through the end of the year for $340 which seems like a steal for a 500W power station with MPPT. Do you know if it is a regulated 12v output? I can't find info on that.
Their US headquarters (Massimo) is not far from where I work. I may need to swing by there after work one day and ask if I can check out one of these power stations. We run calls over there every once in a while.
 

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Just got ourselves a roof top tent. Because of where we go and what we do, and because of lessons learned about tents over the decades, we purchased a Tepui Autana 3 Ruggedized. Why? Multiple reasons. More often than not we have come upon the perfect campsite and not been able to pitch our Jettent 25x, either because of not enough room for it or not being able to drive a stake into the rocky ground. Another big reason is the amount of effort it takes to set up camp. RTT, maybe 15 minutes, tops. The ground tent? An hour and 45 minutes was our timed record, and we were hustling.
 
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Rockpal 350w power station, 100w portable solar panel, tuffstuff shower enclosure and about to buy a Blizzard Box 41l fridge
Nice! Those power stations are handy. I basically just bought a similar setup.

Bought a second 500w rockpals, 120W solar panel, and a massimo 42L fridge.

Right now, I'm looking at storage containers, as I need a more organized way of hauling my gear.
 

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65 qt Lifetime cooler.
Its for the OR Teardrop I'm buying my wife that she wants in the worst way.
The build is quite a few months out, but with the supply problems in most any industry, I'm locking up the stove and cooler for it now.
Just picked up a Camp Chef Everest with 20,000 btu burners too. That will be the teardrops dedicated stove.
 
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