The warm months have all but left us, and with the evenings and mornings being much cooler than they were through the summer months, it’s a great idea to figure out a way to not only get warm, but to stay warm this winter when you are at camp.

Adventure Kings Gear is not only made by campers the whole range is designed for use all over Australia all year long, so we’ve put together a quick list for you to reference when you are getting your provisions together for your next winter escape this camping season!

Checklist essentials;

Camp Oven Stove

The Adventure Kings Camp Oven Stove is one of the best value portable camp fire setups you can get, built with a completely steel frame with strong tripod legs you can get your fire up off the ground and with the integrated chimney smoke and sparks will be lifted up and away from camp with maximum temperature control being given by the built in flu dampener. Which can restrict or open up the airflow over your campfire for the ultimate temperature control.

The benefit to being on tripod legs is that you wont damage the grass and the fire area is completely contained making it perfect for when you are camped up in the caravan park or in some “open fire” restricted areas.

With the integrated flue dampener, you can also completely suffocate your fire making sure you don’t let hot embers float away after you’ve gone to bed, not only conserving your water but also making certain that your firewood is still dry in the morning ready to cook up your bacon and eggs!

Premium Sleeping Bags

There is nothing worse than waking up freezing cold in the middle of the night!

I don’t think anyone would deny that, for this reason it is extremely critical that you get your hands on a sleeping bag that is not just warm enough, but plenty warm so you are cozy all night long no matter what the weather is doing.

Some people who haven’t been to Australia think (thanks to tourism marketing) that Australia is in summer all year long, however this is all lies!

Since the Bureau of Meteorology began recording weather patterns back in 1908, the coldest temperature was in 1994 at Charlottes Pass reaching a teeth chattering -23°C. with winter temperatures all over the country regularly reaching well below 0°C a warm sleeping bag is ESSENTIAL!

This is why Adventure Kings created the impressive but extremely good value Premium Sleeping Bag Range, having both an inner and an outer, there is a double layer of insulation with a heavy-duty canvas outer for the ultimate in cold weather protection down to a frosty -5°C . And as if that isn’t enough, there are also left and right hand models for when you want to get a helping hand keeping warm from your better half, you can zip both together and share warmth.

The best part about these Premium Sleeping Bags is that they have a removable flannel lining so when we get back into the warm months you will have the perfect summer bag as well!

Awning /Gazebo

Shade is pleasant in summer but shelter during winter is critical, staying dry is essential to keeping warm when the mercury plummets, when we are wet, our body heat is much more easily lost to the environment. The Adventure Kings Range offers plenty of ways to keep your campsite sheltered, from setting up with a free-standing Adventure Kings Gazebo. The Kings Gazebo is perfect for free standing campsites its heavy duty steel frame and high peaked waterproof roof fabric, the Gazebo is ideal for shelter from many different environmental conditions.

If you wanted a faster and easier setup that is ready go in less than a minute from when you pull up, an Adventure Kings Awning is just the ticket, the reinforced frame keeps the awning fabric taught and the adjustable legs allow it to be setup so water simply rolls off the awning keeping you safe and dry. The Awning range also includes some incredibly handy accessories like the Awning wall and even an Awning tent setup to enhance the weather proofing of your camping setup! 

Gas BBQ

Even though its cold, it doesn’t mean we are facing a decrease in the bushfire hazard scale, a light sprinkle of rain won’t soak the ground cover and fire bans may still be a thing, for this reason you may be restricted to cooking with a gas burner ONLY.

This is why we stick the Gasmate Portable BBQ, it runs off your standard gas bottles and is one extremely versatile unit, being able to bake fry and even roast you will be able to cool all your favorite track side meals.

One of the main reasons why this will be one of the most useful tools to keeping you warm is because a tummy with no food in it will slow your metabolism down, when we are digesting our bodies produce plenty of heat and this is one way for us to keep warm, not only during the day but a good warm dinner will make our bodies pump out plenty of heat to prewarm our sleeping bags ready for the chill through the middle of the night.

Warm clothing

This goes without saying, but reliable warm clothing, or even appropriate clothing for the outdoors can make a massive difference to how warm you are at night. What do we mean by appropriate? you might be asking.

When you look at any outdoor sports/hiking/running and even surf store you will see common materials being used, like synthetics for quick dry, elastics for comfort, but most recently in the market you will find that materials like wool and poly propylene are extremely common in snow sports stores, if you pay close attention we didn’t mention any plant materials like cotton or hemp, this is because plant fibers hold onto water, as we mentioned earlier water is the enemy when you are trying to stay warm.

So shoot for synthetics and merino wools for your cold weather clothing and you will stay toasty warm at camp!

These are our top tips for keeping warm when you are camping this winter,