If you love going camping but you hate the thought of battling your way through setting up camp, then this guide is for you. We love our jobs here at 4WD Supacentre and Adventure Kings, because we live and breathe camping. We’ve got a collective couple of hundred years of camping experience right across the whole team here, and if there’s one thing we know, it’s that it is so essential to ensure your camp setup is easy and hassle free. Battling through setting up camp while your mates are kicking back relaxing absolutely sucks. With that in mind, we’ve created this guide to six easy ways you can make setting up camp so much easier and hassle free- thanks to the team here at Adventure Kings and 4WD Supacentre.

1. DITCH YOUR CRAPPY OLD CAMPING TENT
   These days there are so many different options for camping accommodation that you no longer need to battle through setting up multiple tent rooms with dozens of poles. If you’re still camping out of a 20 year old heavy-canvas tent then you’re making it so much harder for yourself! Adventure Kings Swags set up in a matter of minutes and provide heaps of quality shelter, and roof top tents are just as quick to set up too. One person can easily set up a roof top tent or a swag in under five minutes and that’s if you’re taking it easy and doing it for the first time. Not to mention the Grand Tourer MkII Rooftop Tent from Adventure Kings which can be fully set up and ready for bed in under a minuet!
2. KEEP ALL YOUR BEDDING INSIDE YOUR CAMPING ACCOMODATION
   Whether you camp out of an Adventure Kings swag or a Kings rooftop tent, one of the best features of either is an ability to store all your sheets, pillows and sleeping bags or doonas inside the rooftop tent or swag when you pack it away. That means you can open up your swag or rooftop tent and be ready to sleep instantly! No more having to carry all your bedding in the back of the 4WD and continually make your bed every single night. You might be thinking- “how is this possible with a swag? I understand a rooftop tent, but a swag, really?” Well the answer to that is very simple- Get your hands on one of the game changing Adventure Kings Oversized Canvas Swag Bags! These things are a real game changer because you can fit your swag, 2 sleeping bags and up to 4 pillows in the one bag! This not only makes set up incredibly quick and easy, but it also frees up a huge amount of space inside your 4wd when it comes time to hit the road. How good is that?!
3. KEEP A COUPLE OF MESH FLOORS ON HAND
   In fact, keep them packed in the back of your 4WD so you can grab them before anything else and It’s impossible for you to forget them. Half the battle of setting up camp is keeping the whole thing clean, so the first thing you should do is throw down a mesh floor to keep all your camping gear up and out of the dirt. Make it the first thing you setup at camp and the last thing you pack away, and you’ll reduce how dirty your camp gear gets in a massive way! The Adventure Kings Mesh Floors feature woven high density polyethylene which offers heaps of strength and longevity- plus they’re super easy to clean because dirt, sand, mud and water simply falls right through.
4. MAKE YOUR WHOLE SETUP MODULAR
   Whether it’s a camping gazebo or an awning for the side of your 4WD, here at 4WD Supacentre we’ve designed our campsite shelter options to be fully modular. That means you can add side walls, mesh floors, mozzie nets and even fully-enclosed tents to either your awning or your gazebo that are all designed to work together in a modular fashion using zips and Velcro straps. All the different add-ons for your awning or gazebo are easy to use, and take next to no time to setup. Plus, they take up next to no space in your 4wd, so it’s a win, win!
5. FORGET TARPS – USE A CAMPING GAZEBO
   We’ve spent countless hours over the years trying to rig up tarps between trees and 4WDs, only to have them come down again at the first gust of wind. Tarps are old-school and they’ve honestly had their day as a main means of campsite shelter. These days a 3×3 gazebo or 3×6 gazebo is a much better option for campsite shelter because a gazebo is tough as nails, easy to setup and easy to pack away. Forget struggling with multiple poles and ropes, a gazebo is where it’s at!
6. BE BRUTAL – IF IT’S HARD TO USE, DITCH IT
   Be honest with your camping setup. Whatever is difficult to use, has no place in your setup. Whether it’s something like that tarp you string up over your car, or even old camp chairs that are dirty and grubby and don’t open like they should, there’s no need to struggle your way through setting up camp. After all, this is all about relaxing and enjoying being in the great outdoors, so there’s no point making it harder than it needs to be! Especially when Adventure Kings and 4WD Supacentre have such a massive range of incredible quality camping gear at insane prices that delivers unbeatable value. Go on, treat yourself to some new camping gear and watch what it does to your camp setup!