If you are planning on making tracks this spring, it might be extremely tempting to fork out top dollar to setup your ideal campsite in a caravan park or camping area that offers all the latest facilities, such as flushing toilets, hot and cold running showers, and mains electricity.

When looking at the typical economics behind setting up your own self supported campsites you could easily be confused into believing it was simply not a cost effective way to get out camping, until very recently with the release of more affordable and practical camping accessories from Adventure Kings range of camping gear!

With the massive range available, you can create a complete setup with all the modern conveniences for far less than you imagined, whilst being able to be totally self-sufficient both on and off the grid, it will cost less than a week on a powered site at a caravan park!

Here are our top picks for free camping on a budget with everything you need for a comfortable camping experience;

BYO POWER!

When paying for amenities particularly in peak season at a popular campsite you can pay up to $200 a day to simply charge your phones keep your fridge running and to light up camp. This power demand isn’t much and can be easily handled by a large solar panel and your vehicles starter battery.

Some quick math’s shows that a standard 2.0 amp USB charger running for 9 hours a day is just 18 amp hours, combined with the regular usage of a simple 12v LED camp lighting setup, like the 1.3m Illuminator Max LED Light Strip working out to being maximum just under 7 amp hours you are only looking at 25 amp hours total power usage.

With a simple plug and play Adventure Kings 120W Folding Solar Blanket you would only need about 3.5 hours of good sunlight to fully recharge your vehicles battery and on its own cost you less than 2 nights during peak season at your favorite powered site.

If your power demands are higher and the weather unpredictable you can look into the range of Adventure Kings BRAND NEW OPEN Generators, being able to output a peak wattage of 2000W and 3500W respectively for time periods exceeding 10hrs it will ensure that even the most power hungry campsite setups and caravans mains power demands will be fully satisfied, and as an added bonus you’ll be able to keep it fueled up in the garage or the shed ready for emergencies where you need power during one of the growingly common regular blackouts.

CAMPSITE COOKING

If you are paying top dollar for a campsite, odds are they have one of those semi useful camp kitchens, but the likelihood of the previous campers leaving it in a greasy and grubby state is pretty high, so bringing your own cookware makes for a nicer experience.

We find that no matter what you like to eat at camp, nothing beats cooking a good meal over the hot coals of your campfire, which is where you’ll run into some serious trouble.

Typically speaking, your typical caravan park powered campsite has serious fireplace restrictions which means you are likely to have a really tough time both keeping warm at camp, let alone being able to cook over your coals!

If you end up free camping you can easily setup your camp where you like and are able to cook your favorite trackside meals using your camp cookware like in a traditional style Bedourie Camp Oven or using either a Adventure Kings BBQ hotplate or the Swinging BBQ to cook up a storm that other campers will be extremely envious of!

If you are camped in a location that has restrictions to only use enclosed fires an Adventure Kings Camp Oven offers the perfect solution, not only do you get complete control over your fires temperature through airflow controls in both the flue and the door, but being enclosed means it burns your firewood more efficiently and with more heat!

PRIVATE AMMENITIES

It can take some convincing to drag your better half camping with you, with demands of hot and cold running water you could end up paying even more than you need to for a campsite that has limited access to poorly maintained toilets and showers, or you could plan ahead and bring your own amenities with you!

By picking up an Adventure Kings Free Standing Shower Tent you offer your better half one of the most practical and versatile campsite ensuites available. By setting up this portable cubical your better half will be able to get changed in complete privacy, have a hot shower with a warm billy of water coupled with one of the Kings 12v portable camping showers and even take advantage of a completely flushable Adventure Kings Portable Camping Toilet which not only flushes, but has a 10L internal storage tank and 10L of fresh water for flushing up to 50 flushes without refilling!

PEACE AND QUIET!

Whilst caravan parks offer a semi social environment, with campers always good for a bit of a chinwag, sometimes you need to escape the crowds you get at caravan parks and setup on your own!

By getting out and setting up a free camp, you can reserve a picturesque spot without being crammed in on top of everyone else at the park. Making picking a peaceful spot, sitting back and soaking up the view a much more pleasant experience.

Don’t waste your money on a worn-out piece of grass in a busy caravan park, get the right gear for your camp setup so you can get out and camp for free saving wads of cash, with unmatched views, without breaking your budget, or the peace and quiet at camp all yours for less than the price of renting a strip of grass from a park.