16 Camping Hacks That Are Not Borderline Genius
The other day, I was listening to David Pogue pitching his new book on NPR. The once-New York Times tech columnist has just written a collection of what he calls tips and shortcuts – but he stressed that there are not lifehacks, which are often written by underpaid and overworked serfs toiling in sweatshops cranking out honeybait for the likes of Buzzfeed, most of which don’t work.
By example, he cited an absurd camping lifehack: Should you ever find yourself without kindling and in need of a fire, you can light your Doritos. First, most people carrying Doritos on a hike would rather die than sacrifice them for warmth. Second…Doritos? Really?
Well, all this made me remember the ultra-popular camping lifehack piece that was flouncing around the internet earlier this year, Camping Hacks that Are Borderline Genius , so I thought I’d pull it up and give it a closer read.
Most of the 41 are not hacks. None are genius. The lion’s share are impractical, stupid, inefficient, or a waste of perfectly good Doritos. There are solutions to problems solved by simpler things and some are just plain commonsense.
Of course, I could be wrong. It’s happened before. Perhaps you beg to differ.
Well, hey, you decide…here are some of my favorites:
1. Use foam floor tiles for a softer, more comfortable tent floor.
2. Paint the inside of a jar with non-toxic glow-in-the-dark paint for an easy DIY lantern.
3. Bring a tick deterrent.
4. Make tin-can sandwich bread as a portable food option.
5. Glue sandpaper to the top of your match holder.
6. Repurpose a coffee can to hold and protect TP.
7. Use Tic-Tac boxes to store spices.
And watch them explode inside your bag.
8. Cut up a straw and fill the pieces up with antibiotic ointment or toothpaste for single-use packets.
9. Make travel coffee bags out of coffee filters and dental floss.
10. Make single-use soap leaves from a bar of soap and a vegetable peeler.
11. Use an empty laundry detergent dispenser as a hand-washing station.
12. Use a belt and hooks to hang up pots and pans.
13. Make a portable washing machine with a plunger and a bucket.
14. Make pocket-sized oil lamps out of travel-size or hotel toiletry shampoo bottles.
15. If you’re going to be hiking, use this biodegradable trail-marking tape.
16. Use a bucket and a milk crate as an emergency toilet.
For the full Buzzfeed list, go here .
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