12 Camping Gear Items That Are a Waste of Money, Only 1 Is Worth Buying

📘 THE BOOK: "The Old Scout Way: Walt's Camping & Fishing Manual" (120 camp and fishing tricks) 📗 ALSO: "The Old Scout Way: Walt's Camp Cooking Manual" (60 tricks for cooking with no kitchen) Get one, or both in a bundle: https://waltscampingsecrets.com Fifty summers under canvas taught me that most camping gear is solving a problem you don't have. In this video I go through twelve popular camping purchases, from the $325 cooler to the solar power bank on your dashboard, and show you what already sits in your house that does the job better. Eleven are a waste of money. One is worth every dollar. In this video: Why a cheap cooler keeps ice just fine if you pre-chill it and use block ice What a mosquito wristband actually did in a university test, and which sprays worked How to cut a cheap ground sheet so it doesn't funnel rain under your tent Why your sleeping bag rating assumes a pad under you, and how to read an R-value The gear aisle keeps selling the feeling of being ready. The old way still gets you through the night. As always: never bring a stove, heater, lantern or grill that burns fuel into your tent. Carbon monoxide kills quietly. Were you a scout? Tell me below, I read every comment. Subscribe for the skills they stopped teaching: https://www.youtube.com/@Waltcampingsecrets