Gear and Gadgets

Let's face it. Keeping clean and fresh is pretty nice. No-one really likes the smelly person next door. Fortunately there are lots of products out there for campers that will help you keep friends close and odors far away. Roadshower is a really cool product that you can attach to your car or your camper. It works by using the sun to heat up its tube and you can also pressurize the tube to give you a good pressure to wash under. It is pretty expensive at $499 but a good option if your camper doesn't have a shower.

Another great option is Rinse Kit at a more accessible pricepoint of $223. This is a great little device that delivers a pressured spray for 3 minutes, enough for a quick shower. Let us know what you think in the comments below.

You're on the road, the closet you can get to coffee are the push dispensers at the gas station, which as everyone knows are probably over 24 hours old, rancid and never seen a coffee bean in their lives. Ok a little exageration. Well now you can get expresso coffee right with next to your steering wheel with this nifty little Handpresso Auto Hybrid Coffee Maker.This portable coffee machine plugs straight into your charger, and pressures the canister to give you coffee shop like expresso. So say goodbye to gas station coffee, and hello to expresso in the wilds.

So you are on the road, and want a lie down. Specifically a lie-down with a pina colada in a hammock. Well Trailnest has you covered. This is a pretty nifty hammock that fits ontop of your car, with fold-out arms that you can fit your own favorite hammock to. Ok, so the pina colada doesn't come with it, but this gets you pretty close to a tropical paradise.

Selected the right 12v for a camper can be difficult. There are a lot of things to take into account, like how long will you be traveling for, will you have access to shore power, how many people will be traveling, what kind of food do you like to eat?

The short answer that will fit most people's needs

The dometic cfx-series fridges are our pick. These fridges will keep your food cold, with the minimum power draw on your 12v recreational battery. They are rugged and have some really cool features.