Accessories & supplies
The parts and spares that decide the night
18 categories of accessories, spares and consumables, judged the same way as the gear itself: by what they change, and whether the cheap option is already good enough. Tents ship with the cheapest pegs the maker can supply, which is why pegs are the first thing most people replace — and a repair kit is only useful if its pole splint slides over the pole in your own bag.
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- Tent pegs The ground you camp on chooses the peg, not the tent 7
- Tent footprints It must be smaller than the floor, not larger 7
- Replacement tent poles and sections Outer diameter first, then section length, then everything else 5
- Tent repair kits The splint has to slide over the pole you actually own 7
- Sleeping bag liners Cut to your bag's shape, or it bunches at the feet 7
- Mosquito nets Mesh count, hanging points, and the shape it needs above you 5
- Stove gas canisters Screw thread, bayonet or pierceable — three incompatible worlds 7
- Stove windshields The stove type decides whether a wrap is allowed at all 6
- Water filter cartridges A cartridge fits one housing, and the thread says which 6
- Water bottles Mouth diameter decides what else screws onto it 7
- Camp cutlery Handle length is set by the depth of the pouch 7
- Dry bags The litre figure on the label is not what it holds 7
- Camp storage boxes Outside dimensions load the car, inside dimensions hold the kit 6
- Camp clotheslines A twisted line grips without pegs, a flat one does not 7
- Paracord and utility cord Type III, seven inner strands, and a published breaking strength 7
- Compasses The needle is balanced for a magnetic zone, or for all of them 6
- Emergency blankets Metallised film or a reusable bivvy — two different objects 7
- Signal whistles Pealess, a stated decibel figure, and a way to attach it 7