Car camping gear that fits your car
Tell us what you drive and who is coming. We size a complete kit to the trunk, check every listing is in stock on Amazon today, and send you straight there.
Build my kitA kit we built this morning
$931 total
Couple · midsize SUV · warm weather · Essential tier. Affiliate links: we earn a commission on Amazon purchases at no extra cost to you.
- Tent Marmot Crane Creek 3-Person Tent $299 Amazon ›
- Sleeping Bag ×2 Kelty Cosmic 40°F Sleeping Bag $80 ea Amazon ›
- Sleeping Pad ×2 Klymit Insulated Static V Sleeping Pad $73 ea Amazon ›
- Cooler Coleman Classic 52-Quart Cooler $55 Amazon ›
- Camp Chair ×2 Coleman Cooler Quad Chair $35 ea checked Jan 30 Amazon ›
- Camp Lighting Coleman 1000-Lumen LED Lantern (BatteryGuard) $43 Amazon ›
- Headlamp Lepro Rechargeable LED Headlamp $10 Amazon ›
- Camp Stove Coleman Triton 2-Burner Propane Stove $84 Amazon ›
- Cook Set Fire-Maple Feast 12-Piece Camp Cookware Set $65 Amazon ›
Start with your car
The trunk decides the kit
A compact car gets a tent that packs to a duffel and a cooler of 35 quarts or less; a full-size vehicle fits any tent, cooler or chair we list - nothing has to pack small. Pick yours.
Or start with your trip
Guides that end in a kit
Car camping in a sedan
What fits a Civic trunk, what to swap, and the kit that packs into it.
Read the guide →Gear for two
Share the tent, cooler and stove; buy two of the rest.
Read the guide →Family of four
Four bags, four pads, four chairs and the cooler that feeds them.
Read the guide →First trip ever
The three things that matter, the mistakes that ruin a night, and what to skip.
Read the guide →What it costs
What a complete kit costs today, item by item.
Read the guide →The full checklist
Everything to bring, and the kit that ticks it off.
Read the guide →Time it right
When camping gear goes on sale
Each sale cuts different categories. If you can wait, here is what to wait for.
Checked every morning
Every link is checked against Amazon each morning. Out of stock means out of the kit. How we pick →
You pick the quality, your car sets the size
Starter, Essential or Premium; the trunk decides what fits. How we pick →
Built for weekend campers
Complete solo kits from ~$210 at today's Amazon prices; couples and families scale from there.
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