Huge popularity of Camping

Posted by Kako on September 11th, 2019

Camping became popular at the beginning of the 20th century and has become a popular holiday and travel destination. In the meantime, there are opportunities worldwide to camp at campsites, often in scenic locations (for example, in nature and national parks).

Campsites provide - as well as some motorhome pitches - sanitary and electrical utilities. Campsites are available for all tastes, from the simple meadow with a washhouse to highly comfortable facilities with supermarkets, restaurants, private swimming pool as well as TV connection and Internet access (mostly WLAN). Overnight stays on campsites are usually cheaper than in hotels.

The term camping covers a very wide range of activities. All of them have in common not to spend the night in a building, but to spend time in the great outdoors or on facilities as natural as possible for camping. These include simple outdoor camping in which the camper uses only simple items such as a tent, a sleeping bag, cookware and so on, to stay in comfortable caravans or motorhomes at no less comfortable campsites.

Camping can be done solely for the sake of camping. Often, however, it is also associated with sports or other activities such as fishing, swimming, hiking, sightseeing or various other activities in a campsite - for example, barbecue. 

Camping can mean spending several weeks designing a holiday. But it can also be the preferred form of accommodation for a traveler. The range extends from hikers and "backpackers" and travelers by bicycle, motorcycle or boat with correspondingly simple and lightweight camping equipment to the camper, traveling with caravan or motorhome. 

Camping equipment usually includes camping chairs and camping tables. These are special designs that meet the requirements of a mobile outdoor use. Camping chairs and tables, for example, fold or fold together so that they require little storage space. The so-called pack size, ie the dimension in the folded state, is relatively small. In addition, camping chairs and tables are ideally made of weatherproof materials. Furthermore, they are in the optimal case light, which is why the rods are often made of aluminum. The table tops at camping tables are usually made of plastic. 

The sleeping bag is a wrapper that you slip into for sleeping and that surrounds the body on all sides except for the head or face (depending on the model). It is made of plain linen, cotton, nonwovens or silk / artificial silk, depending on the specific application, and is often lined with artificial fibers or down for thermal insulation. It comes in various shapes (rectangle shape, mummy shape, hood, sleeves, etc.), and the borders to the jumpsuit are flowing) and with different openings (with side zipper, in slip without zipper etc.). 

Sleeping bags replace both the usual combinations of duvet, pillow and possibly underbed (bedding) as well as their wrappings / clothing (sheets: covers, sheets, etc.). Sleeping bags are also used as an impromptu bedding for outdoor or tent camping and traveling, especially in backpacking and expeditions, often in conjunction with sleeping pads or mattresses. 

When used outdoors, the most important characteristics of the sleeping bag are its temperature range, in which it keeps warm, its weight and pack size. 

The cooker is a portable device for heating and cooking food and drinks. It is mainly used to prepare the provisions for hiking, trekking, expeditions or other longer stays in the wild. Stationary devices are called cookers. There are stoves for solid, liquid and gaseous fuels as well as stoves that work with direct sunlight. The gas cooker uses LPG (propane or butane) in pressure cylinders (gas cartridges). Advantages are easy handling and good adjustability. In high temperatures, however, they do not work or only badly, and the necessary pressure vessels increase the weight of the entrained fuel. In addition, the connection system of the cartridges must match the stove.