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Isn’t this one of the cutest things you’ve ever seen in your life? I don’t know what it is about tiny things that makes them so adorable. I mean, this is a friggen’ lantern. It’s not like it’s a mini-unicorn vomiting rainbows or something awesome like that.

Regardless, the Mini LED Camping Lantern seems like a pretty rad tool and a great illumination source if you’re in a pinch. I usually just use my phone as a flashlight, but hey, you could always use some more light. Grab your own for only $7… for now. Muahahahahah. Ahem, sorry.

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Instructables strikes again with another incredibly useful HOW TO. The next time you go camping, pick up a can of tuna on the way. After eating it for dinner and washing it down with a beer, you can saw the top off the beer can and turn the whole thing into a compact, portable stove. Genius.

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Camping enthusiasts need to take note and fast. QYield tents not only look good, they’re also some of the easiest to set up. As you can see in the above diagram, the Unicorn model tent can be set up in under 10 seconds. Just insert that expanding plastic piece into the top, pop it like it’s hot and you’ve got shelter. When you go home, just fold the piece back up and the tent collapses instantly. More time for campfires and folk songs!

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Camping can be a real blast with some buddies and cold brews, but tugging along a boat with you can be a real bitch, especially if you don’t have a trailer hitch on your car. Thankfully, the 21st century has given way to the Backpack Inflatable Pontoon Boat. In under 15 minutes, you can assemble a full pontoon boat for you and your posse to ride downstream.

Weighing only 42 pounds, this sturdily built backpack won’t kill you (if they can do it in the Army, you can sure as hell do it for a vacation.) Each pontoon clocks in at a full 8′ long and can hold up to 350 pounds together. At $237, this is fun you and your friends can afford by giving up beer pong for a week.

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Remember the Ballpoint Eating Utensils I wrote about a few months back? This Outdoor Cutlery reminds me of that concept, though this time made for the outdoors man, rather than the cubicle man.

If your out in the woods, with none of your beloved silverware at hand, it would be nice to have a set of suitable cutlery to get the job done, without having to worry about getting a splinter on your tongue. The only thing you have to worry about is finding a branch laying around which tickles your fancy. After that, it’s just a matter of clipping the utensil heads onto the stick. — Andrew Dobrow

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We were under the impression that the idea of camping was to become better associated with nature and the elements. Not that we would know, since we haven’t been outside since the early 90’s for fear of that Mad Cow we hear so much about. The Tent Ceiling Fan And Light from Coleman provides you a little home hospitality inside of your nature abode.

If you’re camping in a cold climate, the Tent Ceiling Fan probably won’t be of much benefit unless you want to blow the frigid air at yourself quicker. But at least the built-in light will allow you to watch your limbs succumb to frost bite, instead of just feeling the intense pain. Get your own for $26. — Andrew Dobrow

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So you’re camping with your family somewhere when your cell phone battery dies, as do your camera and iPod. While your battery is the most important of these three, no one wants to live without their iPod! SolarPort fixes your little dilemma. The Brunton SolarPort 4.4 uses solar panels and USB to power up your gadgets once again. Just leave this baby out in the sun before you leave for your trip, or even when you are camping, and plug your devices into the USB ports to give them a new charge. So maybe the SolarPort functions as a safety device, but it also serves to keep your children quite in the back seat when their portable DVD player just ran out of juice. The SolarPort has three USB ports to charge three devices simultaneously. It is sold for $119.99.

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