I have long been a great fan of "Creature Comfort Gadgets", my friends can attest to this. In fact, I have met many people through this forum and on the trail that have contributed immensely to my gadget collection, not that I need any prodding. One of them, has been renamed to Mr. Gadget (you know who you are), for his rather extensive collection.
These are not fridges, as anyone who goes out for a weekend or longer usually has one or a cooler of some type; or a cool cooking stove like a Cobb or Cooking Partner or one of those rare three burner Coleman's; not a toilet like a Reliance or a Pett; and no, not an iPod or MP3 player; or a $600 folding chair from Abercrombie & Fitch; or a specialty $350 knife, et al.
Creature Comfort Gadgets are those neat gadgets that are very reasonably priced devices that makes life easier/more fun on the trail and doesn't leave a hole in one's pocket book. One doesn't need to shop at the Gucci's of Offroad or those posh publications. One can buy them at people places, like WalMart, Habor Freight, and many lesser well known, camp stores and online sites like eBay, Amazon, etc. And they add to the "Glamporing" of our hobby!
I once wrote to Overland Journal to volunteer to do a one page spread per issue of these types of gadgets in exchange for a free subscription each year, but alas, they were too busy to respond or perhaps they didn't think I was up to their writing skill level?
So, I challenge you to post up your finds (one item per post please), along with a photo (or two) along with a brief description and price, store local, or URL (that's tech talk for website), etc. You know, so the rest of us can get in on the action and make life on the trail better and more enjoyable.
BTW: put the name of your device in the title, please.
Last edited by CanuckMariner; 03-27-2012 at 02:33 PM.
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For those of you that travel a lot in the desert or tropics, this is a great gadget for helping to cool off, distribute the A/C, or defog the windscreen.
I have found this 1500 watt Cobra inverter a great gadget. I paid $125.00 from a local shop, had it installed primarily for my laptop. However, I have used it while using my SawZaw and 10" extension cord cutting fire wood. It truly is a remarkable gadget.
You might find these cheaper on other sites or even different manufacturers, mine is a Swedish model for $2.95 but I can't remember (Alsenhiemer) where I saw it or got it.
A great $10.00 find at Wal-Mart Acu-Rite Indoor/Outdoor Wireless Thermometer
Place the puck in your fridge and monitor the temp with the other part in your cab, shows indoor temp (cab) & outdoor (fridge)
Runs off of 4 AAA batteries, two in each part.
I'm always curious what the low temp for the night was and I found this temp gauge at Wal-mart also for about $6.00
Temps reset every 24hrs I clip to the outside of my RTT, it was 25 degrees in AZ 2 weeks ago for a low, that's good sleeping weather.
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Originally Posted by CanuckMariner
for the price it's a great stove. I keep it under my seat.
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