An 8 lb. tent? Shouldkve brought wood and nails instead?
My biggest mistake was a plastic tube tent. In addition to being dangerous (like sleeping with a plastin bag over your head), we sweated like we were wrapped in Saran wrap.
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A hammock...
I almost forgot about the boxes of Coghlans waterproof matches that everyone had when i was in boyscouts. They mostly just broke in half when you tried to light them and if the striker got wet they were useless. For some reason parents kept buying these worthless things for their kids to bring on camp outs year after year.
What about them knife,fork,spoon jack knife sets,or the mess kits,and the od green army aluminum canteens.
Got a Mioxx on eBay to try it. Found it to be a very expensive and tricky way to treat water. Sold it on eBay. Good riddance. I'm sure someone here likes theirs, and that's OK too.
The answer I always got from the scoutmasters was that scouts were less likely to screw around and do something stupid with their limited number of matches than they would be if they had a lighter that could light hundreds of times.
We eventually started bringing lighters anyway, and then proceeded to prove that the scoutmaster's theory was correct.
Thermarest trekker chair. 4 years old. Never been used. After buying it I couldn't bring myself to take my very-important-for-a-good-night's-sleep inflatable pad next to a camp fire and sit on it.
Runner up: iPood Trowel.
took an 80+ pound extra wide aluminum fishing canoe on a long distance canoeing trip. With lots of portaging. Oops
My list consists of everything purchased based on a Backpacker Magazine Editors choice award. Lesson learned...eventually.
Steripen, an electronic that you have to stick in the water but isn't waterproof *face palm*