live.love.camp: CAMPING 101/KAMPIRANJE ZA ZAČETNIKE PART1

Every camper has to decide the way of camping he prefers. Caravans and trailers provide comfort and are suitable for longer trips; large tents offer more space while small tents give you more freedom in choosing your camping space on a campsite.

We only have experiences with camping in small and large tents, while until now, we did not decide to buy a caravan mainly because of the costs and because of the limited places you can visit with large vehicles (problems with parking in cities, narrow roads and tunnels – see our trip to Corsica)

The first couple of years we used the most basic and one of the most famous models of tents - an igloo. This tent can be bought almost at every corner, but prices vary depending on the quality and size of the tent. If you do not need a tent for longer trips, we suggest to buy a cheaper one. The difference is usually in the quality of material of the “inner” and “outer”(fly sheet) tent. Furthermore the very cheap versions usually cannot withstand heavy rains and wind, so you should double-check the weather before your trip.

We bought our tent approx. seven years ago. Since we knew we would buy it regularly and for longer trips we decided to go for one somewhere in the middle of the price range. We bought an igloo of the brand Salewa for approx. 100EUR. The tent has not let us down since we used it many times also in rain and strong wind.

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Vsak kampiraš se mora sprva odločiti, kako bi želel kampirati. V prikolici ali avtodomu, ki nudita večje udobje ter sta primerna za daljša potovanja, v večjem šotoru, ki nudi več prostora, ali v manjšem šotoru, s prednostjo proste izbite mest v kampih. Izkušnje imava le s kampiranjem v večjih in manjših šotorih, za prikolico ali avtodom se pa do sedaj še nisva odločila, predvsem zaradi finančnega bremena ter omejenosti krajev, ki jih lahko z velikimi vozili obiščeš (problem parkirana v mestih, problem ozkih cest in predorov – glej prispevek Korzika).

Prvih nekaj let sva uporabljala najbolj osnovni in enega najbolj znanih modelov šotorov – iglu. Ta šotor se lahko kupi skoraj za vsakim vogalom, cene pa variirajo odvisno od kvalitete ter velikosti šotora. Če šotor ne potrebujete za daljša potovanja ampak zgolj nekaj dnevne oddihe si lahko izberete cenejšega, ki običajno nima razdeljenega zunanjega in notranjega šotora, ali pa je zunanji šotor le podaljšek notranjega. Ob takih šotorih predlagamo da se pred odpravo na potovanje prepričate o dobrem vremenu, saj običajno taki šotori ne zdržijo nalivov ali vetra.

Midva sva najin prvi šotor kupila pred sedmimi leti, ker pa sva vedela, da ga bova pogosto uporabljala sva kupila kvalitetnejši šotor v srednjem cenovnem razredu znamke Salewa in za njega odštela okrog 25.000 SIT (pribl. 100 EUR). Z izbiro sva zelo zadovoljna, saj naju šotor nikdar ni pustil na cedilu, kljub temu, da sva v njem preživela več neviht.

The only downside of our igloo was the lack of space and that our car was constantly in a mess, since we had all our stuff constantly in it (and every camper knows, that the longer the holidays last the messier the car gets :))

In 2013 we bought our first bigger tent of the brand Quecha for which we paid approx. 250EUR at Decathlon. Until now we only used it for our round trip to Spain, but loved it, since despite its size it allows the user to change campsites every day (which we love to do, since we usually want to see as many places as possible), because of the practical way it folds together.

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Edina slabost majhnega šotora je prostorska omejenost ter večno nepospravljen avto, saj morajo vse stvari razen najbolj osnovnih zaradi prostorske stiske ostati v avtu. Zato sva 2013 v Decathlonu kupila večji šotor znamke Quecha, ki nas je na našem potovanju po Španiji popolnoma navdušil, saj je kljub velikosti zaradi praktičnega načina zlaganja primeren tudi za prenočevanja za eno noč (kar zaradi želje po obisku čim večjega števila krajev rada počneva). Za njega sva v trgovini Decathlon odštela pribl. 250,00EUR.

(left – peg made by Jurij, right – peg that came with the tent) It is wise to have some additional tent pegs with you, since the one that come with the tend are usually weak and in case of wind you will need the additional support.

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(levo – doma narejen klin, desno – klin, ki je prišel zraven šotora) Pametno je imeti s sabo dodatne kline, saj so klini, ki pridejo s šotorom običajno šibki. Ob močnem vetru večje število klinov nudi dodatno oporo.