Tips To Stay Cool During Hot Weather Camping

Camping during hot weather is miserable unless, you know a few tips and tricks. I have learned over the years that whatever hurts you during winter camping can actually help you during the heat of the summer. Some of these tips seem very unusual but quite effective when utilized properly.

[eliot]

4 minutes spent showing us how to determine wind direction is time well-spent Dave. No need to rush teaching or knowledge. You keep doing it your way, thanks for all your great videos!

[laineywright]

As usual, there is a lot of beneficial information here. For any camping enthusiast heading out with minimal knowledge, this is the place to pick up big brain tips and tricks grounded in the actual experience of outdoor camping. Way to go, Dave.

[lancelenoir]

Dave, I've been folllowing you for over a decade. During which time you have covered, Physics, Calculus, Trigonometry, Thermodynamics, Anemology, and Hydrology just to name a few. I've understood your teaching better than any college professor I ever had.

[TennesseeMtnMan]

I’m 55 years old and I’m still learning tricks from Dave 👍😃 !!! Thanks for sharing this !!! I’ll be passing this one along to the younger ones !! Have a blessed day guys !! See y’all on the next one.

Jim

[shannonmurphy]

Your tips are always so good. I have no idea how you managed to learn all this stuff. I can always count on learning something new with each of your videos. Thanks, Dave and Nick!

[dougdottery]

Wind direction. Nice. Thanks for the info. I learn something every day. I am 73. Keep the videos rolling.

[sovbo]

Hi Nick and, and, and, Chef Dave! Great tips I didn't know. Thanks! I spent over 50 years of my life living in Kansas. All 4 seasons. Nobody ever told me me these tips for staying cooler.

[punishedmatteson]

At first I was amazed and a little disappointed that you were using a store-bought tent instead of one of your custom-built tents, but then I saw the tent poles and all was right with the world! Great tips! Thanks Dave and Nick
PS I also just got into metal detecting and there's definitely a learning curve on deciphering the beeps. Don't get discouraged, Nick! It'll take a little while but you'll be finding treasure before you know it!

[DougShoeBushcraft]

It's nice to hear about other parts of the country, and how things are done there. In NH we can get summer days in the 90s or even 100 some times. But then the temp tends to drop a lot at night, particularly in the mountains. So you would feel cold and want to get out of the wind and have insulation. People can die here of hypothermia in the summer. There was a cold snap last month and we lost someone near Mt. Washington. Many other people got into trouble, but survived.

[pacificbushcraftandfirecra]

I've had good luck using copper tubing and a tube bender to make my connections for tent poles. Once their dialed in, I glue one side and color code them for easy connection. Smart thinking with all the cooling tips Dave... every little bit helps! Thanks for sharing with us all!

[Gabblerwba]

Ingenious use of the bottom tarp, it’s obvious but only because you pointed out this hack. Great job David as ever and don’t forget, “ there is gold in them hills”, well somewhere.

[glentucker]

I added this comment to your use of a fan to help keep you cooler in a video you put out 5 years ago thought it might be useful to viewers today.
I use a 12v dc and a 120v ac fan with an inverter for camping. My 12 v uses about 12 amps and my 120v uses about 50 amps with the settings made to give about the what feels like the same air volume. So if your power constrained the 12v might work better for you. Around 4 times more . Of course the details of your components make all the difference. This is just my experience. Hope it helps. I just realized this video is 5 years old. It played right after you recent video.

[ruththinkingoutside.]

Good morning Dave! It’s been ridiculous hot here lately 🥵😛 so I’m game to try something to have it not be a steam cooker.. lol .. grabbed my coffee and I’m ready to take notes!
Hope you and Nick are doing well my friend!
ATB

[John..]

Some very useful tips, , thanks, , we've just had the hottest temperatures ever recorded, here in England, , (around 38degrees, /100f?). But it only lasted a few days (thankfully) now we're back to the usual 16C/60f, , according to the news, it was an absolute "crisis", , , goodness knows how you guys cope with the hot weather, for weeks on end, , ha ha

[mikehammons]

I love it. Long over due video in the community. You can't throw a rock without hitting a "how to stay warm video". The odds are that most of the trips that most of us end up doing tend to be in hot weather. In my opinion staying warm is easier to accomplish than staying cool. People look at me funny but I like draping a wet cloth around my neck as well. The slightest breeze cools the cloth which then cools the main artery in your neck.
Mike

[kennybrookshire]

Those are some great tips to stay a bit cooler in this GA heat and humidity while camping! Something I have found that helps is to place your camp on top of a hill, that way you get the full effects of what breeze you have . Using your system would really help as well ! Look forward to seeing the next video but i gotta get caught up on these past few ones that I missed 😅.

[EatCarbs]

Great tips brother!
I found a swimming pool float for about 4 bucks and it did work pretty well.
Thanks for the video

[elduendeoscuro]

Very interesting, I have 2 ideas that might improve it, let's see what you think:
1- Change the upper tarp for one with reflective material (mylar) on the upper part, which reflects part of the sun's radiation.
2- Put a light damp blanket on top of the tent, I'd try it with an Patoo (Afghan blanket), but a shemag could also be used (the idea is that evaporation would lower the temperature and that cold air would go down)

[OffgridVictory]

I’ve always used a blown out match stick to determine wind 💨 direction but I like the striker rod idea 💡. Thanks

[theresaconley]

That's clever. I like this idea. Hot summer nights can sometimes rob the fun out of camping.