The Complete KAYAK CAMPING GEAR Guide | 2024

Here is our complete loadout and packing guide for Kayak Camping in 2024! Here's most of the kayak camping gear list covered in the video, perfect for your overnight or extended kayak or canoe trips on the river.

Essentials
-NuCanoe Unlimited
-NuCanoe Pursuit
-NuCanoe Flint
-Bending Branches Angler Ace 280cm
- Adventure Technologies Pursuit
-Astral
-NRS
-Merrel Vapor Glove shoes + sandals
-Bungees, Carabiners, Straps

Dry Storage
-Remote Designs Rolltop
-Rugid Big Stone 70L
-Rugid Duffel 70L
-Ozark Trail dry box
-Drift dry box
-Okuna mesh trash bag

Water Filtration
-Ozark trail SS vacuum insulated jug (2l)
-Platypus 3L Gravity Filter
-Life Straw(backup)

Sleep System
-Heavy duty poly tarp
-Big Agnes Spicer Peak 4
-Big Agnes Rapide SL 40” + 20”
- Kelty Doublewide sleeping bag
-Sea to Summit Aeros inflatable pillow
-Thermarest compressible pillows(medium)

Personal Effects
-Fiskars trowel
-Toiletries (make sure everything is river friendly!)
-Sunscreen & chapstick
-Bug Spray
-Microfiber towels
Outdoor Supplies
-Trauma Kit
-First Aid kit (with OTC & Rx meds)
- Fire-starting (good ole Bic)
- Folding saw
- ESEE 6” knife
-550 Cord
-Gorilla Tape
-Boat hardware

Kitchen
-Yeti 35
-Otterbox 20
-Ozark Trail 30
-GSI SS Skillet
-Dutch Oven
-GSI SS Folding Spatula/Spoon
-GSI Soloist
-GSI Coffee Grand and Cowboy Pot
-Portable Grill
-Big Agnes Soul Kitchen
-Welding Glove
- Scrub Daddy with clay-based cleanser

Electronics
-Jackery Explorer 240
-Anker PowerCore
-Black Diamond Astro 300-R headlamps
-Streamlight Strion
-Motorola T605 radios
-Flextail Tiny Pump

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▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

00:00 - Boating
01:34 - Footwear
02:26 - Dry Storage
04:46- Campsite & Sleeping
07:40 - Personal Items
09:34 - Water Filtration
10:27 - Wilderness Gear
12:23 - Cooking & Coolers
16:35 - Electronics

[paddlepedalproductions]

Great review you two! I can attest to both the PFDs you use. I have the same NRS and my wife as the same Astral. Both are excellent. I also have that same Bending Branches paddle and love it. For long trips with lots of hours on the water it's worth the money to go carbon and save the weight, and your shoulders. As for trash bags, I agree, litter is the WORST. I use mesh crawfish sacks. They let water in and out so if you flip you don't end up with trash bag filled up with garbage soup. I boil a lot of crawfish every year so they are kinda "free" for me. Great list overall. The only thing I can think to add is a Gator Patch in case of a damaged kayak hull. I keep one in both kayaks. Also, although most sit on top kayaks have a removable chair, if you can spare the space and weight it's nice to bring a separate camp chair just to give you backside a different set of pressure points. But y'all are already pretty loaded down so it might not be worth it. Keep the videos coming!

[darrindismang]

I live in Southern Illinois and have always came over to Missouri to float but just got a packraft this year. It's not a kayak but I'm hoping to use some of these tips to make my trips more comfortable. Glad I found your channel and am currently in the process of watching all the videos! :)

[michaelthomson]

I absolutely adore my AGAWA Boreal 21 folding saw.. Get it with the case and extra blade, they sell different blades for different types of wood cutting..
Now that was a nice little review.
Thanx.

[jaynerice]

Glad I found you. Just moved to Oregon and looking forward to new ways to camp.

[zanesmith]

as a welder, welding gloves are great for camping. ive been using one for years

[Tgauchsin]

Great video!! If you have issues with tent stakes, many backpackers will use the big rock Little Rock method!!! Tie your guyline around a small rock then use a big rock on the line going to your tent. Can hold it well in pretty solid wind. Tent- big rock (sitting on line)- tied small rock.

[rangerdoc]

I've gone through a bunch of folding saws. The Silky saws are worth the money. In a class of their own. Cuts like an ozarks beaver on meth.
As far as a larger, while they don't pack as well, a full bow saw like a Bahco will make suoer short work of processing wood. Mine just barely fits in my barrel.

[robertbenedek]

You two are a nice couple.
Keep taking care of euch other!

Thanks for the video!

[mrdon]

Hi from the Adirondacks in New York. Fantastic review! You two are so charming and it's clear you know what you're talking about and why. Thanks for creating and sharing such great content. Happy trails and waters!

[OutoftheOfficeCreations]

Cool video! Fellow spring lovers and we liked the video! I’ve never seen the red carnivorous plant you showed, I will be keeping my eye out now! Thanks for uploading.

[alguemirrelevante.]

50 liter drum it's a good gear to those who like kayak camping.
Sorry about my bad poor English.

Take care guys

[edstein]

Great vid. Great chemistry. I admire your commitment to reasonable comfort while yakking as a family. Gotta share with you the RunningSnail radio. 3 by 6 by 1 & 3/8, it has a folding hand crank to initiate charging then the solar cell on it can take over. Has a powerful flashlight on one end, telescoping 7” antenna & carabiner style clip on the other. AMFM & NWS band too. Piercing alarm, digital face, clock, & you can charge other devices off it. NOT waterproof but fits in a ziplock bag. Try this fire starter; smear cotton balls in petroleum jelly & stuff them into a medium sized pill bottle with screw or snap lid. Dig them out with a twig or knife blade & stack twigs around the ball. It will light with the FIRST spark from a striker stick & burn about 5 minutes.

[zacharybonner]

Yessir!!! Another solid video. Stumbling up on my fellow Texan Gatewood Brown is what is getting me into river camping. That and my love for the Buffalo River.

Definitely a new fan of your channel!! Keep it up

[rangerdoc]

Awesome. Headed to the Buffalo for a week. This will come in handy.

[gregturnbow]

Great fire starter- cotton ball, tear almost in half smear a glob of petroleum jelly in middle ( sandwich) . Super easy when your siting around make a zip lock bag full. You won't be disappointed and cheep to make.

[trentonhurst]

I use the Gerber Freescape Bow saw for years. I highly recommend it

[tombryant]

Nice list. I have been floating and camping on Missouri streams for 50 years…. Camp shoes for sure. Camp chair for sure. We bring a folding table too. It makes cooking prep nicer. Nice channel!

[foshow]

Agawa saws. Perfect saw great value, durable, get the leather sheath.

[pootinplays]

Very thorough. Well thought out. Ive been a backpacker for a while and looking to get my first kayak to stay outside during the peak of summer. I was curious to see what gear and how they bring it. Maybe an idea for a video is how to physically pack your stuff and different items and gadgets to help you (different types of dry bags and features they offer). and like ways to secure your items and stuff. YOu covered it a little but might be able to make a 5-10 min vid on it.

[LakeVermilionDreams]

Super informative, and some super cute humor between the two of you! I'm taking notes: I hope to take my GF out into the woods and on the water this Summer!