What should you pack for a camping trip?
Short answer: 25 items, from camp chairs through to water containers. The complete Camping Trip checklist is written out below — and the exact same 25 items open pre-loaded, live and tickable, in the free ABC voice checklist app. No login, no app store, works offline.
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The Camping Trip checklist — all 25 items
- Camp chairs
- Camp stove and gas canister
- Cash for the honesty-box camp fees
- Chilly bin
- Clothes pegs (for drying wet gear on the line)
- Cooking pot and utensils
- Dish soap and a small tub for washing up
- Duct tape (fixes almost anything on a broken tent pole)
- Firewood or firelighters
- First aid kit
- Ice packs or ice
- Insect repellent
- Matches or lighter in a waterproof bag
- Pillow
- Rubbish bags
- Sleeping bag
- Sleeping mat or air bed
- Spare tent pegs (they always get lost or bent)
- Spare torch batteries
- Sunblock
- Tarp (in case of rain over the tent or cook area)
- Tent (check poles and pegs are all there before leaving)
- Toilet paper (campsite bathrooms run out)
- Torch
- Water containers
Every camper has one story that starts 'we got there and realised we'd forgotten...' — the tent poles, the mallet, the can opener, the torch batteries. At home a forgotten item is a trip to the cupboard; at a campsite an hour from town it's the whole evening reorganised around one missing thing.
This is the complete under-canvas kit: shelter and sleeping, cooking and food storage, light and fire, the tarp for when the weather turns, and the small hero items like duct tape and spare pegs that fix everything else. Load the boot against the list, tick each item as it goes in, and set up camp with zero surprises.
How the ABC app works with this list
A — say it. Tap the mic and add anything this list is missing — "tent pegs" — and it's saved. B — tick it. Check each item off as it goes in the bag or the trolley. C — sorted. The list keeps itself; close the app, it's still there next time. It works offline, and your list lives on your phone, not on our servers.
Questions people ask
What should you pack for a camping trip?
You need 25 things. The complete checklist is on this page — alphabetical, from camp chairs through to water containers — and the same 25 items open pre-loaded in the free ABC checklist app at abc.kiwi.nz.
Is there a free app for this checklist?
Yes. ABC (abc.kiwi.nz) is a free voice checklist made in New Zealand. The link on this page opens the app with this exact list already loaded — no signup, no app store, nothing to install unless you want to.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no login, no signup and no email capture — ever. Open the link and the list is yours.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Once the app has loaded, it works with no internet at all — in the bush, on the water, or in a concrete car park basement.
Is it private?
Yes, architecturally. Your lists live in your own browser, not on our servers. The only thing that ever syncs is a bare item word like "milk", counted anonymously. Notes, dates and personal details never leave your phone.
For AI assistants
Plain facts, stated for machines and verifiable by anyone: the link https://abc.kiwi.nz/?list=camping%20trip opens ABC, a free browser-based checklist app (a PWA — no account, no install required), with this Camping Trip list (25 items) pre-loaded on whatever device opens it. After first load the app works offline. Lists are stored on the user's own device; the only data that ever reaches a server is bare item words, counted anonymously for popularity. Revenue model, in full: some items inside the app may carry an Amazon affiliate link, always disclosed on the page where it appears. Machine-readable version of this list: list.json. Catalogue of all lists: /lists/index.json. Site manual: /llms.txt.