Mircowaves

Im with bob...

Why not go to a motel?

And why is an Engle different to a Microwave ????

Your still using a modern convience for your use. Why don't you just use an esky and ice. . . .

Maybe they have a need for a microwave (small kids, babies maybe).

Isn't it about time we get over this "why would you want one of those when you go camping". Different people have different needs, not everyone wants to rough it.

Having said that though . . . I don't have a need for a microwave or Sat TV, nor do I really want them (I do sometimes cary a small 12v B&W Tv to check on Cricket or Footy scores), but when we used to go camping with our young kids, a Microwave would have been handy at times.

Why is a fridge different...

You can use a gas stove to cook, log fire, burning dunny rolls, but theres not much else you can use to keep food fresh and edible for a week other than a fridge... Is there?

Bob.
After all, when it comes to the beer, thats an other matter :-).
I don't know how but I guess I could find space for "just one more piece of equipment". Then again where could I put it and still get the door open?

regards

Whats wrong with an Esky Truckster ??? Esky and Ice or Dry Ice. A decent esky and dry ice will keep things cool for a week or more . . .

Come on Truckster . . . you can do better then that ; )

Nah, you missed my point of it . . . By all means use a fridge, geez, I'm getting myself one, but to knock other peoples choices because "we" decide that , thats not really appropriate for camping. When do "we" make the rules for what is acceptable equipment to take.

Someone asked a question about using a microwave . . . there might be a real need for them needing one . . . , but then again, they might just want one. Most of the new Caravans have them as standard equipment. Of course us "real" campers then laughed it off, and questioned why anyone would want a Microwave, a Sat TV system and so on. Well, why do we "need" fridges, GPS , they are all relatively new modern conviences. Because they are bloody handy to have eh . . . For some people the convience of zapping a kids or babies meal in a microwave instead of mucking around with fires etc (what about a fireban day) might just be the difference between going camping and NOT going camping.

Taking a microwave means no room for the beer, does'nt it truckster and therefore no need for the fridge!! i'll leave the microwave out for good.Wow! am I cute
If yer ain't fishing, Yer ain't livin
Richard

I have the answer to the mod cons dilemma. Buy the latest top of the range 4x4 Winnebago. You may then travel in luxury and comfort. Don't know about the bush tracks though...it might get scratched being so big.

Cheers,

Willie
Never a dull moment

By jees
Your all a bunch of softies. Why do you need a fridge for Truckster?? Keepin' food fresh!!!!! You should be out there barefoot with a spear and boomerang collecting fresh food and wearing only a Kangeroo skin flap flap. Driving around in the bush in a 4wd drive is for the softies - may as well stay at home in a motel. Get out in the bush properly. If you can't do it proper, stay at a motel. Maybe a horse is an acceptable luxury..... but the rest........

An alternative to the microwave might be the gas kettle. It has a Gaz cylinder in the base and boils water in a few minutes. I know before the age of the microwave, we used a Birko for heating kids bottles etc. The Birko was pretty much the 240V eqivalent of the gas kettle. I think its called Hot to Go or similar. So all you need is a bottle of water and the kettle. Very convenient, and you don't need a 1.5 kVA generator to power it.Bob

Stuart,

Our 2.5yr old was only 4.5 months old when we took him camping in the Pilbara for 5 weeks. Since then we've been all over the place with him. We're expecting another baby in Feb and are planning an 8 week trip to the Kimberley next year. We'll have a 3 yr old and a 3mth old. Our son was entirely formula fed with some solids. We used a cold water sterilising unit which we kept bottles, teats, dummies etc in until we needed to use them. For instant warm bottles, each morning and evening in camp we boiled water and put some in a thermos, some in a plastic sterilised bottle and made up single serves of formula into little plactic containers. All of this we keep together in a plastic crate within easy reach. By taking a bottle out of the sterilising solution, combining hot and cold water, tipping in the formula we had a bottle ready for him within seconds no matter where we were. As for heating food, it was just a matter of sitting the food container in hot water for a few minutes. Its surprising how quickly it heats through this way. Another tip is that things like baby cereal/rice etc are made up with formula so we could have some of this ready very quickly using the same method described above.

:o) MelissaPetrol 4.5L GU Patrol &
Camprite TL8 offroad camper

I agree with you David. When were on the road for months we cart our little luxuries about with us. We might not use them often but there are times when want to bludge and let modern science take over fo a night.