Function:

Whether you are looking to boil water for a nice cup of tea at the end of a long day on the trails, or you want to heat up some coffee to give your day a kickstart, this electric kettle is able to provide hot liquids via the cigarette outlet in your car.

Additional Features:

What makes this kettle stand out from some of the other electric kettles out there is the ability to adjust the temperature via a digital display. It can boil water if that is what you prefer, but if you don’t like the water for your tea boiling hot, you can adjust the temperature so that it isn’t as hot.

Price:

The price of this electric car kettle is just a little but more expensive than some of the other car kettles on the market. Given it’s easy design, it is a great deal for the price point.

Design:

This kettle has a tall and narrow design that makes it fit easily into most car cup holders, and the cord is long enough to be able to fit into the backseat of your car. It is available in three bright colors- blue, grey, and red.

Summary:

For those campers that need a hot cup of coffee to start their day, or if they need a nice cup of chamomile tea to wind down after a long day climbing mountains, this is a great product for you.

Function:

The idea behind this model of tent is that it provides all of the features of a normal tent, but it piggybacks off of your car so that you can still have all of the conveniences of your SUV such as the stereo, temperature control, and access to the cigarette lighter for small electric appliances and lights.

Additional Features:

The tent itself is a high-quality tent that can be used alone or in conjunction with your SUV. It sports a bathtub flooring to protect you from water that can collect from dew or a rain shower in the middle of the night. It’s easy to install, and when you are done using it, it packs up and fits simply into an easy to carry duffel bag that comes with purchase.

Price:

This is one of the most expensive items to makes this list. If you look at it, however, you are playing the price for a full-fledged camping tent that has the ability to hook on to the back end of your car. With that in mind, this product is offered at an incredible value.

Design:

The Rightline SUV tent is only available in one color option: light grey with orange accents. It is big enough to sleep up to 4 adults, and measures 8 feet tall, 8 feet wide, and 7.2 feet tall. The guide to set up this tent is sewn into the product so that there is no risk of ever losing the setup instructions.

Summary:

If you are looking for a tent that hooks on to the end of your car to create an ultra-tent, then the Rightline Gear SUV Tent will be a big hit with you and your fellow campers, if you are willing to dish out the extra cash.

Function:

What makes this generator great is that it is small enough to fit securely between your front seat or on the dashboard of your vehicle. The front of the unit has convenient USB chargers that can charge anything from cell phones all the way up to car refrigerators. It can supply power to refrigerators and laptops for about 3 to 4 hours.

Additional Features:

In addition to providing power to all of the gadgets you want to bring along on your camping trip, the front of this unit also sports an incredibly bright light. It also has a wall unit adaptor, so that you can easily plug in your hair dryer, video game system, or blender to mix up some morning smoothies. For an additional cost (which is very low) you can buy a solar recharger so that while you are out swimming at the lake, your generator can be recharged by the power of the sun.

Price:

Generators are typically not cheap, but this unit is offered an affordable price point. It is one of the more expensive items to make this list, but if you are the type of person that is constantly worried about draining all of the life out of your car battery, this is a great item to bring along for peace of mind.

Design:

This unit comes in black with bright orange accents. It measures approximately 8 inches long, 6 inches tall, and 3.5 inches wide. It is designed with a handle that makes it easy to tote around from place to place and is able to be packed up into the trunk of your car easily.

Summary:

There are people out there that will not even consider using their car battery to charge devices because they are afraid of draining it completely and becoming stranded. This generator takes away those worries and is small enough that it won’t take up that much room in your car.

Function:

This mini fridge is capable of holding six 12 ounce cans by utilizing power provided by the powered provided from the cigarette outlet in your car, or via a USB plug that is plugged into a wall outlet or a generator. The thermoelectric cooling system takes about 30 minutes to cool down to ensure that your beverages stay nice and cold while you are out there on the trails working up a sweat.

Additional Features:

Not only is this fridge able to keep beverages cold, but it is able to keep foods warm. It doesn’t necessarily keep foods piping hot, but if you happen to stop at a fast food restaurant on your drive into the campsite, and you pick up a couple of breakfast sandwiches, the warming feature of this unit will be able to keep those sandwiches warm for when you decide to eat them.

Price:

The price of this unit is not the most expensive model of mini fridge on the market, but it is not the least expensive, either. It runs about in the middle of the road, and the stylish designs really make it stand out from the other mini fridges on the market.

Design:

This fridge is offered in many fun colors such as blue, pink, fuschia, and solid white, and it is also available in fun dalmation spots. It has the design of an old retro fridge from the 1950’s, making this fridge not only function but will also add some style to your campsite.

Summary:

For campers that need to end the day with an ice-cold soda, this is a great addition to your outdoor adventures. Simply plug it into the cigarette outlet of your car, or a backup generator, and head out for the day knowing that a cold beverage is waiting for you upon your return.

Function:

The RoadPro Portable Stove works by plugging it into the cigarette outlet and setting the unit on the dashboard or center console of your car. It has the look of a smaller sewing box- it has a hooked snap to close it. On the inside is a stainless steel pan that is able to reach temperatures of approximately 300 degrees. It’s not made for food that are uncooked like raw meats, but it is great for precooked foods and canned soups.

Additional Features:

Not only is does it keep food warm, it also can be used to cook all sorts of different foods. Some past users have even used this unit to cook up a loaf of bread. It is great for chili, soup, stews, beans, hot sandwiches, melting cheese, and cooking up frozen foods.

Price:

The price of this item is very reasonably priced given the amount of food that it can prepare. It runs about the same price many of the other items found on this list, giving you the option of cooking many different types of food at an affordable cost.

Design:

As state before, this unit looks like a miniature sewing machine case. It comes in solid black, and plugs into the cigarette outlet in your car. The inside is easy to be cleaned and uses disposable aluminum pans.

Summary:

If you want to spend a weekend out in the woods and don’t want to give up for comforts of a home cooked meal, this portable stove is an excellent way of making all of your favorite dishes from right inside of your vehicle.

Function:

The cooktop surface of this frying pan is just like the surface of your frying pat at home. Simply add butter or oil to the pan (it is not a nonstick surface) and then add what you would like to fry up. Unlike the portable stove, this unit is able to cook up raw ingredients such as meat and eggs.

Additional Features:

If you are worried about getting oil splattered all over the inside of your car (because let’s face it- you were worried), this unit comes with a heavy and secured lid the keeps splatter contained. It was also manufactured with the intention of being used inside of a car, so you can use it with the ease of knowing that it is safe.

Price:

The ability to something as wonderful as fry up bacon in your car comes at a cost. The price of this unit is a lot higher than the price of the RoadPro portable stove. However, the design of this unit makes it perfect for cooking in your car and warrants the slightly padded price tag.

Design:

This portable frying pan looks just like a pan that you would use at home. It has a thick base that houses the heating unit, and a small steel pan that is used to fry up steak, eggs, or pancakes. It only comes in one color- black- and weighs about a pound.

Summary:

If bacon and eggs in the morning after a night of sleeping under the stars sounds like heaven, than the RoadPro Portable Frying Pan is well worth the slightly padded price tag.

Function:

Simply blow up this thick air mattress and placed it in the backseat of your car. There are thick posts that fit down where your feet go that provide a steady and flat surface to provide more space for you to spread out.

Additional Features:

When you are done sleeping on this bed and ready to head home for the week, all you have to do is deflate the mattress and store it in the compact carrying case the comes with the purchase of this product. This model also comes with inflatable pillows, making it an ideal bed if you didn’t know that you were on an overnight trip.

Price:

For a comfortable place to sleep, this mattress comes at an incredibly low price point. IN fact, it is one of the least expensive items to make this list. If you are looking for a nice place to sleep and aren’t willing to dish out a lot of money, transforming your car into a bedroom is a surprisingly affordable option.

Design:

If you have ever bought an air mattress in the past, this looks just like a tradition air mattress. It is made from a thick and durable material that prevents it from being punctured easily. This particular model is available in blue and grey.

Summary:

For those that want a comfortable and warm place to sleep in the evening where they know that they will have the exterior protection from bear attacks, and closed glass windows to keep you from swallowing moths in the middle of the night, this is a great choice to make sleeping in the woods a little more secure and comfortable.

Function:

The way that this tent works is that it affixes to one of the side doors to your SUV. The flap hangs over the open window of your car, and can be zipped closed when it is lights out, and zipped opened in the morning to let the fresh morning air inside while you heat up a cup of coffee and listen to the birds.

Additional Features:

The window is what makes this tent so unique. It gives you the illusion that you are sleeping in a tent. The door has a screen in it so that when you unzip it you can let in all of the fresh mountain air, without being eaten up by mosquitos or running the risk of letting a gang of spiders set up camp in your car only to reveal themselves while you are driving home.

Price:

The price of this tent is a little bit more than one would expect, but it is still one of the more affordable accessories to make this list. It costs about the same price as the electric kettle or the inflatable mattress.

Design:

This car tent comes in just one color: black. It is made from a high-quality rip-stop nylon that makes is waterproof. If you wake up in the middle of the night to find that it is raining, there is no need to turn on the car to roll up your window. Simply zip up the door to the tent and the rip-stop nylon with wick away water.

Summary:

If you want the luxury of sleeping in your car, but miss the feeling of being in a tent, the Roadie Overnighter Car Camping Tent marries both of these ideas together so that you can earn a comfortable and warm night sleep and still have the feeling of sleeping in a tent.

Function:

To keep campers warm when the temperatures being to plunge, this blanket is made from a lightweight and warm material that plugs into the cigarette outlet in your car. The cord is about 96 inches long- meaning you can use it in the back seat without it becoming dislodged from the outlet.

Additional Features:

This blanket measures 59 inches long and 43 inches, making it a great blanket to comfortably share with a cold friend, or to just wrap around yourself twice. Plus, with such a long cord it can be used as a blanket for tailgating.

Price:

The price is the most handsome feature of this blanket. It is offered at a very reasonable price (about the same price as a regular throw blanket). The low price point gives you no reason not to add this blanket to your next camping trip late in the summer.

Design:

The plaid design on this product just screams ‘camping blanket’. It is available in a variety of colors such as black and white, red and black, green and black, or solid navy blue. The fleece that is made from is composed of 100 percent polyester. Unfortunately, because of the heating element in this blanket, it is unable to be thrown into the wash and can only be spot cleaned.

Summary:

If you are someone that likes to camp even when the temperatures begin to drop, the addition of a heated blanket will ensure that you are always toasty and warm without the need of bringing an excess of blankets from home.

Function:

To set up this product, simply affix the adjustable poles to the ground and to the awning itself. The fabric the then hooked via a rope to the back wheel well of your SUV. The shade provides a great space to gather under for a nice afternoon lunch, or to sit under with a glass of lemonade in hand.

Additional Features:

The design of this tent makes it so that it is more resistant to becoming wind blown than other tents on the market. There is a gap between the fabric and the poles that allows the wind to pass right through while keeping the tarp in place. It also has a clear skylight so that the shaded area isn’t completely consumed in darkness.

Price:

The price of this tent is a little bit more expensive than most of the other items found on this list. However, given the amount of ground that it covers, and its ability to comfortably fit 6 people in the shade, it is well worth the slightly added price point.

Design:

The shade of this tent is made out of high-quality ripstop polyester that makes it breathable as well as waterproof. It sits higher up off the of the ground than most models that are similar to this one on the market, and it only comes in one color: black.

Summary:

If you are looking for a place to sit in the shade that isn’t inside of your car, and you are willing to pay the additional cost, this is an excellent option to keep you cool and dry during the unstable weather in the summer.