Dry camping is the only way to go. We've been out over 35 weekends in less than 2 years with our 2002 Hilo 17'. Only once did we make the mistake of a campground (with hookups to boot). Dry camping allows the chance to get away from it all and get into the great out doors to enjoy the solitude and serenity of nature. Happy Camping!!!

Here's the little camping genny I use when boondocking.





I bought this little Triron from Home Depot Online. It's a 1,200w (1,500w surge) model. It was only $308 shipped to my door ($249 before tax and shipping!) I had to rig a rubber band to hold in my Aliner's heavy 30A power cord, as it kept vibrating out due to my little 15A adapter. It'll start and run my 5,000 BTU a/c with power to spare, but won't start my Dometic microwave reliably. I got it mainly to recharge my battery, as I have a small inverter for small ac appliances, tools, etc. About 1/2 hour per day is all that's needed to recharge my single group 27 to about 90%.

Though not as quiet as the 1,600w (2,000w surge) Honda EU2000 (53-59db), its 2.8hp engine is rated at a respectable 63db peak due to its huge muffler. It's well within the National Park 67db generator noise limit. It produces a steady drone which doesn't vary in pitch with load like the little Honda does. I find that the up and down pitch of the Honda in eco mode calls attention to itself like the varying pitch of a police siren, whereas a steady pitch blends into the background better.

Chip

I use that same coleman coffemaker on my propane stove.Also, since I don't have a generator & I have 2 -6volt batteries that give me 232amp hours,I bought a DIEHARD PORTABLE POWER 1150
jump start/air compressor/12v dc power supply/usb power souce
& a 400watt 110v inverter,for the TV/movie on a
rainy day for about 3 hrs. of run time
LES 97 21ft. towlite/06 Toyota Tocoma V6 Prerunner

Arguably the best way to make coffee...

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I use a percolator coffee pot, as I rarely camp near AC. I like cooking my coffee. The filters can be hard to find, if you're not in percolator country, so I stock up when I find them.
This year I picked up the 60W solar kit from COSTCO, which includes an inverter for some of your 110v needs. I have a friend that uses a CPAP also, and we got him a matching battery pack for it. It's good for two nights. We charge it during the day.

have never tried pressing coffee I stand by my Coleman and the cooktop as I have used it for years with an old coleman stove I converted to propane on camping trips before the Hi Lo. I too use a cpap what type of battery pack are you speaking of?

Harry

I used to french press when I was backpacking. I found a lightweight lexan one. It does make a good batch of coffee. I also looked at the coleman coffeemaker at one point. It does look like the hot setup for drip coffee, but I felt it would take up too much storage room in the Hi-Lo.
I sent my friend an email about his battery pack. He checks his email about once a week! You can google 'cpap battery pack' and find packs for the machine you have. As I recall, there were two sizes available, and we chose the larger one. More expensive, but it penciled out to be better capacity for your $.

Peach Cobbler is also very good in a dutch oven!

As far as boondocking, will let you know how that goes for me. Picked up a LP generator, and am looking into an inverter and another battery. Unit already has solar panels, not sure what wattage though.

So I am curious how Neal and Bev made out. It must have been fun figuring out what worked. Personnaly camping coffee has to be done in a percolator. Pop up light the stove and get it perking and pop back into bed. Then wake up as you smell it. Also if it's 4:00 am before fishing you let it get stronger than 9:00 am the morning after a few drinks around the fire.
Dutch ovens are great - Utah is dry enough that a breeze and sweating work in place of A/C.