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Pack This, Not That: The Fanny Pack

Pack This, Not That: The Fanny Pack

Vito Valentinetti June 16, 2012 0

Pack This: Fanny Pack Not That: Backpack/Purse The oft-maligned and ridiculed fanny pack has quietly been making a style comeback over the last few years in no small part due to one thing: It’s damned

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A Good Idea: Floating Beer Pong Table

A Good Idea: Floating Beer Pong Table

Vito Valentinetti June 13, 2012 0

For those of you that need your inflatable to transform into a floating beer pong table, we present to you: PortOPong. It comes in a variety of colors including the All American limited edition

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Six Reasons To Bring a Smartphone to a Music Festival

Six Reasons To Bring a Smartphone to a Music Festival

Vito Valentinetti June 2, 2012 0

Musicians aren’t the only ballers at a music festival. Packing a cell phone is like hiring a crew that does nothing but cater to your personal comfort. Below are six positions that your phone

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Pack This, Not That: Collapsible Water Bottle

Pack This, Not That: Collapsible Water Bottle

Vito Valentinetti May 30, 2012 0

Pack This: The Playtpus Platy SoftBottle Replaces: Standard plastic/metal water bottle It’s impossible to overstate hydration at a music festival. There’s dancing. There’s sun. There’s you passing out from heat stroke. Music festivals used

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A Good Idea: Transportable Community Bathhouse

A Good Idea: Transportable Community Bathhouse

Vito Valentinetti April 22, 2012 0

It’s about time somebody upgraded the facilities at a music festival. The folks at Oasis Express took a 1968 Airstream Overlander and converted it into a wood-burning sauna complete with ante room, sound system,

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A Good Idea: Love Shacks

A Good Idea: Love Shacks

Vito Valentinetti April 15, 2012 0

Nothing says glamping like a your own private yurt. This year, FloydFest offers “Love Shacks” for the festival sleeping challenged: Our spacious 16 foot decked-out Blue Ridge Yurts sleep 4 people on comfortable cots,

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A Good Idea: Futuristic Austrian Super Camper

A Good Idea: Futuristic Austrian Super Camper

Vito Valentinetti April 14, 2012 0

If James Bond went on a camping/spy mission, this is the RV that Q would invent. Feast your eyes on the Marchi EleMMent Palazzo. It only costs £1.9 million. And it glows in the frippin’

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A Good Idea: The RIP Metal Hotel

A Good Idea: The RIP Metal Hotel

Vito Valentinetti March 17, 2012 0

There’s nothing more metal than staying at a swanky “pop-up” hotel. Welcome to the RIP Metal Hotel which debuts this year at the Download Festival. Leave the tent at home and stay in a room that

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The Real VW Bus

The Real VW Bus

Vito Valentinetti March 3, 2012 0

Saw this today in downtown Tucson, Arizona. A VW campervan welded on top of a bus

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A Good Idea: Light Up the Night With DIY Solar Lamps

A Good Idea: Light Up the Night With DIY Solar Lamps

Vito Valentinetti February 10, 2012 0

What a rad idea. Take some solar powered lamps from the garden, toss them into mason jars and you have an easily transportable mood setting campsite light. Class it up with some frosting spray

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Urban Camping: Sleeping on the Streets in Style

Urban Camping: Sleeping on the Streets in Style

Vito Valentinetti October 12, 2011 1

It’s a tent that looks like a parked car. Genius spark of brilliance or horrific potential for disaster? Pros: VIP hotel room location at downtown festivals. Can’t beat the price. Convenient hookup spot. Cons:

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How-To: Make Music Festival Camping More Awesome

How-To: Make Music Festival Camping More Awesome

Vito Valentinetti May 13, 2011 0

Our friends at the excellent outdoor gear store, Trails Edge, have posted an article about some of the often overlooked camping items needed for a music festival. You know, like a wizard’s staff. No,

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