Camping Deals: Stove, Bag, and Tent Markdowns Before the Season Ends

Car-camping gear follows the calendar more strictly than any other category. The same tent that held full price in May is 30% off in August, because the shelf it sits on has to hold skis by October. If you camp next spring, buy now.

The deals

1Best stove deal−24%

Jetboil Flash

About a hundred seconds to boil half a liter, and a hundred boils in our testing to confirm it. It cannot simmer and it only works well with its own pot, so buy it if your camp cooking is coffee and freeze-dried meals. At $99 it is cheaper than the sum of a burner, a pot, and a cozy bought separately.

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Jetboil Flash

$99$130Ended Oct 30

This deal has ended.Read our full review →

2Best synthetic bag deal−30%

Nemo Forte 20

Two genuinely smart features — the spoon shape and the chest vents — inside a bag too bulky to carry far. We rated it 3.4 for exactly that reason, and 30% off is what makes it make sense: as a basecamp bag for a side sleeper it is very comfortable. Treat the rating on the tag as 30 degrees, not 20.

Nemo Forte 20

Nemo Equipment

$161$230Ended Oct 24

This deal has ended.Read our full review →

3Best family tent under $200−32%

Coleman Skydome 6-Person Tent

Pitches in about five minutes with pre-attached poles, stands tall enough to change clothes in, and survives the weather most car campers will ever see. We have used it on group trips but not tested it formally, so there is no rating. At $150 it is the honest answer for two adults and two kids twice a summer.

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Coleman Skydome 6-Person Tent

$150$2202 days left

Check price at Amazon· $150

4Best camp-kitchen deal−20%

Camp Chef Everest 2X

Twenty thousand BTU per burner and wind baffles that actually work, which together mean you can boil a big pot and simmer a sauce at the same time in a breeze. Our long-term test is still running, so no rating yet. Discounts on this one are shallow and infrequent — 20% is as good as it gets.

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Camp Chef Everest 2X

$152$190Ended Nov 5

This deal has ended.

What is worth waiting for

Coolers and camp furniture usually go deeper in September, and stoves rarely fall much below the prices above. Sleeping bags are the exception in both directions: synthetic bags get cleared hard, and good down bags almost never do.

A note on the family tent

Big-box six-person tents are discounted year-round, so a sale price is close to the real price. We included one because it is the best of them under two hundred dollars, not because the percentage looked dramatic.

Prices verified at publication. Expired entries stay up with their end date rather than disappearing.