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Quote: Originally posted by Mick S. on 31/10/2020

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Campers like stuff thats new or innovative. It doesnt have to work or be any good. As long as they - for a short time, have something their mates dont, and they can generally show off. They like labour-saving devices. Or things that are reduced in size and/or weight. Cooking gadgets are a big thing, as well.

If you could design, say, a bbq that weighs half a kilo, and runs on an LED bulb, you would retire on your wealth inside 12 months. Or a bag you can throw a wet awning in, that sucks in the size of a shoe box, and dries it while you are travelling home. Thats the sort of crazy junk campers like.

These are unlikely inventions (for now), but anything existing that can be improved on in the above ways is where you will have success. Our company has a reputation of bringing new ideas to market. If you do have the germ of a new product, do get back to me (seriously) and we would be happy to view and appraise its potential.

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 01/11/2020

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Quote: Originally posted by Mick S. on 31/10/2020

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Campers like stuff thats new or innovative. It doesnt have to work or be any good. As long as they - for a short time, have something their mates dont, and they can generally show off. They like labour-saving devices. Or things that are reduced in size and/or weight. Cooking gadgets are a big thing, as well.

If you could design, say, a bbq that weighs half a kilo, and runs on an LED bulb, you would retire on your wealth inside 12 months. Or a bag you can throw a wet awning in, that sucks in the size of a shoe box, and dries it while you are travelling home. Thats the sort of crazy junk campers like.

These are unlikely inventions (for now), but anything existing that can be improved on in the above ways is where you will have success. Our company has a reputation of bringing new ideas to market. If you do have the germ of a new product, do get back to me (seriously) and we would be happy to view and appraise its potential.

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Much too sweeping a generalisation Mick. I for one am quite the opposite to your first paragraph, and I'm sure I'm not alone by a long way. I couldn't care less what other people have or haven't got, and I never show off to anyone. I am a very practical person. Anything I spend my money on has to work, and work well. I wouldn't have useless junk as a gift, whether my mates have got one or not. When I go away with my caravan, anything that doesn't have a useful and practical purpose gets left behind. Agree about a wet tent or awning though.

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It does relate. My project is about enhancing the ambience for someone (listening to music through headphones) at a campsite
with no access to electricity.

We weren’t told to join UKCS I just thought it was a good way to find out what other campers think about ambience,camping and music.

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