Having a campfire goes hand in hand with camping – in fact sitting back around a roaring campfire is one of the absolute best parts of camping! We’re massive fans of carrying a portable steel firepit like the Adventure Kings Portable Steel Firepit whenever we go camping, for a couple of important reasons. We reckon that a portable camping firepit is the camper’s best friend, and one of the best bits of camping gear you could ever carry with you! Here’s why you should add a Portable Firepit to your camping gear setup.

1. MANY CAMPGROUNDS NO LONGER ALLOW OPEN CAMPFIRES
   Go camping enough and you’ll eventually come across a sign that says “Campfires in firepits only”. And that’s fair enough – campfires on the ground burn the grass and leave a scorched area, and have more potential to get out of control. A raised portable camping firepit lets you still have a campfire when you aren’t allowed to have a fire on the ground – the perfect solution for everyone!
   
   
2. SAVE ON FIREWOOD!
   Easily one of our favourite reasons why we love carrying a camping firepit with us, is that you actually save on wood! Rather than just spread a large ground campfire out over a wide area, you concentrate the fire’s heat on a smaller area, which means you use less wood for any given sized campfire. Anything that saves a bit of sweat and hard work is good in our books!
   
   
3. BETTER CAMPFIRES!
   There’s one feature of portable camping firepits that lets you have an even BETTER campfire that’s easier to light. The fact that they’re raised off the ground allows air to circulate underneath the camping firepit and let the wood take and burn better. That means your campfire will be up faster than ever, and will continue to burn perfectly all night!
   
   
4. AMAZING CAMP COOKING OPPORTUNITIES
   Cooking over an open fire is an amazing part of camp cooking, but it’s not much fun trying to cook over a massive ground campfire! When you use your portable steel firepit to create a small, controlled campfire you have the opportunity to cook over it better than ever before. Combine your portable firepit with a camp oven or even a portable camping rotisserie and you’ve got the recipe for the perfect camp cooking meal! Just imagine sitting back watching the glow of the coals in your portable camping firepit as a piece of your favourite meat turns slowly on your camping rotisserie, dripping fat onto the coals in the camping firepit. Now that’s heaven in our books!
   
   
5. SO EASY TO TRANSPORT
   One of our favourite characteristics of a portable camping firepit is that truly portable firepits pack away flat for easy transport. In fact the Adventure Kings Portable Steel Firepit packs away flat into the optional canvas firepit bag, and you can then just put the whole camping firepit into your storage drawers or behind your seat ready for your next adventure!
   
   

Whatever way you look at it, a portable camping firepit is an excellent investment in your camping experience. It should be up there with a sharp knife and a vehicle awning as one of the most useful bits of camping gear you can take away with you. Keep a portable camping firepit in your vehicle and you’ll have amazing campfires every single time!