Camping Tables & Camp Kitchens

Work backwards from the meal, not from the car. A stove and a kettle need about 40 cm of top. A stove plus prep space plus somewhere to put the plates down needs around 100 cm, which is where the Craft at 102 cm and the Mission Tactical at 103 cm sit. Cooking for a family and washing up afterwards is where the 120 cm and 174 cm tops earn their space. Most camps end up with one long one and one small one, because the small one is where the drinks go so the big one stays clear.

IGT stands for Integrated Gear Table. Instead of one solid top, the table is a frame divided into standard slot units, and each slot takes a module that sits flush with the surface: a gas burner, a sink, a cutting board, or a plain panel when you just want a flat table. Because the slot size is a standard, accessories move between tables built to it. The practical effect is that the stove sits level with the bench instead of on top of it, so you get a continuous working surface and nothing to knock over.

Match it to where you are sitting. Around 38 to 45 cm puts the top at the level of a low camp chair, which is right for the fire and for a drink. Around 65 to 70 cm is dining height, where your knees go under and you eat the way you do at home. Higher again is bar height, and the pop-up rattan cooler is the only one here that reaches it, at 85 cm. The Kitchen Station's bench sits at 70 cm, with its windshield taking the whole unit to 110 cm. Tables with two or three settings let you have it both ways.

Yes, with room to spare on most of them. The published load ratings here run from 30 kg up to 120 kg, and a twin burner with a full gas bottle beside it is nowhere near the top of that range. What actually decides it is the legs and the ground: a table rated to 120 kg on flat sand is a different object from the same table with one leg in a hole. Level it first, and put the heaviest thing over a leg rather than in the middle of the span.

For a weekend, yes. As a permanent arrangement, not without paying for it. Aluminium frames and stainless legs handle rain and salt well, which is why the Roots uses stainless. The parts that suffer are the fabric cabinets and the MDF tops, which take water and do not give it back. The single thing that shortens any of their lives is packing them away wet, so give a table ten minutes in the sun before it goes in the bag.

One year on Often Outdoors branded products, and six months with proof of purchase on the other brands here. All of it sits on top of the Australian Consumer Law guarantees, which cannot be excluded and which entitle you to a repair, replacement or refund depending on how serious the fault is. The full terms are in our warranty policy.