What essential gear can't you miss when letting your kids roam outdoors during summer vacation?

With summer vacation approaching, many parents are starting to plan their children’s holiday activities. In modern society, parents are gradually realizing that closed-off, isolated “caged” upbringing can lead to a lack of sociability and cooperation in children, and may even cause psychological issues. As a result, in recent years, more and more families are inclined to let their children get closer to nature and broaden their horizons. Wild camping in a “free-range” style has become a great option—it not only strengthens parent-child relationships but also helps develop children’s independence and resilience.

For beginners, preparation before the trip is particularly important. Items such as specialized backpacks, tents, ground cloths, moisture-proof mats, sleeping bags, portable fire starters, cookware, utensils, insect repellents, medications, and the like are all essentials. When wild camping, you may encounter extreme weather and harsh environments, so it’s best for your backpack to be waterproof—especially the tent, which must be a professional outdoor model that shields against wind and rain and is sturdy. If you’re going to high-altitude areas or extremely hot regions, you should prepare specific medications to guard against altitude sickness, heatstroke, or discomfort from unfamiliar environments. For beach camping, sun protection products are also indispensable. It’s also worth noting that when setting up a tent at night, you should consider tidal movements to avoid danger.

However, perhaps the biggest challenge of wild camping is the lack of electricity—especially when traveling with children, power supply equipment is definitely essential.

In response to the essential need for outdoor power and to meet people’s demand for high-power, large-capacity, and convenient electricity, ECOFLOW, after three years of dedicated research and development, has launched a large power bank, defining the outdoor power station. Previously, the concept of outdoor power stations didn’t exist in the market, and even now, ECOFLOW outdoor power stations remain a new category for the outdoor industry.

The ECOFLOW Delta 400 offers a massive 400Wh capacity (pictured on the right above). It comes equipped with four types of output ports: AC (220V), DC, car charging, and USB. It can charge a phone over 40 times, a laptop 6.5 times, power a 5W light bulb for over 80 hours, provide electricity to a small refrigerator for 36 hours, and even run a 36-inch LCD TV for 4–5 hours. It essentially meets all the power needs for wild camping.

Charging is also very convenient—you can charge it during the day with a solar panel and use it at night. It’s quite fun to lie in the tent and watch cartoons with your child. To prevent wildlife encounters, many people build fires near their tents, but due to strong winds in the wild, this poses certain safety risks, especially with children around, making emergency responses more difficult. With ECOFLOW, you can keep the lights on all night, adding an extra layer of safety and allowing for more peaceful sleep. If you’re not driving and can’t access mains electricity for charging, you can purchase a portable solar panel to charge the power station while using it.

In the early days, when people went camping, they could only bring small fuel generators—bulky and noisy. Sleeping with them on at night was simply unbearable, not to mention the intense vibrations and the pungent smell of smoke. With the advancement of technology, travel gear is also evolving. Outdoor power sources have gradually become cleaner, more environmentally friendly, and safer.

Take the ECOFLOW outdoor power station as an example—it uses automotive-grade lithium-ion power cells of the same type as Tesla’s. Each cell has lower internal resistance, generates less heat, and offers a longer cycle life. It’s important to know that combining substandard cells is akin to creating a powerful bomb. It’s understood that ECOFLOW’s R&D team has 13 years of experience in battery management and always prioritizes consumer safety.

As a new social phenomenon and urban culture, wild camping is developing at an extremely rapid pace, increasingly influencing people's lifestyles and entertainment choices. From June 28 to July 1, the 2018 Asia Outdoor Products Exhibition was held at the Nanjing International Expo Center, where ECOFLOW was one of the exhibitors (Booth No.: 6.3310). We also look forward to more new outdoor products bringing fresh experiences and trials to people’s wild camping adventures.