My Favorite Stanley Products For Camping & Outdoor Adventures

This french press is a masterpiece and built so well, we use it at home and on camping trips. It features a stainless steel mesh filter to keep grounds in place. Topped with the classic Stanley double-wall vacuum insulation and sleek design, this baby keeps coffee hot up to 4 hours.

And it's just so dang easy to use. Once we were camping in Big Sur and had to get up at like, 4am to catch the sunrise over the Big Sur Calla Lilies. Despite being tired, cold and working with just a headlamp and a jet boil, I was able to brew french press coffee in minutes at our campsite, which was a godsend at that hour.

I know Stanley PMI also makes a coffee brew pour over but my husband and I drink a LOT of coffee so we appreciate being able to make a lot at once, instead of individual cups. This is part of the Stanley Adventure Camp series if you're looking for it online!

I've had this Stanley Compact Cook Set for YEARS, I really can't remember when I bought this mess kit but at least 9 years ago. It's been used on every camping trip I got on since I usually just go with my husband or a friend.

It has two bowls with lids, a pot that can be used on the open fire, spatula, ladle and everything can be easily packed up into a tiny compact set so it's easy to take anywhere. This Stanley cook set is simple but mighty, and under $50.

Dear LORD I have a major crush on this water jug. A van we rented once for camping had this stocked. Anyone who knows me in real life knows I drink a LOT of water and we always carry a water jug in our car. But, so many of them leak or make the water taste funny, or can't hold a lot of it.

This Stanley water jug is perfection.

I don't own the Stanley Base Camp Cook Set For 4 but I went camping a few years ago with other folks and someone had this and I was loving all the things this set comes with. This Stanley Adventure Cook Kit has 21 pieces including a large steel pot and fry pan, plates, bowls, forks, cooking utensils and so many more things.

Really, all that was missing was a camp stove and fuel canister so we could boil water and cook meals. This is the ultimate camping cook it and if I start camping with more people in the future, I'm totally buying this. I think it is often compared to the GSI outdoors set which I have not tried, if you have tried them both I would love to hear your thoughts!

I'll be honest - this Stanley coffee mug was the most surprising win for me. I absolutely thought it was just another mug (we have so many!) but it's not just a mug. Sure, it keeps liquids hot for hours like most Stanley drinkware, but what makes this special is the grip bottom.

I can throw this mug up on a car dashboard and then go driving through winding, curvy mountain passes and it'll stay there. You can put it in your boat console or car hood and it won't go anywhere. And, it has a leak-resistant flip lid lock that's so good, I've tried shaking it relentlessly to test it and it's held everything in. Now I take this on all my road trips, hikes and camping trips. It's my favorite Stanley mug!

The Stanley Legendary camp mug is a classic for a reason. It's affordable (under $25 a mug), comes in tons of colors, had a solid handle and is made with the double-wall vacuum insulation so liquids can stay cold for up to 15 hours (with ice). We own 4 of the camp mug Stanley offers, but in a few different colors, and most often find ourselves using them around the campfire for water, beer, coffee or wine. Since the inside is stainless steel, it's super easy to wash them out, too.

This huge insulated and leak-proof bottle says it can keep liquids hot for 48 hours, but I find it can retain heat for at least 72 with no problem. And, it can keep liquids with ice-cold for up to 10 days. 10 DAYS!

Robin and I use this mostly on road trips that require an early drive time. We'll make a big batch of coffee the night before and put it in this thermos and then have it hot and ready to go in the car as we drive out at 5am. And still have it hot 9 hours later if we're still on the road.

We also frequently fill it up with white wine and take it to the park on hot days here in San Francisco. It's used a lot in our house!

This Stanley growler isn't something we bring on every trip, but when we need to use it, this is a magical little piece of camping gear. As beer lovers, we adore stopping by local breweries on van life trips or on our way to a campsite. Sometimes we plan on drinking our take-home growler right away, but sometimes it needs to last a few hours or even a day.

This growler has a  steel-lined lid to keep beer bubbly and fresh, and can keep it cold up to 24 hours. Instead of using a glass growler, we'll use this instead.

This cocktail shaker set isn't something I take often on camping, mostly because I'm bougie when it comes to cocktails and don't want to bring all the things (bitters, lemons, etc) to a campsite.

But I do find myself packing this along on trips to vacation rentals quite a bit. Airbnbs and cabins rarely have a cocktail shaker in stock. These Stanley adventure cups and cocktail shaker kit are compact and easy to toss in my suitcase.

This vacuum-insulated stainless steel Adventure Pint comes with us on all our camping trips. It's sturdy, doesn't break when knocked over, way better for the environment than plastic cups, and keeps beer cold on hot days.

We sometimes do use our camp mugs for beer but we prefer sipping from these larger cups.