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  The best leisure batteries for campervans 2025
  Leisure batteries are crucial to campervans and caravans (and some marine vehicles, too) to help make sure your camping trip goes as smoothly as possible. These compact power packs provide the electricity...
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  The best travel torches for your car glovebox
  ‘But I’ll just use my phone,’ you say. There are a few reasons why you shouldn’t, which we’ll get to in a moment. Like a tyre inflator or jump starter,...
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  The best travel flasks you should have for your car
  What do you call the average commuter who hasn’t had their fix of caffeine? Grumpy. And even if you do introduce a coffee to them dispensed from a cafe or...
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  The best tow bars that’ll have you carrying even more
  If you want to install a tow bar on your car, it can very quickly become a nightmare to work out what to do and what to buy. So many...
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  The best radar detectors for cars 2025: a motoring expert's choices
  Radar detectors can be useful in everyday life. For one thing, nobody wants to be fined for speeding, but even the most conscientious driver can let their concentration slip and...
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  The best mirror dash cams
  A novel take on dash cams, mirror dashcams clip over an existing rear-view mirror and serve as a forward and rear-facing dashcam to cover both ends of your car. A...
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  The best leather car seat covers for a classy interior
  Deciding which car seat covers to go for is a major challenge. It’s just as much choosing the style as it is knowing which ones will fit your seats. The...
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  Best dog booster seats and beds for cars
  To be frank, our dogs and pets live a more luxurious life than most humans. Naturally, we want to give them the best car rides possible, and there are plenty...
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  The best Revell model car kits
  Revell emerged in the mid 20th century, being one of the first companies to produce true-to-scale plastic model kits. Today, its range covers cars, trucks, aircraft, and ships and Revell...
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  The best rear-facing car seats for toddlers
  Anything new can be seemingly complicated so let’s get immediately to work and simplify rear-facing car seats. Indeed, the options are pretty straightforward. Rules and regulations In 2013 an EU car seat...
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  The best dog carriers and cages for your car
  To almost everyone, the image of a dog with its head poking out the window of a moving car, its tongue and ears flapping freely, is the epitome of happiness....
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  Best dog car harness
  If you didn’t like car travel, you’d simply avoid it. And if the day came where it was absolutely necessary, then curling up in a safe enclosure from start to...
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  The best roof racks for your car
  Roof racks seem a little bit obscure at first if you’ve never needed to carry large loads. But if and when your family grows and realise you need more space...
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  The best espresso machines for cars
  We’ve become obsessed with caffeine, and there’s no shame in it. We’ll happily throw hundreds, even thousands of pounds at a fancy coffee machine to adorn our kitchen benchtops. Each...
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  The best car emergency kits for winter and travelling
  Buying car emergency kits is a little like arranging car insurance. You hope you never need it, but it’s good to know that it’s there as part of your winter...
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  The best car cooler boxes for the perfect summer road trip 2024
  Those summer road trips are always a joy. With no deadline to reach your destination (if you even have one), you can take the time to enjoy the drive accompanied...
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  The best camping gadgets for campervans 2025
  When camping season arrives, you will naturally be obliged to think about how you can get yourself some great camping gadgets to suit your campervan experience. They keep on arriving...
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  The best camping cutlery 2025: save space but remain comfortable
  It’s one of the easiest things to forget to pack as you load up to head off on an exciting trip – camping cutlery will be worth its weight in...
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  The best camping cookware
  If, on previous campervan trips, your living space has been filled with your home cookware rattling around and eating up valuable space while unwieldy cookware dangles precariously off a small...
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  The best camping cooking utensils
  Everyone remembers to bring a knife and a saucepan on a campervanning holiday, but it can be easy to overlook other camping cooking utensils. Things like tongs, spatulas, ladles and...