Goggles that seal, saline, earplugs, and lip balm. A bag, not a shade structure. If they have no camp shade, a gift is the wrong size of help.
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Sits beside What not to bring to Burning Man/Questions to ask your Burning Man camp/First-timer kit/How to choose a Burning Man dust mask/Affiliate disclosure
Shop the first-year crate. Each piece is its own listing. We don't ship a kit as one box.
How we'd spend
We lead with the piece that does the job, then a lighter spend beside it. A usual range is a typical price, not today's.
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The one we pack
Why this one
We stopped buying goggles for the product photo. Open vents feel kind in a store and fill with flour-fine alkali the first time the wind stands up. A splash goggle with the vents capped keeps the lens in front of your eyes. Bring two. The spare stays in a zip bag.
Often about $8
Usual range, not today's price.
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Pack with it
Why this one
The bag handles the cold. The earplugs handle the art car and the generator three camps over. Foam plugs live in a jar in the tent, with a spare pair in the day bag. Loose plugs in a dusty pocket are finished.
A 50-pair jar is often $15–25
Usual range, not today's price.
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The lighter spend
Why this one
The sinus rinse at camp, with packets and clean water, is the real wash. A pressurized saline spray is what you can use on the bike, in a line, and at 3 a.m. when you will not boil water. The first-aid booklet lists nasal saline. People out there keep a spray in the day bag and do the rinse when they get back.
Often about $8
Usual range, not today's price.
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Pyramex
Essential
Why this one
We stopped buying goggles for the product photo. Open vents feel kind in a store and fill with flour-fine alkali the first time the wind stands up. A splash goggle with the vents capped keeps the lens in front of your eyes. Bring two. The spare stays in a zip bag.
Often about $8
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Goggles that seal are the first one. Mesh fills with dust. The dust note is how to choose them. A saline spray and eye drops are the small bottles. Foam earplugs are for sleep. Lip balm is the tube. No bundle. Each button is the listing we already use.
ARM & HAMMER
Worth packing
Why this one
The sinus rinse at camp, with packets and clean water, is the real wash. A pressurized saline spray is what you can use on the bike, in a line, and at 3 a.m. when you will not boil water. The first-aid booklet lists nasal saline. People out there keep a spray in the day bag and do the rinse when they get back.
Often about $8
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Glitter, feathers, sequins, and glued-on bits are what not to bring. Their precycle page is the city's line. A jacket you cannot shake out is not a gift. It is a bag of moop.
Refresh
Worth packing
Why this one
Goggles that seal are still the plan. Dust gets in when you lift them, and at the end of a bright day the eyes are dry. Lubricant drops are the bottle that fits in the day bag. The city's first-aid booklet lists eyewash saline for the same job. Wish-I'd-brought threads keep naming eye drops once the goggles were already packed.
Often about $15
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Ask whether camp covers shade, water, a kitchen, power, and a toilet. That list is questions for camp. The personal layer, if this is their first year, is the first-timer kit. A gift is the pouch. It is not the roof.
Mack's
Essential
Why this one
The bag handles the cold. The earplugs handle the art car and the generator three camps over. Foam plugs live in a jar in the tent, with a spare pair in the day bag. Loose plugs in a dusty pocket are finished.
A 50-pair jar is often $15–25
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Dust
Essential
Why this one
The city's own guide puts lip balm next to sunscreen. The playa pulls moisture out of you before you feel hot. A stick in the day bag gets used. A tube in the toiletry bin does not. SPF on the label, because the sun at this elevation burns a lip the same way it burns a shoulder.
A couple of sticks are often under $15
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