Garden and Camping Gear Hire in Perth: Getting Outdoors Without Buying It All

Perth's outdoor lifestyle means most households own, or want to own, a fair bit of garden and camping gear. The problem is that a lot of it only gets used a handful of times a year.

Garden Equipment Worth Hiring Rather Than Buying

Scarifiers and aerators are the classic example. Most lawns need this once or twice a year, which makes owning one hard to justify next to hiring it for a weekend when you actually need it.

Pressure washers fall into a similar category, useful a few times a year for a driveway or deck clean, expensive to buy for that level of use. Hedge trimmers, brush cutters and chainsaws are worth hiring if you don't already own petrol garden tools, since they're specialised and not always cheap to maintain properly.

Camping Gear Worth Hiring Rather Than Buying

If you camp once or twice a year, gear like tents, swags, camp kitchens and portable fridges can be expensive to buy outright and awkward to store the rest of the time. Hiring for a specific trip means you're not paying to store a tent in the garage for eleven months of the year.

It's also a good way to try gear out before committing to buying your own, particularly for bigger purchases like a portable fridge or a rooftop tent setup.

What to Check Before Booking

For garden equipment, confirm whether fuel or charging is included, and ask about any specific operating instructions if it's something you haven't used before. For camping gear, check exactly what's included in a tent or camp kitchen listing, since setups vary a lot between owners, and confirm the condition of anything going out into WA weather and dust.

Booking on CIOS

Search cios.net.au for garden or camping equipment near you, check the listing details and the owner's profile, and select your dates. Payment isn't taken until the owner approves your booking, and your deposit, where one applies, comes back once the item's returned in good order.

If You've Got Gear Sitting Unused

A scarifier that comes out twice a year, a tent that only sees one trip a season, these are exactly the kind of items that make sense to list. Low wear, genuine seasonal demand, and easy to describe honestly since you already know the item well.

Browse or list garden and camping gear at cios.net.au.