Cheap stuff that makes a big difference to your canoeing, camping or tripping experience. I'll just focus on some fasteners.
Mini biners, usually aluminum, available from all over. I use them to clip other important things, or cords attached to other important things, to my canoe, my packs and my PFD.

Quick release, pull apart key rings. I've used them for more than 40 years to attach my car key to the zipper of my PFD (for those of you who are old enough to know what simple metal car keys are.) Available all over, but don't get the super cheap ones, which may pull apart accidentally.

Bungee Dealee Bobs, which are available from Old Scout Outdoor Products. I use these to attach paddles, painters, gloves and other things, which I want to pull out quickly, to my canoe's thwarts, decks and slotted inwales.

There's a green Bungee Dealee Bob and a purple mini biner hiding in this photo of my canoe being wheeled along a road.

Mini biners, usually aluminum, available from all over. I use them to clip other important things, or cords attached to other important things, to my canoe, my packs and my PFD.

Quick release, pull apart key rings. I've used them for more than 40 years to attach my car key to the zipper of my PFD (for those of you who are old enough to know what simple metal car keys are.) Available all over, but don't get the super cheap ones, which may pull apart accidentally.

Bungee Dealee Bobs, which are available from Old Scout Outdoor Products. I use these to attach paddles, painters, gloves and other things, which I want to pull out quickly, to my canoe's thwarts, decks and slotted inwales.

There's a green Bungee Dealee Bob and a purple mini biner hiding in this photo of my canoe being wheeled along a road.
