By
Katherine Gillespie,
a writer at the Strategist covering outdoors and travel gear.
She was previously an editor at Paper.
With any luck, you’ll be spending a good portion of the next three months hunkered down at the beach. So what are you bringing with you? We here at the Strategist always encourage our readers to fine-tune their beach setups; the right beach blanket, cooler, and chair can make the whole experience way more relaxing. (As opposed to hot, sandy, and slightly … itchy.) Below, I’ve rounded up the best affordable items for a better beach day, from a swim diaper that’s “like Fort Knox” to a classic flat-bottom canvas beach bag to a flag for marking out your spot on the sand.
