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Traction device specialist Kahtoola is preparing to launch its most portable Microspike wearable to date, one so light it calls it the Ghost. The new design builds on the company’s popular lineup but replaces stiff chains with a collapsible TPU frame t… Continue reading Light, ultra-packable traction spikes save your hide on icy terrain
Outdoor gear startup Thecatal has some unique ideas about camping. Last year, those ideas drove the design of an absolute fortress of a vehicular tent built to shelter both man and machine. Now the company has slimmed its camping conceptualizations way… Continue reading 1.7-lb hammock tent pitches in seconds, stands up to hurricane winds
There’s no shortage of ways to get your coffee fix, even in the most extreme locations. There’s also no shortage of startups and inventors coming up with more, often unusual ways, to serve it. Arriving this month is yet another option aimed specificall… Continue reading Coffee in a tube squeezes like toothpaste for brewing … or eating
Overland Expo’s focus may be largely on earth-exploring giants and burly, overbuilt hardware, but the show does highlight its fair share of light, ultra-portable outdoor gadgets. One of our favorite finds this year was the Fire Flute from Outdoor Eleme… Continue reading Tiny 2-ounce fire multitool brings dual survival to your adventures
Last year, Nitecore put a new emphasis on “flat light” with its EDC27. And while the compact torch isn’t the only flashlight to take on a slim, remote control-like form, it does offer one of the best all-around light-to-slimness ratios we’ve seen on th… Continue reading Nitecore’s ultra-slim, 3,000-lumen pocket torch flattens EDC
If you thought the Hypershell was a weird one-and-done style of product, it’s time for a rethink. There are more AI-driven outdoor exoskeletons on the way, designed to help amateur adventurers go farther faster with less effort.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading All-terrain exoskeleton turns your body into a superhuman e-hiker
Even with smartphones, RV-ready Starlink internet and personal rescue beacons, the wilderness can be a hostile, unstable place that leaves you incapacitated and stranded in an instant. It pays to have a backup plan and even a backup to the backup.Conti… Continue reading Thermos-sized survival beacon launches SOS balloon 150 feet overhead
Since 2017, High Camp has established itself as a go-to for rugged vessels built to carry and serve spirits and cocktails in the great outdoors. Problem is, not everyone drinks liquor. The company now has an equally slick solution for adventurous wine … Continue reading High Camp Parkside magnetic vacuum flask serves wine in the wild
There are plenty of 12V pumps out there to inflate air mattresses while car camping, but options get fewer when talking about cordless pumps light enough for backpacking, bikepacking, ski touring and the like. Flextail has made it a company mission to … Continue reading Crazy-tiny electric pump takes the blow out of ultralight camping
Over the past decade+, we’ve seen many takes on the water filtration bottle, from full-blown modular ecosystems, to UV zapper tops, to French press-snug push filters, to squeezable bottle filters. Each one goes well beyond the typical fridge-stored Bri… Continue reading Defender graphene-filter water bottle purifies at the push of a button