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Crapping in the woods can be downright intimidating. The objective can be crudely approached with a makeshift hobo bindle consisting of a shovel, pack-out bag and full toilet paper roll, but Colorado startup Pact Outdoors has a sleeker all-in-one solut… Continue reading Pact all-in-one backcountry bathroom kit works aces for deuces
Not to be confused with the brilliantly multifunctional JakPak, the all-new Pak-Jak is a totally different breed of insulator. Designed specifically for backpacking and other activities that often involve shedding layers only to quickly re-add them upo… Continue reading Oddball backless Pak-Jak half-jacket sheds heat on the trail
Nothing tops off a day’s adventure like an ice-cold beer, but if that adventure happens to end at a separate point in the wilderness from where it started, it can be difficult to keep that beer cold and fresh. GSI Outdoors addresses the issue with a do… Continue reading GSI’s iceless cooler tube totes and serves two cans of beer in the wild
The past year has really blown up the work-from-home and work-from-anywhere lifestyles. With that, we’ve seen some new product designs aimed specifically at today’s generation of untethered, adventurous worker bees. The all-new Tactical Field Office fr… Continue reading Ultralight field office carries digital nomads deeper into the wild
Open-fire cooking you can carry anywhere, the new Alpha Bonfire from Japanese startup The Brand Labo collapses flat into a smartphone-sized package small enough to drop in a pocket. It carries easily by foot, luggage or light vehicle, building into a m… Continue reading Collapsible Bonfire pit puts wood fire cooking power in your pocket
A light, ultra-portable way of getting a morning cup of coffee, the new JoGo packs coffee-brewing power into a sleek straw. It pops out of a pocket and uses an integrated filter to deliver the rich morning flavor you want without the gritty grounds you… Continue reading JoGo coffee straw delivers robust, fresh coffee deep in the wild
Australia’s Sea to Summit has a three-decade history of creating lightweight, compact and high-performance gear for travel and outdoor sport. It offers virtually every camp sleeping product you can think of — hammocks, tarps, mosquito nets, sleeping ba… Continue reading Sea to Summit reverses its pole on roomy ultralight backpacking tents
Every ounce counts when you’re headed for an extended stay in the wilderness with everything you need on your back, and the arrival of lightweight cooking systems has meant hikers can still reward themselves with a hot meal on the trailside. For two de… Continue reading Jetboil’s lightest backpacking stove yet weighs just 7.1 oz
Young French company Samaya defines an assault tent as a “tent intended for bivouacs in extreme environments, whose shape allows it to be set up on small mountain ledges or ridges” – much like the picture above. So it clearly didn’t build the new Assau… Continue reading High-tech 1-kilo tent built for four-season Himalayan ascents
Over the past few years, we’ve seen some of the weight/bulk-cutting passion usually reserved for backpacking make its way over to car camping, particularly in the design of lighter, sleeker stoves like the GSI Pinnacle Pro. Optimus brings its own ultra… Continue reading Ultra-sleek Optimus dual-burner stove feeds van life and trail life