Sleeping Bags: The Lowdown on Snooze Sacks
There is a very valid reason why the outdoor industry makes you sacrifice your sanity and comfort with sleeping bags, especially if you are a side sleeper, when it comes to sleeping bags made for less than 20 degrees: efficiency. Everyone loves a rectangle bag, unless you
Gore-Tex: The Anti-Trenchfoot Armor
Gore-Tex Boots Are A Modern Necessity Historically, one of the biggest threats to an infantry soldier’s mobility and health has been foot hygiene. Thoughout history, boots have only recently become waterproof - they were literally just leather husks stitched to a welt and if you were lucky
Electric Campfire: Biolite FirePit
Love the snap crackle and pop of a campsite fire, but hate smelling like you just stepped out of a BBQ smoke pit? Never fear! Biolite, maker of the rad little camp stoves that make electricity and charge your gear, has now made a plus-sized version—a full-bore
Filson Smokey Bear Collection
Autumn is finally here, and winter is on our doorsteps - that means bonfires, warm stoves and burning fireplaces. It also means that the wet season is finally rolling in for much of the American Southwest that is constantly devastated by the rage of wildfire. But
Manifold Destiny: Cooking with your Engine
The Internal Combustion Engine is probably one of the most inefficient machines ever devised, and a significant amount of energy from the combustion of fuel gets wasted as heat. Why not put some of that heat to use and let it cook your food? Under-hood temperatures of
Campfire Cuisine: Cooking with Skottles
It's no secret that food brings us together. The process of cooking creates some of the most wholesome and solid bonds between people that is possible. Think of all the times you have gone to have a meal with a friend because you needed support, or
Yeti Growler: Fresh Beer for the Trail
Yeti is well known for making the best hardcore drink wear in the business. This history lends itself well to sealing in the elixir of life, better known as beer. Keeping beer fresh after it has been poured is a really difficult chore, and no one
Two Stroke Smoke
Fall is here, which means longer nights, cool weather and the inevitable onslaught of pumpkin spice everything. One day it's 80 degrees, the next it's 60 and magically overnight, everything in your home is replaced with autumn themed decorations, and your wife has cinnamon, cloves and pumpkin