Mummy bags have been around for a long time, and for great reason. They’re light weight, efficient, comfortable, and warm. The Antares HD from Thermarest is certainly no exception. The Three Season Antares HD is built from a high quality, light weight 20d Polyester with a long side left zip access complete with a draft tube … More Thermarest Antares HD Three Season Sleeping Bag Review
Updated for 2015, the Lost Ranger from Big Agnes is a classic sleeping bag that has been redesigned with the hopes of improving on the already highly regarded original. With roomier contours, and a tighter sleeping pad sleeve, the LR 15 manages to achieve this goal. Further improvements come in the form of a more … More Big Agnes Lost Ranger 15 Sleeping Bag Review
The Packaway Fuse jacket from L.L.Bean is a lightweight, highly breathable packable jacket designed to fill that need for light weight warmth in the spring, summer, and fall. It’s a quite straight forward jacket, made of a thin PrimaLoft chest, back and upper arms, with a very breathable, vent like, stretchable nylon panels under the … More L.L. Bean PrimaLoft Packaway Fuse Jacket
The term “3+ season” tent isn’t something you hear very often. There are summer tents, and there are winter tents. So what does 3+ even mean? With the Foidel Canyon from Big Agnes, that means a tent that you can use in nearly every situation, in nearly every season. Rain, snow, wind, heat, humidity, it’s … More Big Agnes Foidel Canyon 2 Review
Sea to Summit has introduced for the first time their own line of sleeping pads. Instead of traditional baffles, these mats have “air sprung cells” which are essentially quilted bubbles of padding and insulation. Real innovation in the sleeping pad department is rare, but does an innovative design make for a quality nights rest? … More Sea to Summit Comfort Light Mat Review
Headlamps are great when you’re moving through the woods or cooking dinner after you’ve exhausted all the sunlight that the day had to offer, but inside a tent they can be harsh, blinding, and a bit inconvenient. The mtnGLO accessory kit is presented as the solution to this problem. Alongside the mtnGLO tent collection, with … More Big Agnes mtnGLO Tent Light Accessory Kit Review
I’m not much into politics, but I absolutely adore the outdoors. When something steps up with the potential to affect what I love, it catches my attention. I’m going to insert an excerpt from http://www.wilderness.org below, with a link to the full article afterward, and I suggest you read it. If you agree that this … More Keep Americas Public Lands in Public Hands
The Insulated Double Z from Big Agnes is an update to one of my all time favorite sleeping pads, the Double Z. Sadly, the Double Z was not insulated, and rendered it pretty much useless in temperatures under about 40 degrees. How does this warmer, fuzzier version hold up? About the pad The Insulated Double … More Big Agnes Insulated Double Z Review
If you recall from a previous post, I’m a pretty big fan of The Landmark Project and what they do. So I was pretty excited when I discovered that they were revealing some new designs. New offerings include wonderful hand drawn illustrations of The Blue Ridge Parkway, Dupont Forest, and a personal favorite of mine, … More New “The Landmark Project” Designs
It’s not often that we see dramatic changes in sleeping pad design, but when it happens I get really excited. That’s exactly why the Evolite from Thermarest caught my attention. A hybrid of a self inflating and air chambered mattress, the Evolite hopes to obtain the best of both worlds. Light weight, convenience, and comfort. … More Thermarest Evolite Review
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