Designed to eliminate another single-use plastic from your life, GoSun Flatware is a portable utensil kit that fits in your wallet or pocket for plastic-free eating anywhere, anytime. Infinitely reusable, they’re made of dishwasher-safe stainless steel & PE, are BPA-free, clean easily, and store in a slim card case. Another funded Kickstarter.
YETI continues to blur the line between need & desire with their new V Series cooler. It keeps stuff cold longer and better than other YETIs & that’s saying something. As this is the first ever vacuum-insulated hard cooler, the V-Series marks another industry first for the brand—a 55-quart plastic cooler wrapped in kitchen-grade stainless steel; designed to last a lifetime & look great doing it.
48 million single-use green propane bottles end up in landfills each year. The refillable Gas Growler is a way to do better. Designed for car camping & outdoor cooking anywhere, it holds the equivalent of 5 green bottles worth of propane for firing your camp stoves. The deluxe set includes the heavy-duty tank & hose as well as a convenient carry-case.
An electric sleeping bag? Your friends might laugh but only until they’re shivering and you’re throwing a leg out to cool down. The Bundl electric-heated sleeping bag features smart sensor technology that lets you power up, heat up and control your sleeping temp via the Bundl app. With 3 internal carbon fiber heating panels it also offers zone-controlled heating offering a wide-range of warmth from -10º – 30ºf. A funded Kickstarter.
For camping, survival or just running the rapids for kicks, the Uncharted Rapid Raft is the world’s lightest pack raft. It weighs less than 3 pounds, inflates in seconds and holds 400 pounds. Packed down, it’s the size of a loaf of bread, so definitely light enough to fit in your pack. And it’s made of nylon TPU, so it’s rugged enough to withstand river bottoms, rocks, & debris. Inflates in 3-seconds with no pump or tools needed. A funded Indiegogo.
Combining the features of a camping hammock with the comfort of a flat, cushy bed, the one-person Haven Tent is suspended above the ground with a single anchor-point on each tree and has an inflatable mattress inside that keeps you from rolling up like a burrito. The whole weatherproof system weighs under 5-pounds, making it a great option for both backpacking & car camping. A funded Kickstarter.
Oru’s new single-person Inlet kayak is the brand’s lightest and most portable boat yet. Oru’s origami-style fold-up design takes it from the trunk of your car to floating on the water in just 5 minutes. It weighs 20 pounds and can be easily checked as luggage for your flight. With its open cockpit design there’s space to bring along your dog, a cooler, or fishing gear. A funded Kickstarter.
Technical blanket maker Rumpl has added two new blankets to their Post-Consumer Recycled Collection. Look for their re-designed Original Puffy and the all-new NanoLoft. Both featuring polyester made with 60 plastic bottles worth of post-consumer waste. The brand has set a target of diverting 3 million plastic bottles from landfill by the end of the year.
Designed & built to be the ultimate lightweight seat for outdoor adventure, the BTR stool is a collapsible, packable seat that features 7001 aluminum alloy construction and telescoping legs that snap into position with the Phantom Lock mechanism. The seat is 100% nylon mesh. Available in several colors, 2 sizes & the total weight is less than 13.5 ounces. A funded Kickstarter.
Depending on where you play, there are lots of restrictions against building an open fire at beaches, parks, and campgrounds. To hack these rules & regulations, the crew at Wolf & Grizzly created the Fire Safe, an envelope-sized, portable fire pit and cooking companion that allows you to start a fire almost anywhere. The fire stays off the ground so unlike a regular campfire, it won’t leave behind a scorch mark or blackened rocks. It is made of stainless, features patented collapsible design, & weighs less than 2 pounds. A funded Kickstarter.
The re-designed RhinoWolf 2.0 makes this modular tent system even better. It’s a lightweight, super-packable one-person tent with a design that allows you to link up with other RhinoWolfs & zip them together into a larger single shelter. The system also offers optional built-in air mattress and sleeping bags for a complete all-in-one camping kit. A funded Kickstarter.
This might be the coolest tent we’ve ever seen. Built for serious adventures and extreme conditions, or just gear-shaming your fellow festival-goers, the Geodome 4 from The North Face is a spacious, weatherproof shelter just now made available in the USA. The 4-season design can withstand winds up to 60 MPH, sleeps 4, & the peak of the roof is 6’9” tall, making for full stand-up comfort.
We’re swinging right into prime hammock season, so the timing is perfect for the ENO SkyLoft. This hammock eliminates the common “taco” effect of a gathered-end hammock by using spreader bars to create a truly flat surface. No backaches or hunched shoulders when you wake up from your siesta. At 3 pounds, plus the weight of accessories like a bug net & rainfly, the SkyLoft is really meant for car camping & backyard chilling rather than the backcountry.
The TentTube is certainly not the first inflatable-frame tent but this one is super quick & easy. It can be set up by 1 person in just 1 minute with the included manual air pump. When you’re ready to break camp, the tent deflates in seconds & rolls up flat with no poles to deal with. It sleeps 3 people & features 3000mm water-resistance. A funded Kickstarter.
California’s Rubicon Expedition Products decided that your vehicle’s trailer hitch is the perfect place for a rooftop tent. Not only is the Hitch Tent system easier to get in & out of, when you want to jump in the car & run to town, you can simply de-couple the tent from the hitch & drive away—the tent stands on a platform. When you’re ready to break camp, the whole thing folds up vertically against your tailgate.
The ultralight PocketRocket stove from MSR has been enhanced with premium features found on higher-end & more complex camp stoves. It’s got the most durable push-start Piezo Igniter the brand has ever made, weighs just 10 grams & offers consistently faster boil times than similar stoves.
Half the size of the original 5-ounce Scrubba—the world’s smallest portable washing machine—the pocket-size Scrubba Mini is designed for those ultra-ultralight adventures, where washing a shirt, socks, or under things is all you can do. And it washes well, with a built-in scrubbing board & simple roll-top design. Weight: 2.5-ounces. Another funded Kickstarter.
Prometheus Design Werx—PDW—makes smart, brutally functional gear for adventurous types. Their new premium Titanium cookware set is seriously lightweight, designed for durability and warrantied for life. The set includes everything you need for simple camp meals: a 600ML Mini-Pot/Mug, the Sierra Cup, and the Spork; all feature folding handles for packability.
The Adv3nture Backpack is two packs & two coolers in one. It has a 45-Liter capacity, with 14 accessible external pockets, and dual coolers that can carry a total of 14 cans. The pack splits apart so you can share the load with a friend and since the coolers are insulated, you can put warm items in one cooler and cold items in the other. And carry it all on your back in a well-designed, premium quality pack. Funded on Kickstarter in 2 hours.
Combine a tent and a hammock, you get the Tammock. Enjoy the comfortable sway of hammock camping without the need for properly spaced trees while also getting the protection and weatherproofing of a tent. The free-standing tent sets up in just minutes & packs away even faster if you just want to hang your hammock out in the open. A funded Kickstarter.
