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What Are the Best Gear Review Sites?
Since I last updated my list of favorite gear sites more than a year ago, the number has grown. While some of these sites have similar missions—to offer the most credible, honest gear reviews—each has...
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How Well Do You Know Your Gear? Find Out.
From Bob Gore’s discovery of ePTFE to the first maximalist shoe, there’s a long history of gear changing the way we recreate. Think you know when each of these iconic products came out? Take our quiz...
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What Are the Best Camp Chairs?
For a folding metal-and-cloth contraption, the term “camping chair” covers a remarkably wide spectrum of outdoor furniture. On one end are the kind of lightweight options you might take on a multiday...
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Turn Any Truck Into an Adventure Rig
Photo Gallery: Turn Any Truck Into an Adventure Rig Freedom on the open roads: What more can you ask for? Here are 10 pieces of gear to prep your adventure-ready rig for whatever you decide to throw at...
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What Is the Best Kit for Domestic Travel?
This month, I’ve either worked or played in eight different cities and three different times zones. That adds up to a lot of travel. Which is why I’ve carefully curated a personal travel kit that...
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What’s the Best Summer Road-Trip Gear?
Presenting six totally unessential, very cool tools you can’t afford not to throw in the back of your truck, which, if you’re like me, serves as your weekend base camp and mobile party space. Think of...
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What Are the Best Insulated Pint Glasses?
Those red Solo cups left over from your dorm-room days? They’re wasteful and will leave your beer undrinkably lukewarm. Opt instead for one of the many new insulated pint glasses on the market. Here...
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How Do I Find the Right Tent?
Here at Outside, we love ultralight, durable mountaineering tents. But most camp trips don’t require such high-end (and high-priced) shelters. Even as an avid backpacker and outdoorsman, I spend most...
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What Are the Best Hats for Running in the Heat?
To answer this question, I reached out to five elite ultrarunners who have logged thousands of miles in triple-degree temperatures. Here are the hats they’ll grab this summer when heading out to train...
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What Gear Do I Need When Traveling Internationally?
I turned to an old friend, mentor, and former boss, Lars Alvarez-Roos, to answer this question. He is co-owner of Bio Bio Expeditions, a company that has offered top-of-the-line international adventure...
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What Father’s Day Gifts Will My Dad Actually Use?
Save your money this year and get Dad something he’ll actually use. These 10 awesome gear gifts each cost less than $10 and are a good place to start. Rumpl Beer Blanket ($7) Photo: RumplWe love the...
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What Are the Coolest Father’s Day Gifts?
Your dad is a badass. To figure out what you should get him this Father’s Day, we asked five badass pro-level outdoor athletes for their hero-gift suggestions. Here’s what they said. Explorer Mike...
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What Gear Do I Need to Train for My First Half Marathon?
The half isn’t a sufferfest like a full marathon, but it’s long enough that you need to train to do it well. Here are six pieces of gear that will get you ready to toe the starting line with...
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What Are the Best Performance Jeans?
“Performance jeans” sounds like an oxymoron, but you’d be surprised how many activities are easily done in a pair of blues. People have been climbing in jeans for years because of their comfort,...
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What’s the Best Summer Barbecue Gear?
Fourth of July may be over, but barbecue season is not. Here are six made-in-America products to continue the celebration of long days and warm temps in style. Therm-a-Rest Treo Chair ($100)©Earl...
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What Are the Best Boardshorts?
We took these six boardshorts on a multiday backpacking trip near Mount Shasta, a three-day whitewater rafting and SUP trip down the Klamath River, and a self-supported sea kayak trip through the...
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Can I Get into SUP for Less Than $800?
Assuming you already own a pair of swim trunks, the answer is yes. Here are five wallet-friendly essentials to get a beginner stand-up paddleboarder onto flat water for the first time.Costco Wavestorm...
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How Do I Keep Animals Out of My Camping Food?
Store your camping food incorrectly—while car camping or deep in the backcountry—and wild animals will eat it. A stolen package of bacon sucks for you, but it’s potentially deadly for the animals...
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How Do I Buy My First Car Rack?
Bryon Dorr, founder of the website Exploring Elements, knows how to build an adventure rig. He currently lives in a Dodge Ram 2500 outfitted with a custom camper he designed to hold six kayaks, two...
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What's the Best New Summer Gear for $35 or Less?
Outdoor Retailer, the twice-annual tradeshow in Salt Lake City, Utah, is a superb place to drool over all the high-end gear that will hit markets next summer. This time around, we checked out...
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