In-depth, long-term review of the Hest Dually mattress. We test for comfort, portability, and ease-of-use and cleaning for camping, camper vans, vanlife, and base camping.
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Long-term review of the Trelino Evo Composting portable toilet for camping, overlanding, and vanlife. We test ease of use, stability, durability, odor control and leakproofness.
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To find the best sleeping pads, we researched dozens of professional reviews and hundreds of customer reviews. Then we tested 15 pads over 1000s of miles of backpacking, bikepacking, and bicycle touring. See our top picks for best overall, 4-season, budget, foam, side-sleeper, and hybrid.
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Prepping for your next backpacking trip? A home dehydrator lets you make your favorite homecooked meal or restaurant-quality food into meals for the outdoors.
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We hiked 1000s of miles to find the best hiking boots for men, women, wide feet, hiking and backpacking. We test for fit, support, durability, and breathability
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We review 44 down jackets to find the 7 best puffy jackets for most outdoor activities: hiking, camping, backpacking to around town—ultralight to extreme cold
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We review the best 4-season tents for mountaineering, backcountry ski trips, gusty winds, cold weather, heavy precipitation, and challenging conditions. We looked for 4-season tents with headroom, easy set-up, solid pole structure, good ventilation and that can take heavy snow loads.
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We spent 200+ nights testing the best headlamps for brightness, battery life, comfort, and ease of use for backpacking, hiking, running, climbing, and camping.
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We spent 1 year testing 10 outdoor blankets for warmth and waterproofing to find down, fleece, puffy, and picnic blankets that resist stains and are easy to wash.
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We review 20 of the most popular synthetic insulated jackets and tested the top models for months in conditions as diverse as mountains in Arizona to snow storms near Bend, Oregon to walking a toddler in Portland. We considered models by Patagonia, Arc’teryx, L.L.Bean, Mountain Hardwear, Rab, Outdoor Research, The North Face, and Montbell.
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To find the best camping tents we review 12 family camping tents and 4-person tents based on price, space, waterproofness, windproofness and ease of set up
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We tested and compared 20 camping sleeping bags to find the best for car camping. Whether you're family camping, want a mummy bag, or a budget sleeping bag, we found warm, comfortable, versatile synthetic and down bags from Kelty, Nemo, Coleman, REI, Teton, and more.
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We review 25 popular backpacking tent reviews to find the backpacking tents for all kinds of backpackers, hikers, and campers. Then we tested on 1000’s of miles of backpacking in climates from desert to temperate rain forest to find the best backpacking tents for most people.
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We researched and tested 25+ rotomolded camping coolers to find the best performance for ice retention, best for the money, best wheeled, and best Yeti alternative. Then we tested to verify our findings on camping, fishing, white water rafting trips.
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The top-rated cooler bags and insulated totes, cooler backpacks, and soft shell small coolers ranked for ice retention, zippers, and portability
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We tested the most comfortable sleeping pads to find the best mattresses for camping. From the best self-inflating to the best for couples, see our top picks.
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Do you really need camp shoes? We say yes! Read why – and how to find the best camp shoes for backpacking, van life and getting around the campsite or ski hut.
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We researched and tested dozens of camping chairs from Coleman, Kijaro, Helinox, Yeti, including camp chairs for beach day, bad backs, tailgating, and portable seats for music festivals.
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We review 28 satellite messengers and Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) GPS two way-messenger devices including the Garmin InReach Mini, SPOT and Somewear based on weight, budget, battery life and subscriptions
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Take your camp cooking to the next level with a portable camping grill, whether you like propane, charcoal, wood, electric, pellet or a fire pit.
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