The Crazy Creek Hex 2.0 Original Chair is a lightweight, portable camping and backpacking chair. It weighs 21.6 ounces and rolls up to a 4-5” diameter tube that is 16.5” long. Due to its weight, it falls into the luxury item category …
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Gregory Juno 24 Backpack Review
The Gregory Juno 24 is a ventilated women’s daypack with an integrated mesh back panel and hip belt that cups your hips and torso like a second skin while keeping you cool and dry in hot and humid weather. Unlike many smaller …
Read More »Sunday Afternoons Ultra Adventure Hat Review
Sunday Afternoons Ultra Adventure Hat is a sun hat with a wide brim and a neck cape to protect your neck from the sun and a UPF rating of 50+. It has many great features to recommend including a unique sunglasses holder, …
Read More »ULA Rain Kilt Review
ULA Equipment’s Rain Kilt is a lightweight and breathable alternative to rain pants that will keep your lower half dry in the rain without overheating you. It’s great for summertime when hiking on brushy trails with wet ferns, leafy shrubs, and tall …
Read More »Osprey Eja Pro 55 Backpack Review
The Osprey Eja Pro 55 Backpack is a women’s-specific lightweight backpack with an adjustable torso length and a ventilated, tensioned back panel. It’s a cut-down version of the popular Osprey Eja 58 that’s 12 oz lighter in weight with a few minor …
Read More »Gregory Jade 53 Women’s Backpack Review
The new Gregory Jade 53 (2023 model) is a ventilated backpack with an adjustable-length torso designed for women for multi-day trips. It has a women’s specific hip belt and shoulder harness and has big hip belt pockets and other pockets and features …
Read More »Enlightened Equipment Convert Quilt Sleeping Bag Review
The Enlightened Equipment Convert is a hoodless, quilt-style sleeping bag with a full-length zipper and drawstring footbox that allows it to be completely closed like a hoodless sleeping bag, completely open like a down comforter, or partially zipped up like a backpacking …
Read More »DIY Wet Ribs – Three Sample Projects
A wet rib is a high-volume accessory pocket that hangs from your backpack’s shoulder straps, below the padded part, in front of your ribcage. It’s super handy for carrying extra hiking gear, like a map, compass, gps, extra gloves, or hats, especially …
Read More »Tarptent Rainbow Li Tent Review
The Tarptent Rainbow Li is a one-person, wedge-shaped UL Dyneema backpacking tent (21.8 oz | 619 g) that is pitched with two carbon-fiber tent poles instead of trekking poles. Yes, that’s right. It uses tent poles instead of trekking poles, thereby increasing …
Read More »Insulated Skirts for Winter Hiking
An insulated skirt? Could that possibly be an idea that has any merit at all? A few years back, I started to ask myself this question and I thought the answer would be “no”. I’d seen a couple of women on the …
Read More »Marmot Minimalist Shell Mitts Review
Marmot’s Minimalist Shell Mitts are waterproof/breathable shell mitts insulated with a lightweight liner that can be worn alone or layered over insulated gloves or mittens. They are made of Gore-Tex Paclite with reinforced leather palms and are seam-taped for leak-proof protection from …
Read More »Gregory Deva 60 Women’s Backpack Review
The Gregory Deva 60 is a women’s internal-frame backpack that’s specially designed to carry heavy loads up to 50 pounds in comfort. It’s ideal for long backpacking trips, multi-sport adventures, and international travel when you want a backpack that’s loaded with features, …
Read More »Feathered Friends Down Booties Review
Feathered Friend’s Down Booties are goose-down socks that have a removable weather-resistant shell so you can wear them in your sleeping bag or outdoors when winter camping. I like wearing mine in the cabin or on winter backpacking trips after removing my …
Read More »Feathered Friends Murre EX 0 Review
The Feathered Friends Murre EX 0 Sleeping Bag is a mummy-style down bag specifically designed for women. Weighing 2 lbs 13 oz, it has 25.5 oz of 900+ fill power goose down with cold-weather features that include a draft collar, continuous baffles, …
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