equipment

After completing a five day backpacking trip to the Ansel Adams wilderness with my two boys here is my unbiased Nemo Dagger 3 person tent review. I purchased the tent site unseen directly from Nemo because my planned trip was a week away ... [keep on reading!]

This is my unbiased Sawyer Mini water filter review.  The total filter including water bag, drinking straw, and 16 ounce squeeze bags weighs around 3 ounces.  I used everything on my last backpacking trip including the drinking straw. Fill the ... [keep on reading!]

This year I carried an ultra light weight Soto Windmaster Stove on a 5 day back packing trip to the Ansel Adams Wilderness in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Soto stove is a masterful piece of  lightweight back packing equipment.  At 2.3 ounces and ... [keep on reading!]

When our family went on a cross country car camping trip to Colorado 12 years ago, I picked up a free 8 quart pressure cooker that turned out to be our go-to cooking and storage unit. It's the one piece of equipment that we cannot camp without. We ... [keep on reading!]

On a recent back packing on the Lost Coast Trail with my kids and some friends in May, I noticed my friend charging a funky looking Luci LED Solar powered Lantern strapped to his back pack for the evening use.  It looked too ... [keep on reading!]

Many off-road campers and RVers require a dual battery isolator setup to run their power hungry gadgets like GPS, laptops, smart phones, refrigerators, televisions. Dual Battery Isolator Setup Protects Your Starting Battery Over the years, ... [keep on reading!]