Winner of Backpacker magazine’s 2015 Editors’ Choice Award, the Princeton Tec Sync headlamp is reliable, easy to use, and easy on your wallet.
Gear Reviews
Award-Winning Chef Taps Bradford Knives for Restaurant Cutlery
Knife enthusiasts are known to use their own blades at restaurants. Whatever they have in their pocket or on their belt is almost guaranteed to be a better slicer than what they’ll find at their table. But that won’t be necessary at the new Lakehouse in Bellevue, Washington. Chef and Owner Jason Wilson teamed up […]
Danner Reckoning | First Look
During my recent tour at the Danner footwear factory, I was able to check out the entire lineup of Danner’s boots. Â The most exciting set I saw was the recently released Reckoning. Â When the tour was complete, I was sent home with a pair of said new boots with the Loadout Room being the first […]
ESEE-3 MIL Survival Knife | Review
When it comes to wilderness survival, camping and backpacking I can’t stress enough the importance of a quality fixed blade knife. The knife is the hardest item to reproduce in the wild out of everything you carry. It can make or break your ability to survive. Knowing that my life may depend on the knife […]
Wigwam Socks Review | 110 Years in the Game
It only makes sense to spend the extra money on a pair of good socks. Wigwam has been in the game for over 110 years. Old school meet new technology.
MSR MiniWorks Water Filter
You can refer to the MSR MiniWorks water filter as “old faithful” due to its reliability, maintainability, and the abuse it has withstood the world over.
Hawk Knives and Pachenko Collaborate on Orbit Hawk Lock Flipper
Hawk Knife Designs is teaming up with Serge Pachenko for their first mid-tech collaboration, the Orbit. With a stylish Pachenko design, the Hawk Lock mechanism, and an adventurous new detent, both collaborators believe this EDC knife will stand out in the mid-tech/high-end production market. Father and son team Grant and Gavin Hawk and Serge Pachenko […]
Trail Running | Choosing the Right Footwear
Trail running has been gaining a lot of ground in recent years, and that should come as no surprise. Following participation in obstacle courses like Spartan Race, Tough Mudder, and other variations of such mud races, more and more people are trying out “proper” trail running. (I am not bashing these obstacle courses, hell that’s how I got […]
Lansky Tool Sharpener
The Lansky Lawn & Garden Tool Sharpener is marketed towards tools such as a shovels, axes, hatchets, machetes and lawn mower blades. I originally got this sharpener with the intention of using it for my machete, but have found myself using it for most of my knives more so than my machete or lawn tools. […]
Hillsound FREESTEP6: Get a grip on the trail
My Yaktrax XTR recently gave up on me after years of good service. A few chain links that attach to the rubber part of the crampon ripped the said rubber so they became unusable. I liked them but the way the chain links are linked together meant that on every descent the back plate would […]
