My Backpacking Photography Setup

Get everyone in the shot with this simple and inexpensive setup. In this article I thought I would share a photography setup for hiking and backpacking.  For a while now, all of my group hiking pictures have been missing the photographer from the shots.  This problem had to be remedied.  As with any gear setup, … Read more

Interview with Mike Cecot-Scherer Of Tentlab

Mike is the man behind TentLab, whose latest project, the RugRat is currently available on Kickstarter. He’s been a part of the outdoor industry since 1976, and has been designing the products we use since 1985. With at least 245 tents to his credit, along with numerous backpacks and sleeping bags, it’s safe to say … Read more

Water Purification With The SteriPen Ultra

If Captain James T. Kirk were to whip out a water purifier, I bet it would look a lot like the Steripen.  He‘d probably keep it with his tricorder too.  For any non-Trekkies out there, I am talking about Star Trek and the futuristic technology they have on that TV show.  Steripen is better than … Read more

Say Aloha To Intova Of Hawaii

Industry Outsider recently stopped by the Intova booth at the Outdoor Retailers Summer Market. We were intrigued by their HD action cams and that they were US Company based out of Hawaii competing in a highly saturated market. Founded in 1995, they strive to deliver high quality equipment at a price the average consumer can … Read more

New Footwear From Freewaters

Back in June, we published our Freewaters Scamp review. Along with our report on this very comfy sandal, we shared a bit about the company and their philosophy. Since then, we’ve met up with Freewaters at Outdoor Retailer, and got a look at the current lineup, along with some future styles. Freewaters is now the … Read more