Recreational shooting and other stuff
Freewaters is a footwear company that is about more than comfy shoes and sandals. Rather than just making products (and money), they are making change. Not loose change like you find in your couch cushions, but real change. Two Product Design students, Eli and Martin, created a business model that turns some of the profits … Read more
New inflatable sleeping pad brings luxury to affordable camping market The Klymit Static V Luxe™offers a solution for campers who won‘t compromise comfort Klymit, an innovator in advanced outdoor technology, is adding the Klymit Static V Luxe to its line of award-winning camping pads. The Static V Luxe is the largest and most comfortable inflatable … Read more
Kelty recently introduced their TraiLogic products, and the PK50 is the backpack for that line. I was provided a pre-production sample from Kelty to test, the men‘s pack in size M/L. Kelty must have sent this particular pack around quite a bit. When I got it, there were maps in one of the pockets, it … Read more
Just about everyone carries a cell phone today, and pretty much every phone has a camera. But don’t let the convenience of that wide angle, fixed focal length camera built into a communications device lull you into the mistaken idea that you don’t need to carry a real camera. All but the most inexpensive compact … Read more
A couple months ago, I bought a few Nite Ize Figure 9’s at a local outdoor store. As I have mentioned before, I just love knots and string. The simplicity of the material combined with the endless possibilities and sometimes puzzle solving nature of using string/rope and knots is too fun. Sometimes though, it is … Read more
Continuing our review of the Zippo Outdoors product line, we tried out their Flex Neck Utility Lighter. This butane lighter comes in quite handy for lighting everything from grills, to candles to old school lanterns, and even the tiki torches at your next luau. The first thing we noticed about the Flex Neck Utility Lighter … Read more