Oru’s new single-person Inlet kayak is the brand’s lightest and most portable boat yet. Oru’s origami-style fold-up design takes it from the trunk of your car to floating on the water in just 5 minutes. It weighs 20 pounds and can be easily checked as luggage for your flight. With its open cockpit design there’s space to bring along your dog, a cooler, or fishing gear. A funded Kickstarter.
When you’re out camping, the best approach would be to bring stuff that does not take up a lot of space. We’re here to help our readers discover the latest stuff that can help out and we found one for the outdoor chef. Traditionally, all the cooking is done using the campfire, but the uneven heat can give you undesirable results.
Camp stoves are an ideal alternative, but it’s difficult to find the right balance of portability and functionality. Well, that’s about to change because the GSI Outdoors Pinnacle Pro Camp Stove is coming our way.
For the sake of portability, most camp stoves normally utilitarian and feature just one burner. Yet, the Pinnacle Pro manages to sport two and can still collapse into something that measures 1.25-inch thick. This makes it the ultimate camping equipment for those who want to cook like a chef outdoors.
Being able to prepare two dishes simultaneously can greatly enhance meal preparation if there’s a lot of mouths to feed. Thus, it’s awesome to have when you’re with a big group. Moreover, it touts a clever mechanical system that makes it easy to set up and store. A pair of retractable legs keeps the cooking surface at the right height.
Meanwhile, the two 11,000 BTU burners with piezo lighters will handle whatever food is on the menu. As much as we want to have the GSI Outdoors Pinnacle Pro Camp Stove right now, we have to wait until 2020. Hence, we’ll have to make do with using regular models for the meantime.
Tents are an essential camping and outdoor gear. That’s annoying because tents, more often than not, are cumbersome to set up. Even someone with heaps of patience might mutter a curse word or two due to how inefficient these things are at setup time. Thankfully, there’s TentTube.
With a similar design to the popular Heimplanet line of inflatable tents, TentTube is itself also an inflatable tent, but one that campers can pitch in just a minute. It’s on Kickstarter right now trying to gather funds, but given how things look, it’s bound to hit its targets.
It’s got a geodesic structure and a lightweight profile that amazingly requires no heavy tent poles.
“Traditional tents are hard to pack, cumbersome to carry, and difficult to set up. We set out to begin a revolution in the tent industry,” says the company behind this effort. By replacing the traditional poles with our Patented inflatable AirFrame, TentTube is 50% lighter and smaller, making it your perfect home on the go.”
A true revolution in the world of camping gear, TentTube features air-filled tubes instead of poles. As a result, it’s way, way lighter than its peers. 50 percent lighter, to be exact. And when you’re done, it folds and slips into an ultra small packing space. This is perfect for those who always travel light. Especially since they won’t be lugging any cumbersome poles along.
Inside, TenTube provides overnight shelter for a maximum of three people. Although you could technically squeeze in more if you’re creative enough. Plenty of handy stash pockets inside too, for your belongings. Really, what’s not to like here?
Most coolers you’ll see in picnics or tailgate parties are bulky, cumbersome containers. They’re sturdy, of course — that’s the whole point, anyway. Consider the Igloo Recool radically different.
It’s brown, has the texture of a cardboard egg tray, and instead of a hinge, it’s got a nesting lid. But perhaps the most important aspect here is that it’s completely biodegradable. Igloo designed the recool as an alternative to cheap styrofoam coolers commonly found at gas stations and grocery stores.
They’re great godsend backups if you forgot to bring your traditional cooler along for the trip. But styrofoam breaks easily, isn’t biodegradable, and they aren’t that good when it comes to regulating temperature. Add the fact that a growing number of cities and towns are making the material illegal.
The Igloo Recool cooler address all these kinks and offers an excellent, easy, and intuitive option. Especially if you don’t want to carry your massive cooler along. The molded pulp construction is much stronger than styrofoam, for starters. Bumps, crashes, jolts, sways — it’ll handle it. The Igloo Recool can carry a load of up to 75 pounds. It has a 16-quart capacity that’ll keep ice for up to 12 hours and hold water without leaking for five days straight.
And it isn’t immediately ruined afterward. Just dry it out and you can use it again. Sure, it’s not indestructible and will probably pare down after a couple of uses. But it’s good enough for everyday common cooler needs, especially if you need a quick, no frills solution.
Photos courtesy of Igloo
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What outdoor camping getaway would be complete without the quintessential camping chair? This one, called the Savanna Chair, is from the folks at Helinox, no stranger to making excellent outdoor comforts.
The Savanna Chair is unique in that Helinox designed it for tall people. Thanks to its high back and wide profile, anyone eclipsing six feet will have a nice time lounging with this one. It doesn’t matter if they weight up to 320 pounds. The Savanna Chair can take it.
Similar to the Chair One Camp Chair, another one from Helinox, the Savanna features mesh panels on the back and bottom sides. These bring optimum comfort, with the mesh shapeshifting to accommodate the the shape of a person’s back. Elsewhere, you’ll find a nice soft cup holder. Careful not to spill anything.
Amazingly, Helinox managed to keep the chair’s weight at just 4.3 pounds. This despite despite the load-bearing capacity and roominess of the Savanna Chair. Even better, the chair’s frame and cover can be folded down and fit into a 6″ x 6.5″ x 21.5″ sleeve. No fuss when setting up at all, and no fuss when packing up, too.
As for the construction, the frame is made of proprietary aluminum alloy. You’ll find an internal bungee cord that can self-assemble when you’re setting up the whole thing. The seat cover and carry sack, meanwhile, are made of polyester that’s UV-resistant.
The chair costs $200 on Amazon. A tad bit pricey for a camping chair, but you get what you pay for: a lightweight, compact, and smartly designed outdoor essential.
A decked-out camping gear is all about keeping the bulk to a minimum. Which explains why people seek ultra-portable mattresses rather than bring an incredibly unwieldy sleeping pad.
If you can get past their bulk, closed-cell foam sleeping pads are actually pretty great. For starters, they’re super durable. Not only that, but they’re also really comfortable, warm, and pretty light.
Sure, they might not be as packable as other options out there, but they work like a charm. Especially this $50 sleeping pad from Nemo Equipment, called the Switchback Ultralight.
It’s not that different from other foam pads in that it congests into a voxy shape. That said, the slight differences that are here matter greatly. For example, the design. The foam bumps are arranged unlike any other sleeping pads. Here, they zigzag and jut out in a seemingly random order. However, it’s actually based on a mathematical pattern that allows the Switchback Ultralight to be thicker and pack smaller at the same time.
Nemo Equipment also gave this pad a thermal film layer for improved heat retention and reworked its proprietary foam formula to make it even more durable than other sleeping pad options out there. You’d never think a $50 item would be this well-designed and expertly crafted, and yet here we are.
So the next time you go camping, considering ditching your usual air mattress and trail the woods lugging Nemo Equipment’s Switchback Ultralight along. You’re going to have to deal with extra bulk, yes, but you’ll get a pad smartly designed for optimum outdoor respite.
Photos courtesy of Nemo Equipment
A foldable grill is one of the best things you can bring on a camping trip, especially since they provide better, more consistent heat and easier cleanup than most backpackable stoves. Right above is one of the cheapest you can own — just splurge a little over $20 and you’ll be having decent dinners out in the wilderness.
Light a bonfire or bring out the charcoal pit. Then set up the foldable grill to start charring some of your favorite meals. You can put the whole thing together in just three minutes or less, and tucking it away is no sweat, too. It disassembles into a 12.4-inch x 1-inch stainless tube that you can easily carry as you trek, and cleaning it is as easy as wiping the rods with a towel. It also has a built-in lanyard for easy hanging when in storage
Of course, you can save $20 if you just toss a steel gate over two flat rocks in your fire circle and be done with it. That’s not entirely a bad idea, especially if you happen to be carrying an easy-to-clean stainless steel cook surface. Even still, standalone portable grills provide more stability for all your culinary adventures, and you can set them up anywhere.
Nashrio’s backpackable grill is a lightweight, compact, and hassle-free camping companion that is big enough to cook food for three to five people, with 91 square inches of cooking space, if you want to be more specific. Hey, just because you’re in the woods doesn’t mean you can’t have decent meals!
