Category: Gear and Clothing

Can’t wear wool because it makes you itch? Here are some things to consider before you give up on the natural fiber.

Some apparently mundane items become the launching point for greater things later on. Or the little things might end up being a big thing. Like the Yamaha guitar I bought some 50 years ago. It opened the world of music to me.

The measure of success for a water purifier is not getting any reaction from drinking the water purified by it. And that’s what I got after using the Roving Blue O-Pen®. Nothing.

Use in the field and sustained wear is really the only way to evaluate footwear. I’ve been wearing these Danner® Incursions for well over a year, mostly in hot, desert environments. Here is what I found.

A medical first aid kit should be in every vehicle and home. What are the best kits on the market?

It’s a bad feeling to go out to your vehicle on a cold, dark night to find the battery is dead. Now what? Who or what will help you jump start the battery and get the vehicle going? This what the Shell Portable Lithium Jump Starter is designed to do.…

One of the first winter camping items you should get is wool pants. Here is how to pick the ones that will suit your needs best.

Some people field test gear, then never do a follow-up. But the real test of product quality is over continued, sustained hard use. These products proved themselves – again – in the hot Arizona desert.

Biomass-fueled outdoor implements are the way to go, IMO, and here is a great way to cook and boil water quickly, using sticks, twigs and other forest debris.

Good gear is an investment. I bought my 15-foot Coleman Ram-X canoe before setting out on my 1980 Source-to-Sea voyage on the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. The canoe is still being used.