While my dog does love when we go camping, he’s most active with me on day-to-day adventures. And as most pet owners can attest, it’s always fantastic when your dog is happy joining you at a friend’s, the park, camping, or on vacation. Of course, a new environment can at...
Backpack coolers keep getting cooler. If you’ve never considered one, carrying a backpack cooler is a convenient choice for hands-free, single-person transport of tasty refreshments. That could mean tailgating after a run club meetup, heading to a local softball game with your leashed dog, or riding a cruiser to a...
Headlamps are a hotly contested item here in the GearJunkie office. We each have our favorites, and the arguments get hot over the most important headlamp features, specs, and user interfaces. So this year, we took them to the field and put them to the test head-to-head. We compared their...
I love gear storage and organization solutions, but I don’t typically seek out the fancy options. Look around my garage and you’ll find shoeboxes holding mittens, winter hats, and headlamps. Nearby two $11 plastic totes are filled with different helmet/goggle combinations and four pairs of ski boots. Under the stairs,...
Tesla and its CEO may be embroiled in a stew of PR and technical snafus, but that didn’t stop an enterprising team of engineers from launching a car-camping system designed to work with the Model Y. The tent — dubbed the Tentsla — smashed its modest Kickstarter goal and could...
Unless I am at a campsite where I’m planning on sticking around for a few days, I don’t want to put a ton of effort into cooking. If I didn’t know it would taste so horrible, I might just heat up a hot dog with a lighter. That being said,...
We’ll always have a spot in our gear closet for a hard cooler, but soft coolers have proven to be just as essential. They weigh less and are easy for one person to grab and quickly transport from the deck to the truck bed. There’s a broad range of sizes...
The warm reprieve of spring is off to a slow start in many parts of the country. But it’s still a great time to lock in upcoming camping plans. As you reserve campsites and plan your itinerary, why not also pick up some fresh gear for the season? Check out...
I could tell it was getting colder in the tent — and fast. I’d kept up with the wood furnace for a few hours, but I got tired of getting up every 30 minutes to load new logs and stoke flames out of it. Besides, I was here to test...
The FLEXTAIL TINY PUMP 2X is designed to blow up a sleeping pad faster, save space in packs, and shed light around camp. It combines an air pump, a vacuum pump, and a camping lantern. On their own, these functions may seem like a car camping luxury. But as a...