Outdoors

They call the VSSL First Aid Flashlight "the ultimate 'vessel'." Probably because in addition to using the carefully curated medical kit inside the VSSL to treat your own injuries, you can also use the virtually indestructible...

It's a truck bed for your truck bed. OK, Guide Gear's Full-size Truck Tent is more like a covered shelter for your truck bed, but the other way has a better ring. Plus, if you tell your mama, "All I want for Christmas...

The Woodman's Pal has been in service - US Army service - since 1941, and was a standard issue from WWII through Desert Storm. In official terms, it's a land management multi-tool, but I imagine when you look at the Woodman's...

Phone Skope, you're like putty in my...aaah! Aaah! My hand! Hot! Fire! Phone Skope's putty is PYRO Putty. Ultra-flammable in its neon hues, the little tin of goo looks and sounds like it could be part of a magician's...

Survival kit? With a, what's that, a flowery dead guy on it? Are we back in 2011, filling our bug out bags and planning for the zombie apocalypse? Nah. Now we're in 2019, where the risk of an actual apocalypse, caused...

Survival Kook's Bow Drill Fire Starter Kit looks like some newfangled piece of fitness equipment, but in fact, it is based on a very oldfangled hand tool. Prehistoric old, in fact. Also known as a fire drill, the bow...

Oh boy, slid, stuck, and spun-out season is upon us! TreadReady's Adirondack Strap emergency traction device could help you avoid the situation I found myself in a couple weeks ago: Toyota Prius in a blizzard...

Normally I'd guess the term "pop-up fire" is a bit of new lingo, the kids' trendy way of referring to a 911 emergency. But Campfire Defender's version is a Pop-Up Fire Pit, and it's not about burning things down, but...

BUNDL up for the winter, especially if your winter plans include camping in the bitter cold. Or just spending the night outside in a sleeping bag because your wife locked you out for pulling the Toilet Goblin prank again...

Battling whitewater rapids is fun, but being on the losing end of that battle, not so much. Creature Craft owner and creator Darren Vancil developed his self-righting whitewater rafts to level up the adrenaline rush of...

According to Noori, "Noori allows a wide range of features through its modularity." According to me, Noori allows a wide range of eating all my favorite food groups. Ribs and burgers! Fat pots of chili! Wood-fired pizza!...

Despite the name "Jukebox" it's not so much the 50s diner as it is the 50s barber shop Gerber is giving a nod to with their Jukebox gentleman's knife. The EDC piece is fashioned after the look of a master shaver's straight...

As cozy and swingin' as hammocks are, a true suspended Haven in the woods probably wouldn't try to treat you like a caterpillar, or a dead Egyptian, with walls that collapse in on you, and a base that sags under your...

Spending too much time sawing logs these dark and damp fall days? Well git off yer stink wrinkle and start splitting them, ya lazy sack*. Sun Joe's 10-Ton Hydraulic Log Splitter might even add some semblance of fun to...

Grampa invented his Weeder in 1913 to protect his back and knees during all the crappy yardwork Gramma made him do. Over a hundred years later, Grampa's Weeder is still around, and still helping men (and women) old and...

DutchWare Doles out the puns with their Banana Hammock, a camping companion the Pennsylvania-based outdoor brand says combines creativity and functionality so you can "enjoy extreme comfort and possibly a little laughter...

This Cuisinart issue might seem too bastic to merit an entire feature, but: 1) grilling season isn't over yet, and there's lots of good meat left to BBQ and slather with sauce in the backyard; 2) tailgating season is...

What blooms in the fall? This foldable telescoping rake from Professional EZ Travel Collection is here to make a tedious, back-breaking job fast, easy, and super fun...

Manitoba-based Origin Handcrafted brings some character - and some Canada - to the traditional Japanese Kiridashi with their Stoneblade Pocket Knife. The textured Kiridashi is both minimalist and standout in design...

Forget the howling wolves and T-shirts, this is the kind of Moon gear I want in my life. The MoonPhase Triple - better called the 3 Moon Moon Chair, I think - is a camp chair from OmniCore Designs made to seat Mama, Papa...

No curveballs here, just trademark Gerber, head-on, with the brand's new Fastball manual flipper folding knife. Made at Gerber's Portland, OR factory, the Fastball features a S30V Wharncliffe blade Gerber says will hold...

Not sure how much hanging a Waspinator wasp nest decoy off the eaves of your roof is going to do for your home's aesthetics - the thing looks like a bathroom can trash bag - but if you're worried about wasp or hornet...

It seems surfers have mixed feelings about motorized surfboards, and the Lampuga Air is indeed a motorized surfboard. Jetboard, if you're gettin' fancy. But more than a tool for the skilled and a means of becoming one...

The Off-Road Air Opus is British RV brand Opus' newest addition to its inflatable folding camper family. Available beginning September 2019, the more rugged upgrade to the Air Opus trailer adds "total off grid freedom...