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A Better Way to Bring the Shade
By Cool Material
Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors
Outdoors
Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors

From the right axe to the perfect sipping whiskey and a proper outdoor speaker, a night under the stars awaits.

By Beau Hayhoe
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington
Outdoors
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington

A three-day ride along former railways takes you through the Cascades and all the way into Seattle.

By Brandon Withrow
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Outdoors
Black Book: 14 Products Our Editors Loved in July 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in July 2026.

By Cool Material
Gear
Adventure Mate Is a 5-in-1 Hatchet Tool

The market is filled with badass EDC multi-tools, but few have the amount of outdoor functionality as the Adventure Mate. The Adventure Mate Multi-Function Hatchet Tool is, as you might have guessed by the name, a number of different tools built into a hatchet body. It has a hatchet, along with…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Off-Road Campers We’d Buy if Money Were No Object

Every time we have the “What if you could do anything you wanted?” conversation, it always ends with us saying we’d love to do more traveling. And when we say “traveling,” you know we’re not the “book a cruise and hang out in port all week” kind of people. We’re…

By Maxwell Barna
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Cook in an Ammo Box with the C4 Portable Grill

Making dinner in an ammo can isn't an experience most people have had, as it's generally something that's reserved for soldiers making stew on the front lines. Cooking in a metal box makes sense from a practical standpoint, so M Grills built a portable grill inspired by those repurposed stew…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Build Your Own Bug Out Bag

When disaster strikes and you need to haul ass, you don’t want to be running around gathering essentials. Your solution is a bug out bag—a kit that contains the essentials to help you survive for three days. Instead of buying a precomposed version, why not assemble your own with gear…

By Mike Newman
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Gear
Turn Your Disposable Lighter Into a Pocket Torch

Using a disposable lighter to try and ignite firewood or get a camping stove going isn’t easy, but that doesn’t mean you need a different tool for the job. With The Pocket Torch, your cheap disposable lighter transforms into powerful little torch with a flame temperature of 2,300 °F. A…

By Mike Newman
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