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Outdoors
Why The Field Watch Is The Ultimate Spring Watch
By Beau Hayhoe
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Outdoors
Upgrade Your Outdoor Kit with the Best Pants for Alpine Adventures

Every part of your #OOTD counts on the trail or the slopes, starting from the ground up.

By Beau Hayhoe
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Outdoors
The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It

They've explored 10,000 miles together. Here are their essentials.

By Lola Méndez
Everything You Need to Take on the Trail—and Look Good Doing It
Outdoors
Everything You Need to Take on the Trail—and Look Good Doing It

Working up a sweat doesn't mean you have to settle for looking like a slob.

By Jen Glennon
Features
Hands-On: Barocook Flameless Cooking System

Certain conditions make building a fire a challenge when you're out camping or exploring. When you're stuck in your tent with rain beating down around you, you don't always want to turn to a granola bar for a meal. Barocook is the flameless cooking system looking to give you a…

By Mike Newman
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Gear
This Mini Flashlight Adjusts Brightness Automatically

This mini flashlight sports Active Dimming Technology which calculates the distance to the area you are trying to illuminate. By doing this, the flashlight will dim when lighting the path in front of your feet, but seamlessly increase when you hold it horizontally to look into the distance. You can…

By Mike Newman
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Gear
The COOLEST is So Much Better Than Your Standard Cooler

A cooler is a mighty big item to serve only one purpose. Yes we want cold drinks, but toting around a giant ice chest makes us question if we could just get by with some warm brews. The COOLEST takes your average cooler and makes it so much more useful. Included is…

By Mike Newman
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Gear
The Chimney Box Is A Fire Pit That Keeps Smoke Out Of Your Face

If you're in the market for a fire pit, you have more than a few options (some of the best are right here). If you want another to add to your list that we happen to be pretty geeked about, check out The Chimney Box. The smart tepee design not…

By Mike Newman
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Gear
Leatherman Hail + Style PS Is The Best TSA Compliant Multitool

Until we have actually taken one of these new stainless steel Leatherman Hail + Style PS through a TSA security checkpoint ourselves--or one of you has and you report back--we're dubious about them being travel-friendly, but we're willing to give them a shot anyway because of their feature set. The…

By Cooper Fleishman
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