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Gear Outdoors

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Upgrade Your Outdoor Kit with the Best Pants for Alpine Adventures
By Beau Hayhoe
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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
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Tailgate Essentials to Stock Up On This Fall

Eight essentials. Non-negotiables.

By Christopher Osburn
Gear
Tripod LED Flashlight

The Tripod LED Flashlight is a mighty flashlight with shatter resistant and water resistant lenses and 3 bright energy saving LED lights. But the really cool part is its ability to convert into a standing light or 3 slim hand-held flashlights. Standing, its 3 lights can be pivoted 120 degrees…

By Cool Material Guest
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Outdoors
Earthmate GPS PN-40 GPS Alternative

Just because you don't want to spring the cash on a GPS that doesn't mean you want to get lost in the wilderness. The Earthmate GPS Alternative is the fast and durable answer for the adventurer. Loaded with so many extensive maps of the US, you won't even realize you're…

By Cool Material Guest
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YETI Portable Security System

Nothing's worse than going to the lake for a few hours while your camping and coming back to a ransacked campsite. Or how about waking up to finish up that backyard project and finding that someone walked off with all of your tools? Don't be caught off guard again with…

By Cool Material Guest
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Gear
SureFire E2D LED Defender Flashlight

This little flashlight packs a mean punch—literally. If beating someone senselessly with a Maglite just isn't your style, try the SureFire E2D LED Defender Flashlight on for size. It's compact and can produce up to 120 lumens of blinding light... and if all else fails its tail cap has aluminum…

By Cool Material Guest
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Light for Life Flashlight

This is the last flashlight you will ever buy. The Light for Life Flashlight has LED lights rated for over 50,000 hours and it only takes 90 seconds to recharge. Since most flashlights take 4-12 hours to recharge, we're not sure how it works, but we imagine there's some sort…

By Cool Material Guest
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