I love weekend getaways in the outdoors, but whether I’m camping at a festival or I’m having a holiday with my kids I want our stuff (and ourselves) to be as safe and secure as possible. While there isn’t a…
While camping out in a tent can be a relaxing getaway from the world, I find it more comfortable when I have some sort of control over my surroundings. One way to buff up your security while camping is a…
Although my biggest passion in life is exploring the outdoors, being crafty with my outdoor gear is a side hobby that I have a lot of fun with. When it comes to dealing with bugs, namely ticks, I definitely have…
Ticks spring up out of nowhere in the warmer months, and there’s nothing I hate more than the icky smell and feeling of common bug sprays. I also like to avoid chemicals on my skin if possible, but I also…
Duraflame logs are designed to last a few hours (depending on the size and log type) but I’ve been in situations where I wanted to go to bed and my duraflame fire was still going. When that happened, I extinguished…
When we think of condensation, we usually think of it forming on the outside of our water bottles — which makes sense because it’s much more obvious and a lot more annoying to deal with. But if you’ve noticed that…
I love duraflame logs because you only need one log to make a great fire and they’re easy to transport when camping. On my last camping trip, I didn’t have enough duraflame logs so I had to take special precautions…
You’ve probably noticed that your water bottle sweats on hot summer days, especially when it’s full of ice cold water. Obviously it’s not water leaking out of the bottle, so what exactly is causing all those little droplets of water…
Most of Yeti’s soft-sided coolers and lunch boxes use Yeti’s patented HydroLok Zipper, which is completely leak-proof and specially designed to keep the cold air in your cooler, where it belongs. For the most part, they’re durable, dependable zippers —…
Igloo’s Trailmate Journey and Trailmate Marine Coolers are ultra-portable wheeled coolers with a slick design and tons of features. At first glance, the two coolers may seem pretty much identical. It’s hard to tell whether or not they are any…