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The Exped MegaMat 10 is a luxurious full-size self-inflating sleeping pad best suited for car camping at a campsite or inside your car or truck. Available in a one-person or two-person (Duo) size, the MegaMat is 3.9″ thick and has an R-value of 8.1. I picked up the one-person model this spring to outfit my Subaru Crosstrek as a mini-camper …

A breakaway backpack is a fairly recent innovation for external frame backpacks that lets you overload your pack by inserting gear in between the frame and the pack bag. While originally developed for hunters to haul meat, it is useful for anyone who has to carry a heavy or awkwardly shaped load into or out of the backcountry such as …

Women’s sleeping bags differ from those designed for men because women sleep colder then men, they’re not generally as tall or heavy, and they’re shaped differently with curves and body mass in different places. While the key design elements such as the hood, zipper, and fabrics used are the same across men’s and women’s sleeping bags, the distribution of insulation, …

The Montbell Light Weight Trail Chair 26 is a compact and inexpensive folding stool for camping and backpacking that is sized to fit into the side pocket of a backpack. Weighing 11.7 oz, it’s one of the lightest weight camp chairs you can backpack with. It’s also one of the smallest, hilariously so, something I did not realize when I …