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I’ve been testing the Powermonkey Extreme Solar Powered Charger since early spring for keeping my Android cell phone charged on backpacking trips where I use it for a off-trail navigation and to read ebooks at night. While the Powermonkey Extreme is a very durable and well though out product, I’ve found it to be excessively heavy and somewhat over-engineered for …

The Olicamp Ion Micro Titanium Canister Stove is tiny and cute but is quite limited in the value it provides. Under-powered, over-priced, with a very small pot stand, and poor wind resistance, you’d be better off getting a slightly heavier, more powerful, and safer-to-use canister stove. Burner The Olicamp Ion Micro has a very small burner head that throws out a …

I started car camping this year and the spartan cook system I use for solo backpacking quickly proved to be insufficient for cooking more elaborate meals. That point has been hammered home, particularly since have a wall of cookbooks at home. We started using GSI’s Pinnacle Camper Cookset because it satisfied our need for a diverse set of cooking pots …

“Better bring your passport,” said Kris, “in case we get stopped by the border patrol.” Good idea. We were headed up to  Northern New Hampshire, to bushwhack some trail-less mountains close to the US- Canadian Border. Hiking in Northern New Hampshire is hugely different from hiking in the White Mountains. For one, it’s far more remote, completely off the grid without …