The Lightning 50 From High Peak

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High Peak makes a variety of high quality camping gear at family-friendly pricing. They’re partnered with TentPak, which provides all-in-one backpack/tent combinations. Last year, we had half-jokingly suggested TentPak create a “zombie apocalypse” set, which was more than just a fun marketing exercise, as it contained some serious survival gear. The ZOMBIE Apocalypse Pak™actually made … Read more

Duro Tires – Ride Your Cause

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Ok, so I’m right in the middle of trying to write about everything we saw at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market show, and then I have a sudden flashback to Interbike 2012. At the Duro Tire booth, I spoke with their rep about some of the new sizes and compounds, which was probably more interesting … Read more

Good Greens Bars – Good Stuff, Naturally

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I hadn’t brought lunch to work one day, and as I was pondering what to do about that, one of the girls from the shipping department dropped off a package at my desk. Inside was a variety of Good Greens bars – two each of wildberry, chocolate coconut, chocolate chunk, chocolate peanut butter, chocolate raspberry, … Read more

What’s New From Industrial Revolution?

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I could easily spend a whole week trying to cover all the interesting gear we saw at the Industrial Revolution booth last month, but for now, I’ll stick to three that caught my eye. Each of them fit into distinctly different categories, but all offer some innovative features that make them noteworthy. The big item … Read more

Bushnell Outdoors Powersync Line

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One recurring theme at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market was solar/USB power. Turns out that “Getting away from it all” doesn’t mean what it used to mean. And that’s ok, as long as people are making time to play outdoors.  It’s certainly nice to be able to recharge lights or GPS units, and there are plenty … Read more