Gear Reviews

Camping Gear

Hefting a fully-loaded pack can be discouraging. Take advantage of today's ultralight gear whenever you can. For tents, I like the Firstlight and Hubba Hubba. The 15° down Helium hits the weight-warmth sweet spot. And be sure to check out the new Neoair pad.

Bivy Sacks

• Black Diamond Winter Bivy

Tents

• MSR Carbon Reflex 2
• Black Diamond HiLight
• Black Diamond Lighthouse
• Black Diamond Firstlight
• Black Diamond Oneshot
• MSR Hubba Hubba
• North Face Roadrunner

Down Sleeping Bags

• Marmot Atom 40°
• Marmot Hydrogen 30°
• Marmot Helium 15°
• North Face Hot Tamale 15°
• Western Mountaineering Lynx MF -10°

Sleeping Pads

• Thermarest DreamTime
• Thermarest Neoair
• Big Agnes Two Track
• Thermarest Prolite 3 (3-season)
• Thermarest Prolite 4 (winter)
• Thermarest Ridgerest
• Thermarest Z-Lite

Stoves

• MSR Reactor
• Snow Peak GigaPower
• Jetboil PCS
• Coleman F1 Exponent Ultralight

Tarps/Ground cloths

• Space All-Weather Blanket

Winter Camping Gear

• Black Diamond Deploy Shovel
• Voile XLM
• Life-Link Snow Saw
• SMC Summit Snow Saw

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