If you want to take your kids camping or backpacking, you’ll need a good sleeping bag for them.  Unfortunately, most kids sleeping bags are made for sleepovers and not camping. 

I usually bring sandals to wear around camp when on backpacking trips. But, when backpacking cold and wet weather, the sandals simply don’t cut it.  My feet would end up

When you start hiking, you’ll quickly realize that there are lots of “gear snobs” who insist that you need to wear special pants.  And, under no conditions, should you wear

Drip-drying is fine for day hikes.  If you are going hiking for longer though,  things can get funky quickly if you don’t wipe.  I used to pack toilet paper out

Naturehike is a brand known for making really affordable lightweight tents.  They aren’t quite “ultralight” – but pretty damn close.  I already have their Cloud Up 2 tent, which I

When my family goes backpacking, we usually bring two small lightweight tents. But recently we’ve been doing more car camping. So, I decided it was finally time to get a

My family mostly goes wild camping in the backcountry, which usually means we need to walk at least a mile to get to camp.  This wasn’t a problem when my

One cool sleeping bag feature is a pad sleeve. It’s a fabric slot sewn on the bottom of the sleeping bag.  You put your sleeping pad in the sleeve, making

Finding a good family backpacking tent is tough.  For starters, you are probably carrying most (if not all) of the gear.  There aren’t too many ultralight family tents, so your

Tent floors, especially made from UL materials like Silnylon, are very slippery.  Add a slippery inflatable pad and a slippery sleeping bag on top of this and you are bound