When you are six miles from the nearest trailhead and someone in your group slices their hand open on a tin can, the best wilderness first aid kits stop a bad moment from becoming a crisis. I have spent the last several years testing backcountry medical kits on everything from solo ultralight trips in the […]

Finding the best child carrier backpacks changed the way my family experiences the outdoors. I spent the better part of two hiking seasons testing 12 different framed carriers on trails across Colorado, Utah, and the Pacific Northwest, putting each one through real conditions: steep switchbacks, creek crossings, and those inevitable nap-time meltdowns. What I learned […]

I tested 12 toddler carriers for hiking with my two kids (ages 2 and 4) on trails ranging from flat lakeside paths to 6-mile mountain climbs with 1,800 feet of elevation gain. My wife, who is 5'2", and I, who am 6'1", each wore every carrier for at least two hikes to check how the […]

I tested 8 kids hiking backpacks on family trails across three states with my two kids (ages 4 and 9), logging over 60 trail miles and watching how each pack performed across age groups, body sizes, and trip lengths. The best kids hiking backpacks in share three traits I now look for in every pack […]

I've logged over 1,200 miles in trail running vests across the past three years, and our team spent the last 90 days putting the best trail running vests through their paces on everything from technical mountain singletrack to flat gravel paths. If you're hunting for the best trail running vests in , this guide distills […]

Every fall hunting season, I get the same questions from friends buying their first elevated stand: which is the best safety harness for tree stands, and is the cheap one good enough? I have tested harnesses in wet early-season oak stands, frozen late-season pine stands, and everything between. Tree stand falls remain one of the […]

There is nothing worse than watching a trophy buck at 40 yards while your toes go completely numb. I have been there, and after too many ruined hunts I made it my mission to find the best insulated hunting boots on the market. Our team spent months pulling apart specs, reading thousands of customer reviews, […]

Dragging a 180-pound whitetail through thigh-high brush and over downed timber is the kind of workout that ends hunting seasons early. After years of packing out elk and deer the hard way, our team decided that finding the best game carts for hunting was no longer optional. We spent the better part of this field […]

I have been hunting whitetails and elk across the Rockies for over 15 years, and I have watched more knives fail than succeed. The right best hunting knives for field dressing turn a stressful hour of gutting into a clean 20-minute job. The wrong blade dulls after the second deer, slips in bloody hands, or […]

After logging 127 miles on the Appalachian Trail last summer with a 38-pound pack, my quads and IT bands were screaming by day three. I started testing the best foam rollers for hikers the moment I got home, and I have been rolling out sore calves and hammies ever since. Our team compared 8 different […]