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Strap This Vibrating Compass To Your Ankle And Always Know True North

As you battle your way into the great outdoors on a bushwalk or camping excursion, you need both hands free for pushing away branches or fighting off wildlife — not handling a compass. So to guarantee you’re still headed in the right direction, this vibrating compass will always keep you aware of true north without requiring you to stare at a needle.

22 February 2013

Gadgets

Spring Snakes Were Probably The Inspiration For This Pop-Up Lantern

Inspiration can come from anywhere, and the classic spring snake can gag is probably where the idea for this collapsible LED lantern was born. Using a fabric diffuser and a metal spring inside, it transforms from a torch to a hanging glowing lantern in less than a second. And let’s be honest, there’s probably a still great opportunity for a camping prank here.

9 February 2013

Gadgets

How Could Anyone Not Want A Product Called The Strap And Crap?

Even with an outhouse, relieving one’s self in the great outdoors is an unpleasant experience. But having no choice but to just squat on the ground is as terrible as it gets. So after a “particularly unpleasant outdoor restroom experience”, Laura Stude was struck with the inspiration to create the solution to every nature lover’s biggest woe with the Strap and Crap.

1 February 2013

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This Sleeping Bag Is Every Sub-Zero Camper’s Dream/Nightmare

Whether you prefer to spend your summers in Antarctica, or you simply miss the suffocating warmth of a mother’s womb, Nemo’s newly launched Canon -40 sleeping bag may just cure what ails you (unless it’s the latter in which case please seek professional assistance).

7 January 2013

Gadgets

Everything You Need To Make Roughing It Not So Rough

It’s that time of year again. To enjoy the great outdoors, we’re supposed to spend our precious few weeks of holidays abandoning all the luxuries we work so hard buy, then hike deep into mother nature, and rough it for a few days like our ancestors did.

Gadgets

Water Bottle Or Cooking Pot: Choose Your Own Camping Adventure

The next time you’re on a camping trip, try sticking your trusty plastic water bottle on the fire to boil up some grub. It might be lightweight and easy to carry, but as it melts away you’ll soon realise you’d probably be better served by this titanium option that doubles as a fire-safe cooking pot.

5 December 2012

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This Convertible Sleeping Bag Thinks It’s A Giant Hoodie

The worst part of camping — having to leave your sleeping bag’s warm embrace for late night latrine trips. But with the Poler Napsack, you’ll never have to take it off again, even after you return to civilisation.

22 October 2012

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This Floating Globe Tent Is A Cocoon For People

Want to sleep outside without having to lower yourself to sleeping on the ground? Lucky for you, there’s an extravagantly complex and probably super expensive solution called The Cocoon Tree.

25 September 2012

Gadgets

Inflatable Backseat Bed Adds Some Luxury To Sleeping In Your Car

Who says the first thing you have to do when moving to a new city is find an apartment? As long as you’ve got a vehicle at your disposal — upgraded with this inflatable back seat air mattress — you’ve got a portable pad that lets you roam the city from job to job and party to party.

5 September 2012

Gadgets

Salt Water Lamp Could Run On Your Tears

The next time you go camping, instead of bringing batteries to keep your lantern running, you might only need to bring a salt shaker or a really sad book. Japanese company Green House has developed an LED light that runs on just salt water.

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