OutdoorHiking Reviews is an independent gear review publication. We research and evaluate hiking, camping, and outdoor recreation gear so you can choose with confidence.
Choosing a sleeping bag is the decision that determines whether you actually sleep on camping trips or lie…
Fly fishing has a reputation for being expensive, technical, and intimidating to learn. The reputation isn’t entirely fair,…
Stopping to dig a water bottle out of a frame cage breaks rhythm on a technical trail, and…
Blisters form when your skin slides against your sock for hours and heat and moisture soften it enough…
Chafing happens where skin rubs skin or fabric for hours while wet with sweat. Thighs, underarms, waistband, and…
Going down hurts more than going up because your quadriceps work as brakes, lengthening under load with every…
Camp cookware gets chosen on two numbers: how many people eat, and how the set packs. A backpacker…
Camp coffee methods trade against each other on three things: how much they weigh, how much mess they…
An inflatable paddle board rolls into a bag the size of a large rucksack and inflates to something…
Snowshoes work by spreading your weight across enough surface area that you stay near the top of the…
Traction cleats stretch over your boots and put metal between the sole and the ice. The category divides…
An approach shoe exists to solve one problem: getting to a climb over ground that is too technical…
Scent control works by reduction, not elimination. A deer’s nose is good enough that nothing sold in a…
