Field Notes

Klymit Bozeman 35 degree sleeping bag
Reading a temperature rating
A 10 °F bag is not a bag you sleep comfortably in at 10 °F. What the number means, and how to pick around it. Read more...
Lifetime 55 quart high performance cooler
Ice, measured in days
Retention is mostly insulation thickness and how often you open the lid. Here is how to read a cooler spec. Read more...
CORE six person blockout dome camping tent
Cabin, dome or cot
Three shelter shapes, three different trips. Pick by how you camp, not by the person count on the box. Read more...
GCI Outdoor Kickback Rocker camping chair
The long sit
A camp chair is the only piece of gear you sit in for six hours straight. Four things decide whether it survives the season. Read more...