04Test reports

Field notes

How to choose across seating, sleep systems, shelters and cooling — one written guide per category, before you spend anything.

Klymit Bozeman 35 degree sleeping bag
Report 04Sleep systems5 bags10–50 °F

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.

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Lifetime 55 quart high performance cooler
Report 03Cooling

Ice, measured in days
CORE six person blockout dome camping tent
Report 02Shelters

Cabin, dome or cot
GCI Outdoor Kickback Rocker camping chair
Report 01Camp seating

The long sit