Best 2-Person Backpacking Tents 2025

We dive into the important features of  a 2-person backpacking tent and how to decide what you need, along with our  top picks of 2025.The NEMO Hornet Elite

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Best Backpacking Tents for 2025

We dive into the important features of backpacking tents and how to decide what you need, along with our picks for the best backpacking tents of 2025.Through-hiking the

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Best 1-Person Backpacking Tents 2025

We dive into the important features of  a 1-person backpacking tent and how to decide what you need, along with our picks for the best solo shelters of

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Gregory Baltoro vs Osprey Aether

A quick summary If I had to pick only one pack in this round-up, I guess I'd go for Aether AG 70 [read my review].  Differences between Osprey's

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Osprey Stratos 36 & 50 vs Kestrel 38 & 48

Stratos 50 [read my review] would be my pick for multi-day hikes especially out in warm weather. As some of you already know, I've been publishing about Osprey

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Osprey Atmos/Aura 50 vs 65

Atmos AG 65 is my top pick. As most of you know, I'm a huge fan of Osprey backpacks and talk about them a lot (full list at the

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Osprey Exos vs Atmos

As you most of you know I've been talking about Osprey backpacks a lot for years now (see full post list at the bottom), and get this question

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Best Backpacking Mess Kit

Imagine this:You just reached your campground after a 8 hour hike with a 40-lbs pack, you're hungry and just want to fry up some food. You want your

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Best 3 Person Backpacking Tent

In summary, here are my top picks for the best 3-person backpacking tents:In my opinion, MSR Mutha Hubba NX [most recent 2019 version] takes the first place due to

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Nikon Monarch 7 8×42 vs 10×42

If you're looking for a binocular to use for a wide variety of activities, don't get a niche binocular such as for fog, rain or sharper images, and

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