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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Jetboil Minimo vs MSR PocketRocket (1 & 2)

Both stoves are on sale at REI through May 26!The Jetboil Minimo and MSR Pocket Rocket 2 are both excellent backpacking stoves. Although it's difficult to go wrong

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Jetboil Minimo vs Micromo

Jetboil Micromo and Minimo are both great stoves and they're 95% identical. They have exactly the same burner, regulator, shroud, control valve, canister stabilizer and baseplate attachment. Both

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Jetboil Flash vs MiniMo

The Jetboil MiniMo and Flash are both great stoves with different design intentions.The most important thing to know when comparing these two stoves is that the Flash is designed only

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Meats for Backpacking

There are three primary components to good backpacking food:High calorie-to-weight ratio to leverage more energy per unit weight carriedHigh protein and fat content because they're almost always digested

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