More Cool Camping Stuff You Need

September 19th, 2008 Wade

About a week ago I wrote about some cool new stuff out on the market, or soon to market that will be bomb-diggity for camping. Here are a few more things we’ve had a chance to test recently.

Coghlans .5 Watt Headlamp

Water resistant, adjustable, half a watt of bright light. Its a great little basic headlamp to get you through the dark nights. It has a strobe feature, and best of all it will only set you back $9 and some change!

ENO Pronest Hammock

Eagles Nest Outfitters is a cool little company out of Asheville NC that has worked its way up from two brothers selling hammocks out of their trunk to a serious competitor in the hammock arena. (you didn’t even know there was a hammock arena did you?) I had a chance to meet these guys and they’re just like you and I. They are the type that would use their product, which always benefits design.

These hammocks are well made parachute type material. The Pronest only weights 12.8 oz yet it can hold up to 400 lbs. Its a miracle of modern engineering folks. The Pronest retails for $79.95.

You can also pick up the Slap Straps which make it a breeze to hang your nest for only $19.95. Who needs a sleeping pad?

Aerobed Performalite Twin Xtreme

It weights 5.72 lbs, let’s get that out of the way. That’s about as much as the average 2 person tent. So if you’re trying to get your not-so-outdoorzy babymama out in the backcountry, this might be a reasonable way to do it. Granted you wouldn’t want to put any serious mileage down with this on your back, but a short hike is definitely doable. As for car camping, it’s pretty much perfect. And if you have a buddy that tends to end up staying late and crashing at your pad, he/she can sleep in comfort now. Not that you cared…

It comes with s standard airbed pump with a neat feature. Not only does it air the bed up in less than 1 minute flat, it also has a flashlight for those car camping people who remember their bed, but not their flashlight. Retails for $129.99.

Cloudveil Clutch SS Crew

This is a pricey little quick dry shirt. Especially when you can get a quick dry shirt for 10 bucks at wally world today. But this one has a bit more technicality to it, as well as a lot more comfortability and durability.

It might hurt a bit in the wallet zone at $45, but this shirt can be your everything shirt. You could easily carry firewood, run a marathon, or go to the coffee shop in this shirt. (not in that order, although that might be a good idea for an adventure race… running a marathon while carrying wood, and crossing the finish line into the coffee shop door and chugging a medium coffee… hmmm)

The interior of the shirt is black. I thought this was odd at first, but I ended up out and about in this shirt the other day and it got chilly. The shirt was still warm. So the black acts as a bit of insulation (in my crazy head anyway).

Comes in a nice blue or a color they call bud green (shirt not meant to be smoked).

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