Gear

We know Lifestraw best for lightweight, ultraportable water filter and purification products aimed at backcountry use, but its all-new Escape is a different beast. The jug supplies groups with over 5 gallons of clean drinking water per fill-up.

Although we've seen a number of multitools that take the form of a flat card, the Slidex still manages to put a new spin on the concept. It's a metal card that folds into a triangular column, packed with features such as a screwdriver and a knife.

Opinel knives are an ageless classic of the folding knife market. This year, though, they've gotten a new twist ... or lack thereof. The Néo6 knife carries the same sleek, timeless look but trades out the locking blade for a non-locking slip joint.

One of the pioneers of the portable camping stove has released its lightest stove ever. The new Primus Micron III weighs a flat 2 oz and folds so small it can nest in your open palm. Screw it atop a gas canister and it fires out 2,600 watts of flame.

Successfully Kickstarted last year, Team IF's wrench-sporting OmniPro Tool went on to be declared one of our Best Multitools of 2024. It now has an even more capable successor, in the form of the aptly-named OmniPro 2.0.

While there may indeed be a plethora of multitools on Kickstarter, many are either too small to use easily or too big to just toss in a pocket. The NexTool strikes a good balance, stuffing eight functions into a right-sized titanium body.

One of the newest releases from Nextool, the W4 appears at first to be a basic adjustable wrench. But not only does it pack 10 more features inside its handle, it carries a small switch that extends its functionality well beyond other multi-wrenches.

Hacksmith Industries has focused its engineering chops into creating a lightweight titanium multi-tool that looks like a compact pocket knife, but actually packs up to 21 features. Oh, and its blade is strong enough to cut a Swiss Army knife in half.

If you've already made a titanium multitool with six handy features, how do you improve on it? That's right, you add more features. The Orioner T8 now boasts nine-plus functions, adding a whistle and more to returning favorites such as a steel blade.

This compact multitool tackles a range of measurement, drawing, cutting, and positioning tasks. If you're an architect, engineer, contractor, woodworker, or DIY enthusiast – or if you have one of those in your life – the Omni-R is worth a look.

The big, bruising Adventure Mate V3 "mega-multitool" won't fit in a pocket, but it will get actual work done. The tiny blades on a traditional multitool might whittle a branch, but the V3 will take down the whole tree and split it into firewood.

Motors have been added to bikes, skateboards and kayaks … so how about just slapping a couple to your legs? That's what the Z1 knee exoskeleton does, offering a 50% boost in the wearer's calf and thigh strength while reducing knee pressure by 200%.

While a great number of multitools have built-in pry bars, those bars aren't very useful if they can't apply much leverage. A new eight-function tool addresses that problem in a unique fashion, by folding to become an angled crowbar.

So, you wanna drink from a water bottle while cycling, but you don't like the idea of tipping your head way back and taking your eyes off the road. Well, this bottle was designed to accommodate folks like you, as it features its own electric pump.

As is the case with cameras, the best flashlight is always gonna be the one you have on you. The NanoB9 is likely to fit that bill, as it packs three colors of light and nine operational modes into a "coin-sized" dual-magnet-packing body.