Gear

Melbourne's memobottle built its name on flat, bag-friendly bottles. Its first round model, the memo Round, centers on a lid that pulls apart into three pieces in seconds, tackling the mold that hides in most insulated bottle lids.

Outdoor gear startup FLFQ-Aloner is pushing into the ultralight backpacking market with a modestly priced solo tent that shrinks down as small as possible. It aims to create the sweet spot in affordable, featherlight, roomy and convenient solo tents.

A deployable bed atop folded rear vehicle seats makes comfortable place to camp. But a big cooler can really crash and burn the party. Hele presents a creative solution: a dual-zone cooler that's slimmed and flattened enough to store under the bed.

Based on timeless, inalterable physics, the Aerohart Aviator's Ember fire piston sparks a flame with nothing more than tinder, air and a quick smack of the hand. Now the tool has been fully redesigned and improved to work even better.

A new multitool on Kickstarter packs all the tools you might need for measuring and marking into a compact titanium ruler – no unnecessary extras. Made for designers and craftspeople, it could become a great addition to an EDC toolkit.

Since 2019, Metmo has impressed with its lineup of small tools built to perform specific tasks with singular precision. This time, it presents the Precision Grip, a tweezer-like tool that secures the tiniest and squirrelliest bits and bobs.

If you're looking to build out an easy-to-carry EDC kit with just the essentials for days in the city, this impossibly tiny knife is worth a look. It's got a titanium alloy handle and a Damascus steel blade, and it's small enough to go on a keyring.

If your idea of a good time involves heading outdoors with a bunch of pals, you'll want to check out this upcoming gadget. It's a hybrid radio that offers nearly unlimited range so you can stay in touch with your group over long distances.

For how ubiquitous they are, Victorinox' Swiss Army Knives strangely don't come with clips to hold them in place in your pocket. Tortoise Gear is making one that you can install permanently or temporarily, and it goes on in seconds.

A multifunctional contraption for camping and overlanding, the Rock Tamers Traction Crate looks simply to be a new milk crate design. But its name betrays a critical 2nd function: delivering traction to rescue you from a frustrating off-road debacle.

Flashlight brand Rodman is back with an updated version of its tiny ED08 model from last year. While it was already easy to carry, the new one features better LEDs and an improved build – at nearly the same cost.

Imagine if you could bring your whole kitchen cabinet with you on a road trip or a weekend camping getaway. A new Kickstarter project called Hecheer turns an aluminum case into a portable outdoor kitchen that has just about everything you might need.

A spin on the classic plier-based multitool originated by Leatherman, the new Blackjaw features a carefully curated selection of implements packaged into a single body. The tool is designed to bridge daily life, DIY projects and the great outdoors.

The ingenious Vault M3 modular pack can transform into a rigid, multi-angle mobile EDC workstation, using swappable and customizable "pages" to switch out the gear you need to get the job done.

An axe so tiny, you could actually fit it in a pants pocket, the Axvant looks at first to be some kind of model or novelty toy. But it's an actual micro-axe made to complete modest tasks around camp and yard. In fact, it's even a multitool.