Outdoors

The all-new Backcountry series from Gazelle Tents gets ruggedized with a heavy-duty, 4-season design built to camp comfortably from sweltering desert basins to high-alpine snow drifts ... and all stops in between.

A year ago, AC Future showed its sleek and massively expandable eTH motorhome. This year, it's sliding its tech behind a tow vehicle with the equally impressive THt, a towable smart home developed with one of the world's most famous design houses.

If you live in a cold climate and wear a face covering along with eyewear, you'll be aware of a problem: such coverings cause your eyewear to fog up. Well, the Stratus Balaclava solves that problem brilliantly, as I recently found out for myself.

This striking metal-finish tiny house provides a spacious interior while remaining road-legal. Named the Wilhite, it also has an unusual "upside-down" layout that places the bedroom downstairs and the living room upstairs.

Though it's not overly long, the Camden tiny house is extra-wide, and this makes all the difference. It takes advantage of the increased space with a storage-heavy layout that includes both a master bedroom downstairs and a secondary one up top.

From self-driving smart trailers to on- and off-road explorers that bulge out in every direction to maximize living space, some truly jaw-dropping and inspiring camper vans, travel trailers, large motorhomes and expedition trucks emerged in 2025.

The Mizuho showcases a Japanese approach to the art of downsizing. With a length of just 21 ft, the tiny house includes a home working area and a downstairs bedroom, and is suitable for up to two people.

Being an outdoors enthusiast can involve packing bulky, heavy cooking equipment. Currently available on Kickstarter, the Vennoe T01 pizza oven could become a smart addition to a camping setup, helping to solve at least part of that problem.

Despite its modest length of just 24 ft, the Pacific Wren packs an impressive amount of flexibility into its compact frame. The tiny house contains two bedrooms, a well-equipped kitchen, and even a small home office.

Living on the coast, I enjoy driftwood bonfires that keep you warm enough to sit out on a stony British beach after sundown year-round. The portable Packfire is like an ultra-sophisticated version of making a fire in an old oil drum or trash can.