Outdoors

The days of battery-electric Jeep Wranglers may still be a long way off, but DirtBox Gear electrifies the other half of overlanding. Its Juice Box wires lithium power into the Wrangler tailgate to run a fully electric kitchen and power other gear.

It can be challenging, trying to cook your campsite meals while crouched over a tiny propane stove. The Space Box offers a bigger but still compact alternative, packing an oven, two-burner stovetop, prep surfaces and sink into one package.

A diversion from the usual Australian box trailer, the Kerfton camper trailer has a composite body that quickly grows from low towable to family base camp. Its smart kitchen brings out full cooking power whether the tent is set up or packed.

Leatherman's mutltiools have taken all shapes and sizes in its 38-year existence, but in designing its latest creation the company is returning to its roots with a version based on its first ever model launched in 1983.

Two years ago, GoSun took a break from solar cookers and directed the Sun's energy toward cooling. Now it expands its cooling line with a dual-zone fridge/freezer that can serve ice cream in the desert and operate indefinitely on off-grid power.

The new Rebel X canopy from Australia's XL is designed from the ground up to play as hard as it works. It quickly sheds tool boxes and work materials to load up on a vacation's worth of camping gear and toys.

With a lineup of titanium pocket tools and pens, Tennessee's Big Idea Design has established a name for itself in small, lightweight everyday carry (EDC). Its new Bit Bar Inline shrinks and lightens that EDC even more.

Portland toolmaker The James Brand has a catalogue brimming with elegant knives and multitools, and the latest addition is a titanium folding knife that takes this degree of sophistication up a few notches, with a price tag to match.

With the work-from-anywhere trend currently on fire, Belgian engineer Andreas De Smedt presents a go-anywhere mobile workstation called the "Chair." The backpack-compatible folding director's chair carries its own built-in flex desk.

Portable projectors can be a great way to bring folks together at camp, but you don't want to be hauling something heavy and bulky. The Filmatic 1080p projector is not only small and light, but can also serve as a lantern and a Bluetooth speaker.

Most outdoorsy types select a backpack based on the amount of stuff that they usually carry … but what happens when they occasionally need to carry more? Well, in the case of the Roo, they just pull the backpack open and insert an extra bag.

Perhaps a sign of the times, Swiss Army knives have gone a little extreme in 2021. Victorinox's latest Swiss Army releases include one of the largest Swiss Army knives ever and a series of Mini Tools among the smallest to wear the cross.