Backpacking

High Camp takes a break from spirits to offer adventurous wine lovers a slick way of bringing a bottle off the beaten path. The Parkside Flask 750 stores a full bottle's worth of wine between two magnetic tumblers for camping, picnics and tailgates.

Flextail has made it a mission to design battery-powered pumps tiny enough for even the most ultralight of camping trips. All those efforts have led to the new Zero, a pump so small it clips to a keychain and brings automated inflation everywhere.

The new Vitaloop Defender bottle uses an all-in-one design to collect, purify and deliver water. Its five-part filtration system and battery-powered pump turn water from a lake or river into potable drinking water at the push of a button.

Pact Outdoors launched the world's most convenient pooping kit in 2021. To make things even lighter and sleeker, the company has done away with the carry case, turning the shovel itself into a dual-purpose holder for all the Pact #2 essentials.

The all-new Camp Couch is a different style of camping furniture. A full cushioned love seat, it's built to adventure beyond glamping resorts and campsites. It folds up quickly, straps to one's back and travels by foot to more remote scenery.

With the all-new Moonlite Elite, Nemo looks to create a backpacking chair that's equal parts lightweight and comfortable. The Elite is extremely light and packable but still offers a comfort-boosting recline function similar to the original Moonlite.

The Monti cooler uses the same highly light, collapsible design as a puffy jacket to keep 15 to 24 cans cold for up to 30 hours. It's the perfect way to ensure the beers you're hiking, pedaling or paddling into the backcountry stay crisp and cold.

Hyperlite Mountain Gear has introduced one of its most impressive packable shelters ever. The Hyperlite Mid 1 relies on Dyneema wunder-fabric to skin the fat while offering full weather protection. It weighs just over a pound, and pitches in minutes.

Reaching far beyond cutesy paper sculptures, origami has underpinned some cutting-edge breakthroughs. Sego Innovations uses it to create the most packable solar charger around, with a panel that packs down to an eighth of its size in about a second.

Gerber corrals several of its handy camping tools into the Around Camp Kit. The new-for-2023 package makes it a little easier to stock your camp kitchen or picnic basket, bringing together a pair of handy multitools and a mini-cleaver.

Sea to Summit grows its lineup of Tension Ridge tents with the new Ikos TR. Available in 2- and 3-person sizes, the Ikos features a rugged, roomy construction and a flexible design that can be pitched as a full tent or an open-air daytime "hangout."

Forget energy goos, Hypershell has a more concrete way of boosting performance on mountain and trail. Its new exoskeleton channels the power of a horse into the legs of human adventurers, allowing them to explore farther, run faster and climb higher.