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Overland Expo's focus may be largely on earth-exploring giants and heavy-duty gear, but the show does also highlight some smaller gadgets. One of our favorite finds was the Fire Flute, a tiny, 50-gram fire starter with watertight cache and whistle.

Victorinox uses its unparalleled multitool mastery to add some multifunctional capability to the new Venture Pro knife. It maintains a clean knife design while adding a few functions that could save your life ... or just help you play Man vs. Wild.

There's far more than one way to spark a fire, and it seems there's always another around the corner. The new Firetent is the latest to float across our desk, a small pack of cardboard and wood that builds into a mini-teepee fire like a 3D puzzle.

In 2017, Tortoise Gear launched the Firefly, a fire steel fit to a Swiss Army toothpick slot. Now it's back to get some extra use out of the corkscrew. The FireAnt screws onto a Victorinox corkscrew to bring fire steel and tinder to your pocket.

It looks like it was designed for the zombie-apocalypse, but the TF-19 Wasp from Ohio-based Throwflame is a serious piece of kit with potentially life-saving applications. From clearing critical infrastructure to pest management and forest fire back-burns, this modern-day dragon is nobody's toy.

Various multi-tools out there have fire-starting capabilities, but not the classic Swiss Army knife. The new Firefly from Tortoise Gear swaps in for the Swiss Army toothpick and works with various traditional implements to spark a fire.

Van life, social hammocking, $500 coolers, and battery packs and charging cables everywhere? The outdoors – or, at least, outdoor gear and the people that venture into it – is changing. New Atlas stopped by last week's Outdoor Retailer Summer Market to peek in on the latest changes.

A lightweight, odorless gel, Ready Fuel lights immediately and burns hot enough to cook on.