Survival
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In 2018, Garmin launched the ultralight inReach Mini two-way emergency communicator. Now it updates the tiny, satellite-based survival tool into the all-new Mini 2, a palm-sized device with more power for saving your bacon in the backcountry.
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Back in 2018 we caught wind of versatile multitool called the Combar from Israeli startup Aclim8. The company has now introduced a lighter version at a lower price point, but managed to do so while maintaining most of that impressive functionality.
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Watergen has long been working to refine and grow technology to pull water vapor out of the air and collect it for drinking. Its latest innovations shrink that water-harvesting tech into a form portable enough for overlanders and RVers.
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Founder of Trayvax wallets and Kimbo campers, Mark King, brings together EDC and overland adventure with the Trayvax Ration. Something of a vehicle-adventure mess kit, the Ration packs a single burner and space for food, water and utensils.
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Californian-based knife maker Terrain 365 has introduced a new implement for the everyday carry crowd with a very portable form factor, and around the same footprint as a set of US military-issue dog tags.
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Built to travel with tinkerers and DIYers from garage to distant outdoor spaces, the new Caliber X takes a different tack on multitooling. The skeletal chassis disguises an 18-function build for everything from backyard BBQs to wilderness survival.
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Canadian gearmaker VSSL has caught our eye of late with its sleek, flashlight-inspired tubes that pack impressive arrays of essential items inside, and now it’s back with its most compact version yet, the First Aid Mini.
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The unique Kukrax is designed to combine the best bits of a modern-day tactical tomahawk with the curvy nature of a kukri machete, offering a unique and seemingly highly efficient way to cut through your timber.
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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.
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Colorado's Bone Daddy Blade WerX has come up with a pocket-sized multitool that can take on lightweight cutting tasks on its own, but can also be mounted to a handle to become heavy-hitting axe should the situation call for it.
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The newly launched Lifesaber is a modern and handy example of a hand-crank generator that can also produce clean drinking water and start fires at camp.
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You don't really need a shovel until you REALLY need a shovel. DMOS presents a way of having that shovel without dedicating too much space to it. Its near-unbreakable Delta Shovel telescopes, folds and clasps to the vehicle, expanding into a full-size shovel when needed.
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