Awesome Living

Bring the scents of the great outdoors into any room with these wonderful fragrance sprays from Juniper Ridge. Each bottle uses essential oils harvested from reclaimed trees removed by U.S. National Park forest management to help keep forest fires from spreading. Choose from Sierra Forest, Redwood Mist, Desert Cedar, Cascade Forest, or Mexican White Sage.

Relax and unwind outside in this swinging camp chair from Timber Ridge. Its folding steel frame and sling-style seat can hold up to 300 pounds, and its back adjusts from 90º to 130º. The chair can be set up in just two quick steps and includes a head cushion, a drink holder, and a carrying bag. Available in blue, grey, or tan.

This compact tool was designed by Joe Wu for CRKT. It can store up to four bits in its chamber, and ships with T6, T8, flathead 0.6 x 4.5, Philip PH1 bits, and has a driver socket beneath its threaded cap. It’s made from aluminum with a scratch-resistant anodized finish, and includes a pocket clip and key ring.

You know we love a good flashlight around here. While we’ve seen lots of really slick production models, we have to hand it to Maciej Nowak who built a custom flashlight by machining billet aluminum, then outfitted it with a super-bright 30W LED and three lithium-ion batteries. He even etched his own circuit board.

Hitch and Timber’s handmade leather pouch is a handsome and handy place to keep small EDC tools. It holds a pocket knife and a small flashlight or other similarly sized tools, along with a mil-spec pen. It can also be ordered with a credit card slot on the back. It’s available in seven shades of full-grain leather.

This mid-size sling bag from WANDRD is wide and deep enough to carry a DSLR or mirrorless camera and its accessories. The weather-resistant bag is also great for your everyday gadgets, and can attach to WANDRD’s laptop case for easy carrying on your back. It’s also available in 3-liter and 9-liter sizes.

This clip-on Dakota watch puts the time where you need it. Its carabiner-style alloy clip attaches to your belt loop or backpack and offers time, stopwatch, alarm, and calendar functions on its reverse LCD screen. The watch is water-resistant to 100 feet and has a stainless steel back. It also has a built-in compass and is available with a standard LCD.

Made from a coarse, unbleached canvas, Rough Enough’s compact gear bag is built for durability. It has a large compartment that can hold small tools, accessories, chargers, knives, and more, and a mesh zippered pouch for pens and other items. It measures 9″ x 4.5″ x 2.5″, and comes in army green, black, or camo.

We’ve never seen a light quite like the Kogalla UltRA. This outdoor adventure light connects five bright Cree LEDs on a flexible steel strap. Wrap it around your waist or hang it from your backpack for super-wide-area illumination. The light connects to an external battery pack (not included) via USB, and Kogalla also sells kits with a battery and mounts.

Pike Trail’s bestselling Pocket Blanket weighs just 6.9 oz yet expands to a 60″ x 56″ surface. That’s big enough to allow four adults to sit comfortably. It’s made of ripstop polyester and is waterproof, sandproof, puncture-resistant, and tear-resistant. When it’s time to pack up, you can fold it in seconds into its nylon spandex bag.

Our friends at Everyday Carry sat down with Daniel Kane, founder and Chief Product Officer at Ridge, to chat about how he started making unique wallets and how the industry has changed over the years. Daniel talks about his product design inspirations and how his company grew from his garage to a multi-million dollar business with an extensive product line.

This scalpel-style pocket knife is great for carving, whittling, slicing, and light-duty cutting tasks. It has a stonewashed titanium hilt, a steel blade holder, and takes replaceable #24 blades. It measures 5.49″ when opened and its blades are 1.41″ long. It also comes in PVD black, ruler, bird, and suminagashi patterns.

These handsome and substantial dopp kits from Capra are made from full-grain leather. They have a water-resistant lining premium YKK zippers and are assembled with Italian waxed thread. The compact and large sizes have a top divided section and interior zippers. They come in dark brown (shown), black, green, navy, and tan.

Give your beard the good treatment it deserves with Whisker Sauce from Grooming Lounge. This beard conditioner helps keep facial hair smooth and soft and moisturizes skin to stop itchiness and flaking. Ingredients include avocado oil for soft skin, lime oil for its shine and fragrance, and panthenol to soften hair and prevent split ends.

This adjustable keychain organizer from Rossm keeps two to six keys neatly stacked and stops them from jingling in your pocket. Its body is made from metal, covered with forged carbon plates. It can also carry a car key fob on its bottom ring and comes with a removable pocket clip. It also comes in forged emerald, forged ruby, and forged sapphire.

Jonny Builds shows off another impressive piece of furniture – a record cabinet with a segmented wood door. He started by assembling grain-matched panels for the top, bottom, and dividers. To make the door, he took an 8-foot-long black walnut slab, cut it into boards, sliced it into 109 strips, glued them to canvas, and CNC milled the awesomely wavy shapes.

TUMI offers a modern spin on classic aluminum luggage. Each of these 19 Degree bags has an aircraft-grade aluminum shell stamped with a dynamic pattern at a 19º angle. Models include continental, international, and compact carry-ons, an extended trip case, a backpack, a rolling trunk, and a briefcase. The bags come in silver, black, blue, green, and rose.

This mini flashlight from Lumintop is a great addition to any keychain. It outputs up to 570 lumens with a visible beam distance of 135 meters (~442 feet). It comes with a rechargeable 10180 battery and either a neutral white or cold white light source. An optional bundle includes an aluminum extension tube and a more powerful 10440 battery.

Got a wry sense of humor? Get a Whiff makes delightfully fragrant candles with names like Sage Against the Machine, A Mustache, a Pipe, and Pretentious Behavior, and Let’s Snort Some Lavender. Each glass is filled with a hand-poured coconut wax blend with a mix of heady aromas to match its name. They also come in smaller tins and amber jars.

MecArmy’s miniature compass is small enough to wear as a pendant, on your keychain, or attached to a bag. It features a high-sensitivity movement with an anti-magnetic bearing and glow-in-the-dark markings and comes in copper, brass, or TC4 titanium for $10 extra. Measures 1.48″ L x 0.925″ W x 0.51″ H.

This impressive drinking vessel is like the Mjolnir of mugs. Weighing 22 pounds (or 10 kg for metric folks), it’s machined from stainless steel with thick walls and a welded-on knurled handle that won’t let you down. Despite its heft, it only has a 13.5 oz. capacity. Each is handcrafted, so there’s about a two-month lead time for orders.

Outdoor Vitals’ aptly named Shadowlight long trail backpack weighs less than 2 lb, including its frame and hip belt, but it carries up to 35 lb. It’s all thanks to the brand’s proprietary ripstop fabric. Its straps, hip belt, and removable back panel were all designed to be as ergonomic as possible. It’s available in either 45L or 60L capacities.

This tiny flashlight from Olight turns on automatically when detached from its ring. Keep its base attached to your keychain or belt loop, and pull on it to activate. It also has a built-in magnet to attach it to metal surfaces and a charging connector that plugs right into a standard USB-A port.