Awesome Camping

This portable light can kick out up to 1500 lumens in its brightest mode, providing smooth 360º illumination for your campsite or any place you need to light up. It takes four D-cell batteries and has four brightness modes. Integrated hooks in its top and base provide hanging versatility.

Sitting on the ground for outdoor festivals and concerts sucks. Take along ENO’s comfy, go-anywhere Lounger DL Chair. The tie-dye print’s easy to spot in a crowd, the cup holder and pockets keep essentials near, and the cushioned head pillow and armrests help you snooze through boring bits. Adjustable legs let it sit high (10”) or low (3”).

This pocket-sized, eco-friendly cutlery set lets you carry a full-size fork, spoon, and knife everywhere you go. Each piece is made from quality stainless steel and breaks down into three pieces for easy storage in the included carrying tin. Available in silver, black, blue, rose gold, or rainbow color schemes.

Just because you’re away from your kitchen doesn’t mean you can’t serve up an amazing meal for your family and friends. Emma Frisch’s cookbook for the outdoors includes recipes and menus and shopping and equipment lists to help make dining under the stars a genuinely memorable experience.

Crua Outdoors offers a great lightweight way to shelter you and your hammock from the elements. The latest version of their Culla Hammock Wrap Around provides four-season protection, keeping out hot and cold weather with ventilation, light-blocking, and sound-deadening features. Setup video demonstration here.

This bright light from Klarus is ideal for camping, dinner parties, tailgating, and other outdoor activities. It packs four folding light blades that produce a total of 750 lumens. It can hang, be used in tabletop mode, or as a handheld flashlight, and offers multiple color temperatures, SOS, and red flashing light modes.

Onlyfire’s portable outdoor stove can burn wood, twigs, charcoal, or solid biomass fuel. It’s made from long-lasting cast iron, and its kitchen-style burner quickly heats pots, pans, and kettles. It’s designed to minimize smoke, ashes, and sparks, helping to keep your campsite safe.

Hammaka’s outdoor bed combines the comfort of a sleeping pad with the ability to hang it up as a hammock. Its inflatable pad can be adjusted to your desired firmness and can be used standalone on the ground as well. It measures 82″L x 35″W x 2.5″H and has a 300 lb weight capacity.

This lightweight, tri-point connector from RoughTimba makes building a sturdy outdoor shelter from three sticks and a tarp easy. Just cut the sticks to about six feet each, insert them into the holes on the Tri-Pi, and cover. It’s also got three holes on its bottom for hanging a lantern or other small items.

The popular DoubleNest Hammock from Eagle Nest Outfitters comes in its cheeriest print yet — Brave Trails — a blooming happy garden of smiling flowers, bugs, potted plants and watering cans. Roomy enough for two, the durable, triple-stitched 9’5″ hammock is essential equipment for camping, backyard lounging, or hangin’ anywhere you want.

The Radiate is a campfire in a tin. Its fuel source is recycled paper briquettes coated in recycled soy wax. It lights up easily and can be snuffed out just by placing the lid over it. You can even light it up again if it’s not all used up. Each 8″ diameter tin lasts 3 to 5 hours.

Add a splash of light to your campsite, patio, or outdoor dining table with Nitecore’s spherical Bubble lantern. The 3″ light has a built-in strap with magnetic ends to hang over a clothesline, on hooks, or around your wrist. A 100-lumen LED provides a warm white glow and can be powered by three AAA batteries or an external USB-C power pack.

Do you hate mosquitoes as much as we do? This tiny gadget from Nitecore is designed to keep the little biting pests away while camping or enjoying other outdoor activities. The palm-sized EMR30SE offers a protection zone from 10 to 20 feet and works by heating and diffusing a replaceable mosquito repellant cartridge. Requires a USB-C battery pack.

Brümate’s 55-gallon rolling cooler is ready to take all your drinks and snacks to the beach, camping, or tailgating. In addition to its capacious insulated main compartment and 7-day ice retention, it has a removable 2.8-gallon drink tank with a built-in tap. Its puncture-resistant all-terrain wheels can even roll on sand.

NiteIze’s tiny, hanging lantern is perfect for camping or whenever you need a portable, directional light. It has a built in clip, and its head can swivel to adjust its angle. In addition to white light, it offers red, green, blue, and color-changing “Disc-O” modes. Runs for up to 10 hours per charge.

This modern fire pit burns wood without smoking you out, thanks to its see-through mesh body and battery-powered airflow system. Its included grill grate lets you cook meals, and an adjustable fuel rack allows charcoal grilling too. You can even adjust the intensity of its flame via a smartphone app.

Thanks to its ability to fold down to just 9.37″ long, this shovel is perfect for camping and hiking. Gerber Gear’s stainless steel shovel head has a serrated edge to help dig through tough ground, turf, and even ice. Its shaft is made from anodized aluminum to help cut down on weight, keeping it to about 2 pounds.

Spending time outdoors is one of the best things you can do to clear your mind. Whether you’re camping, hiking, or enjoying other outdoor activities, you need the proper equipment for comfort and protection from the elements. Here’s our list of some of the best camping and outdoor gear you can buy, from camp kitchens to camping tools to backpack coolers.

Full Windsor presents a collection of magnetically-connecting plates and bowls that pair with their Magware utensils. These reusable steel dishes reduce waste and are great for picnicking and camping. They won’t blow away in the wind and stay neatly organized when packed. The side tabs make them easy to hold with hot foods inside.

This folding outdoor table is easy to carry and will hold up to the elements thanks to its all-aluminum construction. Its X-shaped table legs are sturdy and have non-slip tips, and its tabletop provides a wide 47.2″ x 23.6″ surface when opened. It’s available in a wood color or black finish and includes a bag for carrying.

These minimal metal mugs are made from durable, lightweight titanium with a double-wall construction to insulate their contents and protect your hands from heat. They’re sold individually in stackable 6.8 oz., 10.1 oz. and 15.2 oz. capacities, and are perfect for enjoying campsite coffee or tea. Not for use over an open flame.

Igloo’s easy-to-carry 25-quart cooler holds up to 38 cans. It’s designed for durability, and maximizes ice retention thanks to its 1.5″ thick insulated walls. Dual Sure-Lock latches ensure it stays closed and sealed, and there’s a hole for adding a padlock. It’s got two cupholders on top, and a built-in bottle opener under its lid.

UCO’s reusable camping utensils nest together to save space in your pack. They can be used separately as a fork, spoon, and knife, or combined to form a longer cooking and serving utensil. Made from BPA and phthalate-free high-strength, reinforced glass nylon, and available in several color combos.