Recent Backpacking Gear Articles

The Therm-a-Rest NeoLoft Earns a Spot on TIME's Best Inventions of 2026 — And It's Completely Deserved There's a particular kind of suffering that any backpacker knows well: lying awake at 2 a.m. on rocky ground, staring at the tent ceiling, counting the hours until sunrise because the sleeping pa

The Camping Gear Boom: How a $35 Billion Market Is Reshaping the Way Americans Go Outdoors The numbers out of Maximize Market Research tell a story that anyone who's spent time in an REI lately already suspects: the global camping equipment market is on a sustained upward run with no obvious ceili