Camping, hiking, survival and more.
Stove Day continues. We work on setting up the Primus Omnifuel and compare the fuel bottles and pumps of the Omnifuel and MSR Dragonfly and MSR Whisperlite. With a few bottles of whitegas and a few bottles of “people fuel”, being Balvenie 17 peated cask and Kilchoman Machir Bay, we get this show on the... Read More »
As you may have guessed we are huge stove fans here at The Gear Whores. If there is a backpacking or camping stove out there we either have it or want it. With that in mind we took a day to sit down with a stack of kit and ran through a series of back... Read More »
The Solo Stove 3 pot set is a nested stainless steel cooking pot set, including a multi-use lid, that is specifically designed with the original Solo Stove in mind. This pot set extends the usefulness of the Solo Stove to well beyond a single camper and makes it a kit capable of cooking for an... Read More »
Overview: The Solo Titan is a two piece (4, counting pot and lid) cooking system that utilizes secondary combustion or wood gasification to very efficiently burn small sticks and focus the heat where it is needed. Wood gas stoves offer some key advantages over petrol/gas stoves, including weight and sustainability. You’ll probably never run out... Read More »
One of the things we at The Gear Whores, whore about the most are stoves. We love the damn things. Lucky for us our itch is being scratched. Our Solo Stove Titan and Kettle set have just arrived from our friends at Solo Stove! Stay tuned for pics and a full review of this big... Read More »
From TGW-T: The Fox Outfitters Comfort 100 mattress is an extra long and extra wide mattress that certainly doesn’t skimp in the comfort department. Though it won’t win any points wit h the lightweight backpacking crowd, it will provide bonus points with anyone who enjoys an extra comfy and insulated, night on the ground. Packaging:... Read More »
From TGW-T: From your bar to your pack, these cups easily fit in any environment. High quality, thick stainless steel construction that from our testing, is near indestructible. If you ever wanted to be able to toss a proper pint glass in your pack and go, this easily fits the bill. A rugged and unique... Read More »
Every year we like to make it out in to the woods to test our winter camping. It has become a bit of a TGW tradition. Laden in multicam and molle webbing we headed out in to the frozen world to “enjoy” ourselves. Here is a quick video tour from our 2013 outing.... Read More »