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Kelty’s New Lightweight Backpack Line
Serious lightweight backpacks from Kelty.
Kahtoola Flight Snow Travel System is Now Available (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2006)
Kahtoola, the traction people, were at summer OR to show their latest refinements to their Flight Snow travel system, so we dropped by to check them out.
NEMO Finds eVENT Replacement for Tents (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2006)
NEMO claims to have found an eVENT replacement for their waterproof breathable tents
A One-Person Tent as Light as a Bivy From Big Sky International (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2006)
One-person, single-wall, free-standing, breathable fabric, 28 ounces.
New Macpac AMP Light Backpacks (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2006)
For 2007, Macpac adds a new line of lightweight backpacks with lightweight durable fabrics and a very nice feature set.
New Lightweight Silnylon Products From Equinox (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2006)
These items stray a bit from backpacking, but frankly we were impressed with their quality construction, lightweight, compactability, and usability. They would also make very nice gifts.
Eagle Nest Outfitters SingleNest Hammock (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2006)
Hammock options continue to grow with the ENO SingleNest.
St. Moritz Watches: Momentum VP-1 and VS-1 Digital Altimeters and Momentum Logic (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2006)
Digital Altimeters with numerous features and a space-age materials analog watch that will stun you.
New Granite Gear Meridian Vapor Backpack (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2006)
What do you get when you cross the Nimbus Meridian and the Vapor Trail? The Meridian Vapor of course!
HydraCoach Interactive Water Bottle
Why the HydraCoach may have absolutely zero applicability for lightweight backpacking.
Hennessy Hyperlite Backpacker A-sym Hammock and Cuben Fiber Fly (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2006)
The Ultralite Backpacker A-sym takes a 7 ounce diet
The Travel Hammock Skeeter Beeter (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2006)
An inexpensive bugproof camping hammock with potential.
Primus EtaPower EF Integrated Cooking System (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2006)
Hey, move over Jetboil and MSR, Primus is also coming to the table with an integrated system. Woo-hoo, the competition is heating up!
Hammock Bliss Single, Double, and No-See-Um Free Hammocks (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2006)
Three more inexpensive but robust hammocks enter the fray giving hammock campers even more options
Inov-8 Debris Socks (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2006)
New 1.3 ounce sock/gaiter from Inov-8
Mountain Hardwear Bunker 1 (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2006)
A 3 lb Tent Withstands 136 mph Winds
New Adventure Racing Packs and a New Atmos/Aura 65 from Osprey (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2006)
You would think Osprey has enough packs, but they keep coming out with more!
New Headlamps From Black Diamond, Petzl, and Brunton (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2006)
LED headlamps continue to proliferate with both high power and ultralight headlamps.
GoLite Venture Series Backpacks for 2007 (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2006)
New lightweight full-featured internal frame packs from GoLite come in both men's and women's versions.
Princeton Tec Apex Pro Headlamp (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2006)
Princeton Tec has reduced the weight of their 3-Watt LED Apex Pro by nearly 4 ounces.
