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Home » Camper & RV » RAM ProMaster-Based Airstream Rangeline Offers Impressive Van Life Value The Airstream Rangeline is an expansion of the 91-year-old company’s motorized offerings. Airstream’s CEO says the van — designed on a RAM chassis — is for the “new travel reality” of greater freedom and flexibility sought by customers. With the

Home » Climbing » New Speed Ascent by Benedikt Böhm, Prakash Sherpa on Himlung Himal Could you climb 7,400 feet of elevation in 7 hours to reach a 23,379-foot summit? That’s what these two climbers accomplished on September 4. Benedikt Böhm and Prakash Sherpa recorded a strong speed ascent on Nepal’s Himlung Himal this week. After

Home » Motors » The Trusty Budget Adventure Bike Is Finally Off-Road Official: 2023 Suzuki V-Strom 1050DE The 2023 Suzuki V-Strom 1050DE might just be the new bike of choice for off-roaders looking for value, reliability, and capability. Let’s be honest: As the popularity of adventure bikes continues to increase, manufacturers continue to struggle to

Home » Technology » BioLite Charges Into Off-Grid Energy: BaseCharge 1500 Power Station Review BioLite swings big with its debut power station, aiming to provide the most wattage per dollar. I’ve actually spent quite a bit of time (excluding camping outdoors for fun) with no running water or no electricity. I’m talking years of hurricanes

Home » Motors » Subtle but Special: 2023 VW Golf R 20th Anniversary Edition The Golf R has been doing fast and subtle for 20 years. Naturally, Volkswagen is celebrating with an equally subtle Anniversary Edition. The Volkswagen Golf R, the fastest version of the hatchback, has just turned 20. So VW is building a

Home » Motors » Jeep’s Electric 4x4s Roll Out Next Year; Here’s What You Should Know Can you deliver the ultimate in off-road vehicles while shifting from gas to electric power? Jeep thinks so. The SUV brand has already scored with its first two plug-in hybrids and now plans to take the next big step

Home » Biking » BMC Builds the Ultralight Kaius 01 for ‘Unbound’ Speed BMC rolls out the super-lightweight Kaius 01 along the leading edge of the gravel world. Integration everywhere, internal cable routing, and carbon layup tooled to take some punishment headline the build. BMC’s new gravel bike aims at high performance and has the

When COVID-19 caused widespread supply chain shortages that killed some businesses, survivors turned to online retail. Instead, Vasque Boots turned the other direction; now, it makes an e-commerce comeback. Remember when the pandemic was really bad? We’re still living in it, of course. That’s obvious from the continued rollout of new vaccines in the U.S. just

Home » Camping » Funky-Shape Tarp ‘Shelter by Cinch’ Sets Up in Minutes Check out ‘the camping tarp reimagined.’ It’s a party-friendly design whose designers say one person can set up quickly. Part backcountry lounge, part shade sail, part tent — Indiegogo-funded Cinch introduced its simply designated “Shelter” to address seemingly disparate camping needs in

Home » Outdoor » Hunt / Fish » MagView Pairs Phone Cameras to Scopes & Binoculars for Neck-Friendly Viewing, Photography MagView adapters hold smartphone cameras to the eyepiece of a spotting scope or binoculars. Once aligned, you can lean back and use the screen to watch wildlife and take photos.  MagView designed its digiscope adapters

Home » News » Twist Wrist, Adjust Brightness With ‘Darkfade’ Motion-Sensing Flashlight Darkfade is the most unique flashlight launch we’ve seen in a long time. And it turns out people really wanted a motion-sensing flashlight. Darkfade is an ergonomically designed flashlight that senses its angle in space and adjusts as you rotate your wrist. It

Home » Motors » SUVs on Fire : Ford, Lincoln Recall Nearly 200K Vehicles Ford Motor Company will recall the 2015-2017 Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs due to fire risk. Ford and Lincoln full-size SUVs became the subject of a Ford Motor Company recall in the wake of reports describing fires. According to documents

Home » Biking » Pivot Shuttle LT: The First E-Bike I Actually Wanted The Pivot Shuttle LT hits the ground running with a motor mounted low in the downtube to drop the center of gravity, long-travel suspension, and massive disc brakes. Pivot became an early e-MTB adopter in the U.S., and now it introduces a

While it may fill a very specialized niche, the Stone Glacier Terminus 7000 backpack stands out from the crowd for more than its sheer size. The Stone Glacier Terminus 7000 is an immense backpack. With a capacity of 7,000 cubic inches, it’s almost exactly twice the size of our top-rated backpack for hiking. It’s also

Home » Outdoor » Backpacking » Solo Stove Lite Review: The Smokeless Fire Pit Goes Lightweight for the Backcountry After a long day on the trail backpacking, you want a hot meal quickly. But there’s also something magical about a real fire in the woods — as opposed to the hissing of isobutane burners. There

Home » Motors » The Life and Adventures of the Late Iconic Overlander Loren Upton The first to drive cross the Darién Gap by land, Loren Upton was a rare example of an adventurer. This is the story of his life’s goal — a drive around the world from north to south and back up