2023 Summer Gear Guide

36 testers tried 40 jackets. These are the crème de la crème.

Six testers tried out 8 trekking poles. These ones came out on top.

16 testers hiked hundreds of miles to reveal the best hiking shoes and hiking boots. These ones came out on top.

Our team of testers vetted 20 new rucksacks. These ones came out on top.

14 testers zipped, cinched, and buckled 18 pants and shorts. These five are the very best.

13 tents went out into the wild. Only 7 made it back out.

14 testers snoozed on ten pads. These are the very best of the year.

14 testers donned 22 Shirts. These 6 proved exceptional.

We dunked 19 filters across the country, from silty streams in California’s Agua Caliente Creek to clear lakes in Washington’s Olympic Mountains, to find the year’s best.

Twelve testers donned 36 tops to find this summer’s best new shirts, midlayers, and baselayers.

14 testers spent over two months sleeping outside. These five sleeping bags are the warmest, lightest, and coziest of the bunch.

The days of broken tines and stomach aches are over

These three deluxe mattresses cured our testers’ campground insomnia.

Twelve testers ran, trekked, and squatted in 45 products to find this summer’s best new hiking pants and shorts.

Twelve testers put 33 boots to rock, dirt, and sand. These nine vaulted to the top.

36 gear testers tried 41 shell jackets. These ones came out on top.

Six testers tried six different sleeping bags. These ones came out on top.