Next-Level Gear No One is Talking About (All Under $30)

Snap Bowls: geni.us/rE01 Convertube: geni.us/x0ojc8r Quickdraw Filter: geni.us/0CABg1c Java Drip: geni.us/QXSH3F0 Toaks Mug/Pot: geni.us/5dT1rbh Firebiner: geni.us/x66iS Bombas Boxer Brief: geni.us/vBEN Bombas Hiking Socks: geni.us/XKip6 Bombas Ankle Socks: no longer available Bombas Active T-shirt: Gas Adapter: geni.us/wuktVFX Bogler Trowel: geni.us/evIJfd Trek Towel: geni.us/yTk0Oc Compressed Towels: geni.us/AZBlkRu

Bombas donated socks to our clinic for low income/ homeless people last year! You would be surprised how much having 2 pairs of socks helps someone, especially if they have wounds. One of our patients was in tears when she realized that she would get some good quality, name brand footwear. Can't say enough about their work!

A frisbee makes a great plate bowl. Doesn’t take up much space, holds a lot, relatively light weight, and can play with it at camp when you have down time.

As a dude who's been and ( and currently is) homeless for over 10 years, I can confirm Bombas not only hooks it up on the socks, those things are great quality.

Can confirm Bombas really does pass out socks. after my family and I were in a fire Christmas morning of 2019, they passed out socks to all residence that were in the Christmas morning fire!

Crazy. For $4 at the hardware store check stand I can get into a non load bearing carabiner and a mini Bic of any color I like 😉

Can confirm Bombas gave three 50 gallon barrels full of socks to Portland Rescue Mission in OR every year since 2015

Here is a tip for coffee drinkers who hate instant coffee. I love a good coffee myself, I am from Guatemala and I'm used to smell the aroma of a good coffee a block away! I'm here to tell you that the reason you don't like instant coffee is because of the way you prepare it. If you put your hot water in a cup then add a tea spoon of instant coffee and your sugar(optional of course), you are doing it wrong and it will never taste good. The best way I discovered to do it is to add your instant coffee and sugar(optional) to your cup first, then add just one or two drops of hot water and mix that really well into a paste with your spoon, then add the rest of the hot water and mix again. You will be surprised! It even gives you the crema you see in a good espresso, I sometimes make me a espresso shot that way. The flavor is like day and night!

That canister gas transfer valve was the bomb on the PCT and I was so jealous of anyone who had one - it saves you money and it's good for the environment, you would not believe how many half empty cans people leave in the hiker boxes. Oh and speaking of hiker boxes I actually picked up a pair of bombas socks from one, been wearing them in WA can confirm that they are decent quality.

For your wife. If you live in an area that has an Italian food importer, try instant Espresso. Really good - and this is coming from an instant coffee hater.

For coffee, coffee bags are hard to beat. They contain ground coffee and come in small paper sachets so you can make it right in the cup with no filter/funnel at all and no clean up required 👌🏼

As someone who experienced 8 years of homelessness I can also vouch that Bombas gives sticks to the homeless. They're also very comfortable

We had some bombas socks sent to us in care packages while in Iraq, and they were by far my favorite socks for downtime. They did not replace my darn toughs but kept them in better shape because I was able to keep them for busier times 🤙🏻

DANGER! Propane SHOULD NOT be put in an ISO canister. Only use the transfer valve to combine two ISO-Butane canisters.

One thing I take with me pretty much everywhere I hike or camp is a Sheep Skin Chamois. The type for detailing cars. It can be adapted for every cloth need I have come across. Obviously its a great towel and it Dries light, although not compact it is easy to store. . I have used them for everything from filtering water to wound bandaging. It will soak up a lot of liquid and you can boil it for reuse if needed.

That foldable bowl is interesting. They must have hot the idea from a Chinese food container as it does the same thing.

I "discovered" those snap bowls last year and haven't been able to stop using, even in my daily life at home. Outstanding gear. Thanks for the Nikwax tip. I have a few raincoats that could definitely use this.

Just found your channel this morning and I love the content! Lots of different brands mentions and cost being considered, not all of us backpackers have hundreds of dollars to throw down on gear 👍 this is my favorite kinda of content since it's so cold and wet where I live, this is what's gets me through until camping season hits again

Hey guys good video. I learned a few good things here. Now don't hate me now but Bombas socks according to the website, are “manufactured in facilities around the world in the US, Taiwan, Peru, and China". There are manufactures in America solely making their product here. Take a look at From Farm to Feet (US merino wool) or Grip 6 (also 100% locally sourced, merino wool). However, the socks that are made by Bombas in the US are not labeled as such, so it would be impossible to tell which ones those are. If you're a fan of Bombas, ask them to label the socks that they manufacture in the USA! Again, great video and I like your message about how Bombas donates to the homeless. Cheers.

Regarding the Fozzils folding plates, I use one as a lightweight cutting board and prep surface when I'm taking something like summer sausage or block cheese that needs to be cut up. Great little piece of low-price gear!