Camping season makes you want to head outside. These are the best tents you can get for less than you’d expect. Every year around this time, we start getting the itch. The attraction to the woods gets stronger. We can hear it calling to us. What do we do? We head outdoors and look for
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There are some pretty cool container houses out there, but this one may be the coolest. Joseph Dupuis a 29-year-old Canadian man who made something extraordinary out of three ugly shipping containers only costing him $3,400 each. The shipping container house is located in the wilderness 35 miles away from Ottawa, Canada and it took Dupuis only 14
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The new Midland PPG100 is the lightweight, rechargeable power solution you’ve been looking for. At a mere 25 pounds, and with its own weather-resistant carrying case, you can now have 950Wh of juice with a pure-sine peak output of 400W anywhere and everywhere. The PPG100 has almost as many charging options as it has output
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Here’s a useful trick for your next camping trip. So you’re sitting around the campfire, trying to open that can of beans and weenies, but you forgot your can opener. What do you do? Those beans and weenies are calling your name, and your stomach is grumbling. The CrazyRussianHacker will show you how to open
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Here’s one way to pull the camper to your favorite spot. We don’t need to explain that an outdoorsman will do what he has to do. If you’re a hunter or an angler, you’re likely well aware of the extremes we’re willing to go to just to reach our favorite spot. Well, the gang from
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Ever wonder about the history behind the iconic Coleman Camp Stove? Here’s the story, plus you get a peek inside the factory to see just how the famous camp stove is made. William Coffin Coleman founded the Coleman Company back in 1900. The inventive businessman started by selling gasoline pressure lamps in Oklahoma, before moving
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No mouse trap, no worries. Catch a mouse with one of these DIY mouse traps. We’ve all seen it happen. The mouse comes out to the trap that you strategically placed in the corner where it was forced to walk. Â It takes a minute to breathe in the fresh aroma from the cheese you placed
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These firestarters work while wet. If you’re in an emergency or survival situation in a hurry, you want a tool that can get a fire going as quickly as possible. There’s a plethora of options available out there, but YouTube’s Crazy Russian Hacker has just tested out what may be one of the most impressive
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The Buck Model 110 Folding Hunter is one of the most popular knife designs in history. Here’s how it’s made, from start to finish. Buck introduced the Model 110 Folding Hunter pocket knife to the public in 1964. Outdoorsmen absolutely loved the knife, as the company has sold more than 15 million over the last
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Here’s a great grassroots life hack to make free firewood from the crap we get in our mailboxes. Junk mail is a fact of life. Although annoying, we would probably miss it if we didn’t get any at all. The problem is, while recycling effortse pay off in the long run, it would be nice
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