Trevor Tarr

"Comprehensive" really does say it all. Adventure Medical has put together a great assortment of equipment to address a wide range of injuries. It's also very well-organized, with myriad individual compartments, and handy reference instructions for everything. The kit folds down into a compact portable size. And it has just enough extra room to supplement with whatever specialty items you might want to add. (I beefed up the meds sections, added some more surgical steel, plus a couple tubes of Dermabond and some Celox, then went to town with the P-Touch labeler.)

The Kelty Carport offers perfect protection from sun or rain, is easy to set up, and stows down to a compact bundle. I use two to provide shade off the side and back of a pop-up trailer. The feature I most appreciate is the option of either laying the outer edge on the ground, for maximum wind insulation; or propping it up on poles, for more standing room and air circulation. I've used other shade canopies, and the Carport has proven superior: it's lighter, MUCH easier-to-deploy, and packs smaller.

For an organization-obsessed neat-freak like me, the Pack-It system is a godsend. Used to be, by the second or third day of a backcountry expedition, my duffel bag was an impossible tangle of gear and garb. With these cubes--pants in one, shirts in another, etc.--I can pull out one at a time, keeping the kit tidy with minimal effort.