Camping Equipment

Camping Cot Buyer's Guide

In the camping world, the best option for upgrading a night’s sleep is to add a cot to your selection of sleeping gear. If you’re camping near your vehicle, a cot should be high on your priority list. In my opinion, it should be No. 1. With some of the compact, lightweight models, it doesn’t matter how far you are from your vehicle. They’re really not that bad to strap onto a pack. Think about it. You’re going to spend a short time carrying a cot and at least eight hours sleeping on it!

Best Camping Water Filters Worthy of Consideration

While the casual car camper may consider a portable water filtration system a nice-to-have accessory, anyone who steps off the beaten path should consider it a wise-to-have outdoor essential. Today, finding a right-sized system is easy, and buying a quality system is relatively inexpensive.

Bass Pro Shops Christmas Gift Guide for Outdoor Kids

Selecting the right Christmas gift for children is always a challenge. You want to give them what they want, but also gifts they’ll enjoy, appreciate, grow with — even learn from — for a long time to come. Any gift that encourages a child to spend more time outdoors and foster a lifelong appreciation for the outdoor lifestyle meets all those criteria.

Bass Pro Shops Christmas Gift Guide for Women Who Enjoy the Outdoors

There are so many great Christmas gift ideas for women at Bass Pro Shops that it’s hard to decide what your mom, wife, sister, daughter or friend will love best. So, we’ve made the job easier for you by narrowing thousands of ideas down to our favorite 14.

Bass Pro Shops Christmas Gift Guide for Outdoor Adventure and Family Fun

On Christmas morning, you can tell the outdoor adventurers in the group.  While they are sitting next to you opening gifts and observing the traditions, they likely have a far away look in their eyes.  Some part of them is on a mountaintop where the trees are decorated with snow instead of tinsel and the day’s feast would be prepared over an open fire.  Here are some

Buying a Cooler? How to Select the Right One for You (video)

Whether to store fish on a boat for days or on a weekend camping trip, finding the right cooler for the job is important. Here is a guide to help you know what to look for to find the best cooler to meet your needs and interests?

Keeping a Cool Cooler

Outdoors enthusiasts can't change the weather, so the only option is to prepare and go with it. Warm weather creates a few tasks for campers, such as keeping drinks and foods cold. The amount of effort required to keep food cold during camping excursions depends on the outside temperature, length of trip and if car camping or packing in.