Eat-out-of-the-jar good, NuttZo has been a go-to fuel for us at GearJunkie as of late. It is a natural/kosher/vegan energy food option for the outdoors or the everyday diet.

Used to be the food bricks we call "energy bars" were barely eatable. That changed years ago, and nowadays many of the big brands build their bars with whole-food ingredients that you can see and taste with each bite.

They don't taste like neoprene. But wetsuit maker Body Glove is jumping into the energy category with SURGE, a new line of gels aimed at outdoors types as well as surfers.

PROBAR ships its first gummy energy chew product this month. The all-organic, yerba mate-powered chews are different than anything we've previously tasted in the category.

From our reviewer: "Calorie for calorie, Tailwind is priced cheaper than almost all bars and gels, especially if you add in the price of electrolyte supplementation used during longer events. It's one of the only liquid foods that I've tried for endurance racing that I can actually endure for the long haul."

A novel idea can raise six-figure investment via crowd-source funding sites like Kickstarter. Clean Bottle recently proposed turning its popular hydration vessel square, and people responded in droves.

Polycarbonate water bottle were standard in the outdoors for years. Next, metal bottles came onto the scene. This year, glass is in the spotlight.

Yep, people do actually make camping stoves out of soda cans. There's even a mass-produced option, which our writer tested out (to somewhat underwhelming results) in preparation for his planned AT thru-hike.

Most cooking pots are made of metal. Energia USA makes its pots out of paper. The company's Hexa Pot product is a disposable paper cooking pot made for camping, backpacking, and "survival" scenarios outdoors.

As a puffy and fibrous synthetic down, PrimaLoft insulation is most often used in winter jackets for warmth. But a water bottle from Hydrapak shipping this summer adds PrimaLoft in between its double-wall plastic, creating an insulated vessel to keep your water cool.