Suspect water? Zap viruses and protozoa like giardia and cryptosporidium to provide "germ-free" H20 with this new and miniaturized (and rechargeable!) SteriPEN device.

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Forget candy canes. This holiday season stuff your loved ones' stockings with energy food made for eating when active in the outdoors. Here are a few of our seasonal favorites.

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Quick food on the trail often means granola, gorp, or energy bars. With its new pouch product, Mountain House offers a fast meal that can be made in minutes with cold water.

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Growing tired of the mainstream flavors of energy bars and gels? A new made-with-bananas bar hit the market this summer that tastes so good it's being sold as "performance candy."

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Thirsty? Our writer tests three new hydration drinks, including grape-flavor Nuun tablets and a crystallized coconut palm nectar with high amounts of maltodextrin added for energy in a liquid form.

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Made of stainless steel, food-grade silicone and sustainably-harvested bamboo, the new Nau/Klean Kanteen collaboration bottle is advertised as the most environmentally safe, non-toxic water bottle on the market. It's among the industry's most pricey bottles, too.

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Clean drinking water in the wilderness is never guaranteed. In this roundup review, Gear Junkie looks at a half-dozen purification products made for the outdoors.

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Cook it up! Gear Junkie reviews pie irons, a classic campfire cooking tool. Just add buttered bread and filling, cook on coals, and open to eat a true outback delight.

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A compressed block of nuts and seeds -- flax, pumpkin, sesame, sunflower -- make Raw Crunch bars appear to be made for the birds. Gear Junkie takes a taste test.

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How do you eat for a week-long wilderness expedition race? Gear Junkie gives a peek inside his race pack for a few tricks from the field.

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