Food / Hydration

Outdoor athletes use endurance and recovery drinks, snacks, gels, and bars to keep going and rebound. CBD, camp food, and coolers are in the mix as well.

Campfire Pie Irons

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…

Written by Stephen Regenold

‘Birdseed’ Energy Bar

A compressed block of nuts and seeds — flax, pumpkin, sesame, sunflower — make Raw Crunch bars appear to be made for the birds. Gear…

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Bite-Size Energy ‘Solids’

Sidewalk chalk or energy food? Gear Junkie tests “the strangest energy food he has yet to try,” Hammer Nutrition’s chalky, hard Perpetuem Solids.

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Adventure Racing Food Plan

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…

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‘Glass-Like’ Bike Bottle

Specialized Bicycles’ new water bottle has an infused layer of silicon dioxide to promote “the pure taste of drinking from a glass.” Gear Junkie gave…

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Holiday-Theme Energy Food

Some Christmas spirit with your energy gel? Clif Bar & Company and GU Energy Labs unveiled holiday-themed energy foodstuffs last month.

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Interview: Founder of Clif Bar

Clif Bar & Company celebrates 20 years in the energy-bar business next month. Gear Junkie interviewed the company’s founder about Clif’s origins and the future…

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CRUNCH Granola Bars

In a direct affront at a market long dominated by General Mills and its Nature Valley line, Clif Bar & Company debuted CRUNCH granola bars…

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CamelBak Antidote

Hydration stalwart CamelBak touts a “redefinition” of the water reservoir with its to-be-released Antidote line.

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Mini Treasure Hunt: Roanoke – Winner

We have a winner! As part of our Mini Treasure Hunt we received hundreds of correct responses and our random winner is Danny Garcia-Velez of…

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Thinksport Steel Bottles

These double-walled water bottles are made of stainless steel and touted as addressing “the growing concern of toxic chemicals leaching from consumer products.”

Written by Stephen Regenold

‘Anti-Energy’ Drink

“Unwind from the Grind” with an alcohol-free relaxation drink. Reviewer Stephen Krcmar finds out if there is better sleep through chemistry.

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Sport Beans Go All Natural

When you’re craving junk food during a long ride or workout, nothing is better than junk food without the junk: Sport Beans recently transitioned to…

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Gear Review: GU Roctane

You may have recently noticed GU Roctane at your local outdoor retailer. You may also have noticed that this energy gel costs 50 to 100…

Written by Bryon Powell

BELA-Olhao sardines

It’s a little strange popping open a small tin filled with oily fish that still have bones and scales intact. Sure, the heads and tails…

Written by Stephen Regenold

New Clif Bar Flavors

I’m a self-proclaimed skeptic of most things — especially if it’s food that “tastes like cardboard,” which is a saying some people ascribe to the…

Written by Stephen Regenold

Project 7 water bottles

Not often would I write about bottled water. I’m more of the mind that you should refill a metal (or non-BPA poly) bottle with filtered…

Written by Stephen Regenold

Justin’s Nut Butter

Justin’s Nut Butter makes the salty sustenance and nutritional boost of good ol’ fashioned nut butter now available in tear-and-squeeze packages for carrying in a…

Written by Stephen Regenold

Bear Naked Trail Mixes

After a long hiatus from trail mix, I am back into the nutty/fruity energy-food concoctions. Specifically, Bear Naked Inc. of La Jolla, Calif., makes a…

Written by Stephen Regenold

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