The best new outdoors gear coming to market in 2014 was center stage last week at the Outdoor Retailer trade show in Salt Lake City. Our “Best in Show” awards identify the most unique and stand-out items from the thousands unveiled at the show. (See part I of our awards article here.)
Congrats to all the winners! This gear represents the state of the art in outdoors equipment and gear design today. —Stephen Regenold
Click to View “Best in Show” Winners (part II):
- EPIC Brand ‘Carnivore Bars’
- Titanium External Frame Pack by Vargo Outdoors
- ‘Electricity from Water’ with myFC PowerTrekk
- Sierra Designs ‘Backcountry Bed’
- Kelty PK 50 Backpack
- Montane Dragon 20 ‘High-Exertion’ Pack
- ‘Power Popsicles’ by PowerICE
- Arc’teryx Alpha FL Pack Series
- Primus Eta Lite All-In-One Stove
- Flashback Assisted-Opening Knife by SOG
- Leki ‘Do-All’ Trekking Pole
- Super Light ‘Houdini’ Shell
—Editors and reporters Stephen Regenold, Sean McCoy, Jason Magness, Chelsey Magness, John Peacock, Sam Salwei, Patrick Murphy, and Amy Oberbroeckling contributed to this report.
