First Look: Upcoming 2017 Outdoors Gear

The twice-annual Outdoor Retailer trade show, held next week in Utah, is a mecca of gear. Thousands of brands debut products for the coming year. Here’s our exclusive look at some of the most interesting outdoors items coming to market for 2017.

Water Pressure

No sucking required. The Trek Kit ($40) from HydraPak comes with a three-liter cylindrical reservoir and a “squeeze bulb” to add pressure for water to be dispensed as a blast into your mouth.

Osprey Hydration Vest

The Duro 6 and Dyna 6 vests (gender specific) provide “bounce-free stability,” according to Osprey, and they have a full-mesh build to let a runner’s body breathe.

A new form factor, the 4-ounce Backpacker Repeller from Thermacell mounts on a camp-stove fuel canister. It then creates an invisible “cloud” of repellent with allethrin, a copy of a chemical that naturally occurs in chrysanthemum flowers, to keep mosquitoes and black flies away.

Hammock Upgrades

Hammock mainstay ENO drops a few products for the show, including a pitch-anywhere stand and an on-the-ground “hammock” product that’s inflatable and gives a cushy place to sit.

3-Pound Gregory Pack

Starting at three pounds, the Gregory Paragon and women’s Maven lines are among the lightest you’ll find outside high-end specialty backpacks. A light aluminum frame with flexible characteristics fits multiple torso sizes. A foam-matrix back panel encapsulated by mesh gives breathability. It was recognized by an award at the OutDoor show in Europe this summer.

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Field-Strippable Knife

The CRKT Homefront can be pulled apart, without tools, in the field for complete cleaning. It has a 3.5″ AUS 8 steel blade with versatile drop point for all-around use in the outdoors.

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Strong Beam (Tiny Package)

A tiny headlamp with a bright beam, we got a pre-release version of the Iota by Black Diamond to test. The 150-lumen headlamp weighs 56 grams and is matchbox-small. It has a fade effect, going from its brightest setting to its dimmest when you hold the main button down. This allows a user to choose the exact, optimal brightness (and battery conservation) for the task at hand.