You most likely have more than one drinking vessel. The dozen backups in your cupboard at home. The extra few at work. The forgotten one rolling around in the trunk of your car. Then, the chosen one you never leave home without.
This summer, we want you to bring that one to Outdoor Retailer Summer Market. Don't forget it because we want you to rely on it and say 'no' to single-use cups and bottles and other vessels during the show and after. Which of these 23 brands makes your favorite?
Last year, the Super Bowl, one of the largest events in the country with more than 100,000 attendees, sought to keep 90 percent of waste out of landfills and send 10 percent to a waste-to-energy plant. Due to its magnitude, some were skeptical. But they pulled it off. Now, it's ...read more
When baristas offer single-use cups and food vendors offer reusable utensils, most of us have begun to say, "No, thanks, I'll use my own." We do this because we understand that single-use plastic is a burden to our beloved planet. As we count down to Outdoor Retailer Summer ...read more
Hard-sided or soft-sided, 40 quarts or lunch-box sized, on your back or on wheels—we know everyone has a preference. With so many different options nowadays, we just want to know which brand keeps ice the longest and therefore, keeps beer, snacks, and other essentials the ...read more
Truth: Single-use plastic sucks. We all know it. So let’s do something about it at our biggest convergence as an industry: Outdoor Retailer. Minimizing our impact on the planet is central to so many of our brands, yet we consume untold amounts of single-use plastic at our most ...read more
A good outdoor growler needs to do more than simply hold beer. There’s truly a lot that goes into a high-quality beer growler, especially one that’s built tough enough for camping, hiking, or any other outdoor activity. We want something that keeps beer (or whatever beverage ...read more
Whether you're mountain biking, running, or hiking, water is a must. And if you'd prefer to drink on the go, hydration packs are the best option over water bottles. Vote for your favorite brand and then tell us in the comments what outdoor activity you use a hydration pack for ...read more
Water is a must while hiking and when you can't carry enough for your trip, you clean it in the backcountry. Mountain streams might be tempting, but even if it's crystal clear, it's definitely dirtier than it looks. It'd be a serious bummer to get giardia halfway through your ...read more
The massive collaborative effort to eliminate single-use plastic from Outdoor Retailer continues to gain steam, with less than two weeks until show time. Of the 200+ members of the Plastic Impact Alliance about 120 of them are exhibitors at OR and will be hosting in-booth water ...read more
At HydraPak’s product testing lab, the 1-liter plastic bottle was filled to capacity with water, which swooshed like the steady beat of a song each second, for 72 hours. Dubbed the RECON, the bottle clung to the hiking imitation machine, which rapidly jiggled the bottle via a ...read more
