Hydration
EcoVessel Offers Limited Artist Collection for Safe Water Mission
EcoVessel, creator of premium hydration bottles and drinkware, announced its collaboration with Boulder artist, Phil Lewis, for a limited edition collection. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Water For People, a long established non-profit, whose goal is to provide ...read more
Poll | Who makes the best hydration packs?
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
A hydration vest made for mud, sweat, and tears
Elevator Pitches are written by the company and edited for space and clarity. They do not express the opinions of SNEWS or its editors. Ride the elevator with Buzz Burrell, brand vice president of Ultimate Direction. We started the running hydration category in 1985 and continue ...read more
Hot/Not | What outdoor gear is trending this week at The Outpost of Holland in Michigan
Kyle Shields, sales and marketing associate at Outpost of Holland in Michigan, shares what’s moving at his store right now. What’s hot? With the cooler nights and brisk days ahead, our top products right now are the Patagonia Organic Cotton Quilt Snap-T Pullover and merino wool ...read more
Hot/Not | What outdoor gear is trending this week at Feral Mountain Co. in Colorado
Jimmy Funkhouser, owner of Feral Mountain Co. in Denver, Colorado, shares some beta on what's moving in his store this week. What's hot? Hydration continues to be a growing category for us, particularly insulated water bottles and particularly Hydro Flask. It is a category that ...read more
iFitness Belts
It’s difficult enough to find enough pockets to store all the stuff we like to take with us on a run – iPod, phone, keys and chapstick. And when we do, the constant bouncing gets on our nerves. Hydration belts and packs on long runs are supposed to help, but the ones we've tried ...read more
CamelBak Better Bottle Stainless
When the specialist in hands-free backpack hydration systems decided to get into the bottle market three years ago, we knew it wouldn’t be a simple addition to the line just to say it had a bottle. Now the company has a wide range and it’s managed to shake up the concept with ...read more
Gel-Bot bottles
No, not like Ro-bot, but like Gel-bottle. The Gel-Bot is truly one-of-a-kind: A bottle that has an internal flask, which holds close to two packets of sports gel, and a mechanism that allows one nozzle on the bottle to deliver either gel or water on demand. This is the kind of ...read more
Sawyer Innova Stage 2 Filter
On the trail, filtering water always feels like a chore to us -- like having to wash dishes or take out the trash. So we sometimes like the idea of water bottle filters. You can just scoop and go. But, in the past, bottles have had sluggish flow rates, and you could sprain your ...read more
Kelty Neptune Hydration Pack
What does the world need with yet another hydration pack? As good as the new Kelty hydration line looked at Summer Market, we certainly had our doubts, until we received two Neptune "speed packs" to test. We look for four things in a hydration pack for trail running or mountain ...read more