I’m a gear junkie: in my day job I research, talk about, and write about gear so I like to think I know what I’m talking about. On this page you’ll find a collection of honest and detailed gear reviews of stuff that I actually use. My policy is to only review gear after I’ve used it on multiple trips and ideally after I’ve used it for a full season. I don’t believe that one or two uses plus a staged photo shoot are enough to give a real review of gear!
I’ve been hiking for over two decades, and for years I mostly wore hiking pants. Even though I wore leggings for running, yoga, and everyday life, I didn’t trust them for hiking since they kept getting ripped or they…
