Let’s face it, finding a good camera backpack is hard to find. Now take that difficulty and multiply it by 10 when you need something that’ll be able to handle the rough outdoors and overnight camping gear. For the longest time, I had kept my eye on a company called f-stop Gear, focused on adventure […]
Gear Reviews
There's always more travel gear to buy and try!
I'm a bit of a gear nut, always on the hunt for the perfect travel thing that'll make my life so much easier on the road. Here you'll find a list of extremely honest reviews of products and why you should or shouldn't consider them.
Check out the latest blog posts below
REVIEW: Granite Rocx Tahoe Backpack Cooler and Chair Holder
Lately I’ve been doing more local things in my hometown including trips to the beach and day hike trips. For these trips, they were much more casual than say my hike out in Utah and as a result, required a bit more of a domesticated day pack that could carry comfort items like chairs and drinks […]
Why Micro 4/3 Is The Perfect Travel Camera Over A DSLR
Why carry all that SLR weight when can go mirrorless? This blog post has been a long time coming but chalk it up to additional testing over this past year. As some of you may know, this year I decided to take the plunge and kind of went all-out and bought everything I needed for […]
REVIEW: The Hoboroll by Gobi Gear – Essential Packing Gear
Hoboroll Review I recently won a Hoboroll from a giveaway that Clint was running over at TripHackr and was really stoked about it because I’m always looking for gear to help keep things organized and consolidated. I didn’t have any upcoming backpacking type trips so I thought I’d test it out on my recent trip to […]
VIDEO: Review of Geigerrig Hydration Backpacks
Performance Under Pressure 10 reasons to love Well there’s not really that much more to say on top of the video but here are 10 points that have made me really love the Geigerrig line of products: Amazing construction – Geigerrig has videos of the reservoir surviving bomb blasts and being run over by a […]
Review of the GoScope Extreme
I recently had the opportunity to review the GoScope Extreme and I thought it was quite fitting because this year I got my first GoPro (albeit only the Hero2) and I’ve been interested in ways of mounting my GoPro. If you read my Canoe Trip blog post, I attempted to use the suction cup mount […]
Natural Insect Repellent with the Mosquitno Bandz and Spotz
Do mosquitos love you? I love the outdoors and but one thing that I dread every time I head out to do some hiking, canoeing, climbing, shooting or whatever else it is I’m doing in the summer, the one thing I’m always worried about is mosquitoes. Now I’m not as bad as say my girlfriend […]
Gear Review: Rainbow Flip Flops
Rainbow Sandals are the best you’ll ever own I was never one to wear flip flops as a kid. I mean common they look so uncomfortable. Who wants to have something stuck between your big toe and second toe the whole day. It just seemed illogical. For that fact, that’s why I wore sandals most […]
Gear Review: Lowepro Passport Sling Camera Bag
A Small Profile Sling Bag That Actually Fits a Full Frame DSLR Life Carrying Heavy DSLR Gear After you’ve decided long and hard about whether to bring your camera gear or not, you then have to figure out what bag you want to bring to carry it and then the amount of gear itself. Now for my […]
Video – Review of Eagle Creek Pack-It Specter Cube and How To Roll Your Clothes
How to pack effectively and efficiently My very first video with Going Awesome Places so be gentle now. Sorry the focus is a bit out of whack but that’s what happens I guess when you’re using your DSLR and filming by yourself! I will work on it for my next one…that’s for sure! I wanted […]
