Travel Gear Blog News 09/23/2010

There are hundreds of brands out there making Wayfarer-like pairs of shades, and at first glance the Activist Eyewear 10.01 ($450) may seem like just another imitator.

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The talk of the dirt demo at this week’s Interbike 2010, the annual North American bike industry trade show, was Black Sheep Bikes‘ 36-inch-wheeled Gates carbon belt-driven mountain bike.

From the, “why didn’t I think of that” category comes the NEMO Morpho 2P ($350), a lightweight backpacking tent that eschews conventional aluminum poles for support in favor of collapsible “airbeams.”

A new take on the water bottle cage is set to transform biking forever. Or at least that's what the manufacturer is hoping.

Most dog food is bulky, heavy, and prone to bloating when your dog jumps in the lake with their dog pack on. So Callista from Utah Outside tests out some vacuumed sealed dehydrated dog food on a backpacking trip.

Forget taking a cold shower to wash off the camping grime – the Coleman Hot Water on Demand system will have you singing in the shower.

Of all the products I’ve reviewed here on Practical Travel Gear, this is one of the simplest. And simple is good, especially if you’re traveling with more than one Apple device.

The Gear Junkie reviews the Kodak Playsport, which is waterproof, small, and reasonably priced at about $150.

Beth from Wanderlust and Lipstick has the opportunity to test out a couple of natural safe mosquito repellents in Papua New Guinea.

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