Outdoor Element Blog

  • The Brown Family's Havasu Falls Adventure 2023 by OE Partner, Joe Brown

    Voice outside the tent at 11:07 pm Thu night: Hello. Hello. Anyone in there? (am I dreaming of Pink Floyd?) 

    Us inside the tent: Yes (hesitantly, but thinking who the heck is waking us up in the middle of the night and why) 

    Voice outside the tent: We need you to pack up your camp and move to higher ground as soon as possible. 

    What? Really? How is this happening? We chose the “higher ground” for a reason. Adrenaline starts to surge…

  • Near Zero

    I decided to do a test.

    Test setup and givens: As a reminder, I am located near Denver (5280 ft elevation). I used the same fuel (Jetboil), same aluminum canister/pot (by Outdoor Element), and the same amount of water (2 cups ...generally the amount used for any dehydrated meal). It's hard to judge if I set the throttle to the same amount but I tried. I timed the event to measure how fast each stove would boil the same amount of water.

    I am completely impressed with the Near Zero Mini Camping Stove!