The very sleek KOR ONE water bottle was featured in Ironman 2 so there’s a high cool factor there. If you’re backpacking, the slim design makes it fit easily into the side pockets of your backpack. It’s also BPA free.

Check out some of the reviews on this high quality water bottle:

You can get the KOR ONE from Amazon.

It turns out that weight is not the only concern when carrying a backpack. According to this article, incorrectly fitting a backpack may cause pain in the neck, shoulders, upper back and lower back.

According to a release from the American Chiropractic Association, backpacks are a “leading cause of back and shoulder pain for millions of children and adolescents.”

Find out how to correctly fit a hiking backpack.

I wrote an article about The Basic Guide to Survival in the Outdoors but didn’t say much about the survival kit. Lucky for me, the guys are examiner.com saved me the trouble by publishing their list of survival items which can fit into a freezer bag. Below are the items listed in their survival kit:

1. Knife
2. First-aid kit
3. Duct tape
4. Firestarters
5. Tinder
6. Survival blanket
7. Water purifier
8. Water container
9. Whistle
10. Signal mirror
11. 1’x1’ foil square
12. Compass
13. Candy bar

It’s a good thing they emphasized that it’s not meant to replace the ten essentials because the author, Alex Dundas, left out a couple of things from it. But still, first aid is part of the ten essentials and so are knife, duct tape, firestarters, tinder, water purifier or just about all of them.

What going on? Well the ten essentials are what’s inside your pack. This one is meant to be in your pocket so that if you lose your backpack, you still have something to survive on. These are more like spare ten essentials.

The five part series on survival kit is a good read so why don’t you go check it out.