16 InsideOutdoor | WINTER 2023-24 Hydaway Collapsible Travel Backpack A durable and versatile backpack that stashes anywhere for your next trip or outdoor adventure. Featuring tough, waterresistant exterior fabric, adjustable, padded shoulder straps, and pockets galore, this 15L travel backpack folds up neatly into its own accessory pocket. Easily pack away the entire backpack into its top pocket to store in your luggage, carry-on, or bike panniers. Carry all your favorite travel essentials in the large zippered top pocket, two over-sized stretchy side bottle pockets, and hydration pocket that doubles as a laptop sleeve. The fabric is made from 100 percent post-consumer recycled plastic bottles, and the straps, buckles and carabiner are also made from recycled content. Available in four color schemes: Acadia, Biscayne, Kenai, and Zion. $39.95 Backpacker’s Pantry’s Build Your Own Emergency Meal Kits Boulder, Colo.-based Backpacker’s Pantry, a familyowned maker of gourmet adventure meals, revamped its Emergency Meal Kit offer to allow you to build your own custom kit for three or seven days, and choose the meals you want to have included in your own personalized survival meal kit. The available kits include meat, vegan and vegetarian, and each custom kit offers a range of meal options, from homey classics to global favorites. For those looking for a fast, decision-free, and quick shopping option, the company also announces revamped pre-built meal kits for three, seven or 14-days that are designed to provide a well-rounded balance of carbs, proteins, and fats and is available in meat, vegan, and vegetarian options. Tornado Updraft 12 RC Kit by PowerUp Toys This balsa wood airplane kit features the PowerUp 4.0 module. It’s simple to fly with autopilot and gyro stabilizer. Featuring a classic self-build design and high performance, it’s perfect for flight lovers, DIY and crafting enthusiasts. The PowerUp Tornado Kit blends technology with the thrill of sending homemade planes into flight to bring out the kid in all of us. With up to 10 minutes of flight time, it features an on-board flight computer, autopilot assist, gyro and accelerometer with fly-by-wire capability, and flight telemetry stats. Two propellers provide double the power and more maneuverability, even in imperfect weather. Specially created LED lights make flying at night a breeze and landing gear for making taking off and landing smoother. The Tornado Kit was designed by Nighthawk Gliders. $105 Bertucci A-2TS Solar Classic Bertucci’s A-2TS Solar Classic, is a solar-powered variant of the legendary titanium field watch, the A-2T Original Classic. This field-proven watch features a precision, solar-powered all-metal movement that converts any form of light to electrical energy, with no batteries or charging required. Additionally, it comes with a sixmonth power reserve that takes only five hours of light exposure to charge. With regular wear, it’s essentially always charged. Also included is Bertucci’s U.S. Patented, 40mm solid titanium Unibody.case construction for maximum durability and comfort, with no bars or pins to break. MSRP for nylon styles $295 and $325 MSRP for leather style Bote The Bote Breeze Aero Inflatable Paddle Board is known as ‘the flagship of fun’ thanks to its grab-and-go design. Built for the hobbyist, this board is a recreational dream on the water. The Breeze is the ultimate entry-level SUP. It’s stripped down to the essentials, so new paddlers don’t need to worry about extra bells and whistles weighing them down. The Breeze Aero is available in two sizes – 10’8” and 11’6” The holidays are upon us, causing consumers to carefully consider what’s in their wallets. Shoppers celebrating this year expect to spend $875 on average on gifts, decorations, food and other key seasonal items, according to the National Retail Federation’s latest consumer survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics. That amounts to $42 more than consumers planned to spend in 2022 and is in line with the average holiday budget over the last five years. “The winter holidays are an important tradition to many American families, and shoppers are prioritizing their holiday purchases for the people most important to them,” NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said. “Retailers have been preparing for months to ensure their inventories will meet demand, while at the same time helping consumers maximize their budgets with shopping events and discounts running throughout the extended holiday shopping season.” Of the $875 consumers plan to spend, approximately $620 will be spent on gifts, according to the study. That’s our launching place for the 2023 Inside/Outdoor Holiday Gift Guide. Here are just a few of the items to consider as gifts this year. We wish we could have included more.
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