Ted over at the Daily Dirt reports on the CarboPouch, which boast such features as, well, BEING ABLE TO TRANSPORT BEER INTO THE WOODS!  Yah, I know…sweet.  A company appropriately named Beverage Pouch Group manufactures this wonderful product at, among other places, Germany.  Vince the ShamWow guy isn’t kidding when he says, “the Germans always make good stuff.”  Cheers, hikers!

Test me for money

Backpacker Magazine editor Shannon Davis lives one of my dream lives–he’s a gear tester and writes about hiking for a living.  His engaging Diary of a Gear Tester post on today’s Daily Dirt gives us a good look into what a professional gear tester for a major publication goes through, and although it ain’t always pretty, it still seems better than most jobs.

Daily Dirt–Diary of a Gear Tester

The latest offering from CamelBak (due out Fall ’09) looks and feels exactly like what you’d think a 72 ounce reservoir packed inside a tight mesh vest would look and feel like.  At least according to Stephen over at GearJunkie: