The Gear Guys planned a backpacking trip to the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Our goal was to hike 2.5 miles into a backcountry campsite that overlooks the Lake of the Clouds and bring our Adventure Dog,Bear, with us. As we looked through our tent inventory while knowing we…
The Gear Guys recently tested an Alaskan Guide series tent from Cabela’s and were very happy with the performance of the product. We tested the tent after receiving three days of rain, followed by a quick freeze, that lead to two inches of snow, with a temperature during testing of 18 degrees. Here is a…
The Gear Guys just love tents…they are like building a fort when you were a kid. We enjoy researching them and trying them out for the first time. Here are two quick tips we have run across in our hunt for the perfect tent: It can be easier to assemble the tent with the main…
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With late fall recently arriving in the Midwest, our mountain dog is awakening to the fact his adventure season has arrived. Now don’t get me wrong, our Great Pyrenees-German Shepherd mix is more then happy to tag along during the summer months but when you have a fur coat as thick as a polar bear…
On New Year’s Eve of 2017, The Gear Guys thought it would be an awesome idea to spend the night in the middle of the woods while it was -5 without the windchill factor. Little did we know that it would turn out to be a slightly painful experience. This all occurred in the deep…
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