Camping Holiday Gift Guide 2026

What's up everybody? Welcome back to the channel and to my holiday gift guide for 2026. Holidays are rapidly approaching and if you haven't planned out what you're going to get for yourself or for that special someone in your life, then this would be a great time to do so. So I have a bunch of really cool products in front of me that I am very excited to share with you. They are awesome outdoor products for the person in your life who loves the outdoors and that could be you. All right, so make sure you take note of some of the codes and details with these products because there's some really good deals to be had on some of this. So, first of all, I want to just tease something here. This is a new product from Jetboil that I saw at Outdoor Media Summit. And... I really wish I could show it to you, but I really can't because I signed an NDA, and it comes out in February, so you're just going to have to wait and see how awesome this thing is. This is a very cool, very cool camping accessory that's coming out soon. So stay tuned to the channel to hear more about that. All right, enough of that. Let's get into it. This is the first product I have. This is the Redivis Easy Talk 5. This is a GMRS radio. What's GMRS? GMRS stands for General Mobile Radio Service, and it shares the same frequencies as the FRS radio service, which is the family radio service, but it allows for higher power, more channels, a lot more features, like you can actually use repeaters to extend your range, to get further, things like that. Now, To get licensed to use a GMRS radio is really simple. You just go to the FCC website. It's no exam. You don't have to know anything. To pass, you just pay the fee. It's $35, and it covers you and your family for 10 years. So that's how you get a GMRS license. And then you can use one of these really nice radios, which has a very long range in open country. If you're in mountain country, you might get... A couple of miles out of it. What's really special about this radio is that it has dual GPS and BDS positioning. So it uses two different satellite constellations to pinpoint your location. So if you're in an area where there's weak GPS reception, the BDS system might pick you up really well. You have a greater chance of having a GPS lock at all times. So you can actually send your position to your group and let them know where you are exactly, which is really cool. This also talks to an app on your phone, so you can get your location that way as well. You can get general NOAA weather alerts on this, which is pretty awesome. And it's got two different channels that you can... Broadcast or receive on, so you can do two different channels at once. You can listen to two at once, basically, and then broadcast on one of them. It has a 1.77-inch display. It's waterproof, which is fantastic, so you don't have to worry about this thing getting fried when you're out in the rain. And it has nine levels of squelch for really clear calls. You can set up a group really easily and talk to just your group. It's got privacy codes, et cetera. And... It's got FM radio on it, so you can listen to FM radio, so you get all those features packed in this nice waterproof radio that gives you your GPS signal at all times, and you can get an 8% discount right now, November 4th through December 30th of this year, just using this code right here on screen. So if you use that code, you can get this radio for 8% off. Pretty good deal. And I am a radio nerd, so you can trust that this is a good radio. Alright, moving on. Next up is a really cool product that I also saw at OMS but I can actually show it to you and that is the Ember by Packfire. This little case right here is super cool because it contains an awesome little fire pit. This thing is dead simple to put together. Very very easy. It's got buttons on the side to release the ring. And it locks in so you can just pick it up and move it around wherever you need to move it to. And then you can build a fire in it. And the really awesome thing is is that you can have this on a tabletop because underneath it stays cool. It doesn't get super hot. It won't scorch your tabletop, which is a very wonderful feature of this little Packfire Ember system. I saw this at OMS. They had a bunch of them out on tables and they had its big brother out. around like a fire ring for people to sit around and it just really struck me as an awesome product because it's dead simple like i said you can pack it down into this little tiny case which you can throw in the car for car camping you can cook marshmallows over this thing it's just awesome this would be such a great gift to give somebody uh this holiday season so definitely Check out the Ember by Packfire. And in the same vein as car camping, even backpacking if you're really into it, I have this cool product right here. And this is a portable milk frother. Yep, so you can make cappuccinos while you're out camping. And that is just... Really, my speed. As I get older, I really like the finer things in life. The simple things, like having a cappuccino while you're out camping. All you got to do is just turn this thing on. You select the speed, either low or high. And you can use this silicone ring right here to kind of guide it in the cup to keep it from rattling around. And yeah, you just froth your milk and you can make yourself a cappuccino. This thing is actually pretty lightweight and it all folds down into this little cool carrying case right here. So the thing I like about this is, you know, I'm a coffee... Snob. Let's just say it. I'm a coffee snob. And so any way I can get more of the comforts of home out while I'm camping is a plus. And that really comes down to coffee too. So I can make myself a fancy coffee using this frother from Right now, these are $49 on Amazon, so a pretty cool little gift that you can give to somebody to improve their experience in the outdoors, or you can just use this at home, too. It's a really high-quality product. This thing might just get used every day, even at home, and it's really easy to recharge because the top, of course, has USB-C in it. So you can recharge it and then seal it back up and you're good to go. There you go. Check that out. I put links in the description to this stuff so you can click on it. Some of it might be an affiliate link, which might earn the channel a little bit of money, but doesn't cost you anything additional. The company pays for that. So. There you go. Click on those links. It helps out the channel. And because I am who I am and I love knives, we're going to talk about knives right now. This one here by O-Knife is really cool, very special. It's really cool looking. It's made from Damascus steel. It's got a cool like wavy pattern to the blade. And yes, it's gigantic because this is a kitchen knife. And I have really enjoyed using the O-Knife Gar as my kitchen knife. It just has a much more usable blade profile for cutting, for chopping. It can make it all the way down. It's got a little bit of a curve to the belly of the blade so you can do your kitchen knife stuff. You can hold it like this and do your chopping. What an awesome camp tool this is. I highly suggest getting one of these. You don't have to use your nasty bushcrafting knife to cut your potatoes and your onions. I'm sure your family will thank you for it. Have a dedicated knife just for cooking. I'll put the price on the screen and in the description, there's a nice link you can click on to get this knife. Next up is the O-Knife MK. These little knives are really special. Satisfy a lot of your everyday carry needs in this little tiny package. So first up They have a light built into them So you've got a flashlight and it's got different modes to it, which is really cool Um, you can triple press, when it's off, you can triple press and get a side light. Um, you can also turn this red and you can change the intensity level just by pushing and holding the light. So you can get like a moonlight, very, very small for extended battery life, or you can get it all the way up to turbo. And, uh, this is actually pretty bright for a little tiny light like this. And the nice thing is, is that in the back here, it's got a little... It's a lanyard hook, and if you turn that, you can actually get the battery out of here, and it's a standard AAA rechargeable lithium ion battery, which is fantastic, and you've got a pocket clip, and the thing feels really high quality in your hands. This is not like a cheap toy at all. You've got your USB-C port here on the side and a nice knife with a nail nick in it so you can get the knife out easily. This would be a very nice gift for somebody who's just getting into EDC everyday carry and wants to have a light and a knife on them at all times and a little tool set. Which is fantastic. To go along with that, O-Knife also makes this really cool little bit set. This little bit set has all these little tools in it, torques, torques drivers, I think that's a magnet. Yep, that's a magnet in there, a nice strong magnet. So you can fish something out if you drop it down in an engine compartment or something like that. This is just a fantastic little set that you can put on your key ring. It's got a hole here for sticking on your key ring or tying a lanyard to something. You've got your bit set for your O-Knife MK. So these two things would make a great gift, and they have lots of different color options. I like this orange, personally, because it's got that topo map design on it. I just think that looks really cool. And then sort of a bonus here, I won't talk about this one too much, but they do make a utility knife. Which is fantastic. This is the U1 Ultra and the utility knife. It is replaceable by using this little tool that they give you. You can loosen up the screw that holds it in. You can swap out the blades. Really nice for somebody who likes to use utility knives. This is just like a little bit of an elevated knife for them. So the O-Knife U1 Ultra would be a great choice for somebody that likes to have a utility blade on them at all times. And what holiday would be complete without giving someone socks? Now, these are special socks. I wouldn't talk about socks unless they were special. These are very special. So these are socks made by Holo. Have you heard of Holo? Hello, Socks. I had the pleasure of meeting Brian, who founded the company, basically. And he is an awesome dude, makes some really amazing socks out of alpaca. So you know how much I love alpaca. I talk about it a lot. I'm wearing it right now. I wear alpaca almost every day. And these socks are killer. So they make different kinds. These are the hunting They make a running version, etc., a hiking version, so they're just designed a little bit differently to fit your foot a little differently. These ones are nice and thick. I like that because they have a good R-value to them. Definitely check out Hollow Socks. I'm telling ya, these are really comfortable and they perform, that's the important thing. They perform really well. You gotta take care of your feet, so get these for somebody's feet. The next product is one that really I have fallen in love with this year and that is Near Zero. Now this is a brand that is built to get people outside. They make bundles and one of the bundles looks like this. This is everything you need to go backpacking. It's all in here. It's all organized and labeled so that you know where everything goes. And it's just dead simple. You can buy this and go backpacking. You don't have to think about it. And it's got extra space, quite a bit of extra space for all the other things that you might need to bring with you. So I really love near zero. And they made this little Dean backpack, which is a 20 liter pack. For adults who want to just do a day trip, just throw the essentials in here to go out for a nice hike. Or for kids, this is sized so you can resize it to a young person and have them carry their own gear. And I did that with my son. He took this out for an overnight with me and it has everything in it that he needs. So it's got his sleeping bag, sleeping pad. Pillow it's got he's got his own trowel guys own water bladder in here so he can have water carry his own water and It's got awesome pockets all the way around it stretchy pockets for putting water bottles in things like that You can strap a Strap something to the bottom here if you wanted them to carry a tent. They could carry their tent or a jacket or something on the bottom. And you got really nice pouches on the front of the pack as well. So they can put a water bottle here. Or like my son likes to do, he puts his pine cones in here that he finds. So yeah, that's a product that is really great. It's great for adults, for day hikes, or it's great for kids. So as their main pack. Definitely check out Near Zero. I'll put a link in the description. Below love what they do with bundles and kits. Then we've got this. This is blaze premium fire products They make these really cool fire starters. So all you have to do is is... Take this little plug right here kind of snap it like that and work it back and forth and pull the two pieces apart and now you've got An amazing fire starter. It's just that simple. You can throw a spark from a ferro rod onto this thing and it'll catch fire. Or you can ignite it with a match or a lighter if you really want to. They only weigh 2.7 grams per plug. So for a fire starter, they're ultra light, which is really nice for backpacking. You can just throw a few of these in your bag and you know you've got an excellent emergency fire starter or the main fire starter if you can make a fire at camp. So links in the description. Check these out. This would be a great stocking stuffer, super lightweight. And at OMS I also found A company that's new to me, but is not new at all, and that's Bedrock. Bedrock makes great sandals with Vibram soles, so you can re-sole these shoes if you want to. Excellent soles, and I'm not a sandals guy. I'm just not. I don't like sandals. I don't like things between my toes, so they have these Crocs, and they really spoke to me. Um, It's a funky color, but I love it. I love it. I love it, and it's got this strap. It allows you to cinch it down on the top of your foot, so it's not going to slide back and forth and give you blisters or funny wear spots, and you can adjust the back as well. So not much to say about this. They're just great sandals, and if you're not a sandals person, maybe check out Bedrock Sandals because these work for me. I'm excited to try these out more and put them through a real test, but so far they're super comfortable and I've been wearing them around the house, so we'll see how they do in the summer, but love these guys. Comfortable sandals for people that don't like sandals. Now this product is super cool. This is probably the brightest flashlight that I own, but it's not just a flashlight. This is also a power bank. 12,300 lumen light. So you can turn it on turbo mode and practically blind yourself with it. Uh, and it. And it's got different selections here you can make for spot, flood, or both. Which is really nice. The great thing about this light is so many lights out on the market right now have these really complex user interfaces. This light is just dead simple. You just push the button and it turns on. Push it and it turns off. And it's got the switch, a manual chunky switch. It's very rugged, right? The nice thing is that this has a 30-watt input for charging, so it can charge quickly. And then it can output 15 watts to one of your devices, which I think is really handy to have a multi-purpose tool like this that if you need to charge your phone, you've got your light, you can charge it with this. And the battery is actually replaceable. So it's got a locking battery compartment here. And then once you... Get that open, you can replace these with 21700 batteries. So you can carry a couple of those with you if you want to, to swap them out. This is the Wuben X1 Pro. And coming up here, the Amazon Black Friday sale, you can save 30% on this light, which knocks the price down to $97.99. Really great light, super high quality. Check it out. If you're looking for a rugged, very bright light, that's the light. And if you're looking for a new water filter solution, check out Hydropack. This is a company that I talked to at OMS again, and they have a lot of really innovative products, some new ones coming out. This one is great because it just velcros onto your strap on your backpack, and it's got like this rubberized coating on the inside of these straps, so once you velcro it on, it's not going anywhere. What makes this unique is that it has a filter inside of it, so you can just dunk this in a stream, put this in, and drink right out of it, or squeeze it into a pot. To do a boil up for making food or whatever. So it's got nice graduation lines on the outside. So you can tell how much water you remove from the bladder. This is the Hydra Pak Pack Flask 750 milliliter version. This is just an excellent size to have up on. Your backpacking strap you don't have to reach behind you to try to fish out a water bottle, you know I love Miranda's water bottle the Migo. I use that a lot for storing water water. But for like drinking water on the go I think that this is kind of my new favorite because I can just like I said filter it right from a stream and drink it or Squeeze it in and use that as my filtration device. So Definitely check out Hydra Pak. And when you are done with your adventure, a step you should include is Is... cleaning and protecting your gear. This is Nikwax. And Nikwax has been around a long time. This is their TX Direct, which is their wash-in waterproofer for rain and snow clothing. And then they have a tech wash here for rain and snow clothing. It cleans and restores water repellency and revives breathability. This is PFAS-free. Let me say that again. PFAS-free since 1977. So they've been doing the PFAS-free thing for a long time. Thank Definitely get you some knick wax and take care of your gear because you you spend so much money you on your gear. May as well take care of it. So there you go. That's what I have for you for the for 2026 holiday gift guide. I hope you found something that you love or you can give to your somebody who you love. I hope you found that useful or at least entertaining. time. We'll see you later.