OR Show Summer 2013 Highlights – Kids and Camp

There was a lot of items catered to the kids and camp category that stuck out at the Outdoor Retailer Show. Let’s grab a for and dig right in!

Grand Trunk Goods‘ Micro stool is 10 ounces of ultra-compact seat that can hold up to 250 lbs. It even has a mesh storage pocket underneath to keep that book you brought off the ground. This fella slips into its 6″x12″ storage sack when not in use.

This was the first time that I’d spent a lot of time with Joovy in person so I had a lot of catching up to do. Good for camp or home, their folding “Nook” high chair with Leatherette is stylish, compact when packed and easy to clean, two very important things when camping with kids!

To keep the kids off the ground these Foocots by Joovy come with their own sheet and can pack up and out of the way when not in use. For a bit of luxury these are a cool little option.

Ok, I geeked out with this one. New to the line, this folding stroller boasts a stand up space for a second child or alternative 2nd seat as seen above.

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For ages my wife has been looking for a huge cargo wagon to carry kids and things. Joovy came through again! They had much more on display, but I could talk all day about their other products (like their Pre-bike!)

Scrubba is an australian company offering a laundry machine that doubles as a dry sack… or is that the other way ’round? They’ve improved the scrubbing board for this year claiming that 3 minutes of scrubbing in the scrubba is as good as a laundry cycle. It’s a bit steep ($65) but for doing laundry on the trail, it’s hard to beat!

Travel Chair has been in the market for a long time with their collapsible camp chairs. They even hold a lot of patents on some of the original ideas. This year they came out with both guns blazing by offering an extremely competitive and portable camp cot called the “SleepRite”. With a 300lbs capacity and weighing in at under 5lbs this 7 piece cot isn’t complicate to setup or easy to break!

The camp chairs are usually first to go for me because of how much space they take up. Travel Chair‘s Joey can hold 300 lbs, weighs under 2 lbs and folds down to 4″ x 4″ x14″. It’s the biggest innovation to come out of the camp chair industry in a long time!

I had the pleasure of flying home next to the company’s founder and it was great to hear the company story and celebrate their successful sales contracts. Expect to see this in stores everywhere next year.

Biolite has been around for a while now, but they’ve come out with another reason to buy their stove. The KettlePot. This simple kettle is nothing special, but it’s designed to house the Biolite when not in use. The entire Biolite system slips inside the Kettle for easy storage. Enjoy your tea!