Hypothermia is not just a “fell through the ice” problem. It is a slow, compounding heat debt that can build in plain sight, especially when you are wet, tired, underfed, or riding a steady wind. It also affects the brain early, which is why people often miss it in themselves. The body cools, judgment slips, and the choices that would have fixed the problem get harder to make.
There are fire kits that look impressive on a table, and there are fire kits that actually live in your gear because they make sense. The SOL Fire Lite Kit in Dry Bag is in that second category. It is compact, lightweight, and built around the simple reality that if you can make a reliable flame in bad conditions, you can do a lot more than “stay comfortable.” You can cook, boil water, warm up, signal, and keep morale intact when the weather or the day turns against you.
Cold rain has a special talent for shutting down a good day outside. Even a solid rain shell can leave you chilled once the wind starts pushing water through the air and your layers start feeling damp and heavy. The ActionHeat 5V Women’s Battery Heated Rain Jacket aims at that exact problem by combining a weatherproof shell with built-in heat focused on your core.
Some gear earns its reputation the hard way. It gets dropped, dragged, stuffed into kit, baked in summer heat, frozen in winter cold, and still has to run when you hit the bolt release. That is the world the PMAG 30 AR/M4 GEN M3 was built for, and now you can get that same proven magazine in a classic color: OD Green.
Giveaway time. Hard Head Veterans is teaming up with Roberts Bushcraft to give one U.S. resident a free HHV ATE GEN2 Ballistic Helmet (NIJ Level IIIA, high cut). If you have been watching our kit, our hikes, our field notes, and our hard lessons about preparedness, this one is for you.
