When I was a kid camping meant sleeping in a tent that leaks when it rains, a sleeping bag that was either too hot or not warm enough and trying to sleep on the hard bumpy ground. I spent many a sleepless night camping in the woods, wondering what all of the weird noises were coming from.

But these days you can buy this comfy Roll-n-Go Memory Foam Orthopedic Camping Sleeping Pad. And I would imagine a much better nights sleep.

The pad has 3-layers of sleep foam, insulates the hard cold ground, with water resistant treatment added. And it folds out at 4 inches thick x 26 inches wide x 78 inches long.

$121.99 - Buy it here

Since summer is almost here it’s time to start thinking about camping. In a series of posts I’ll highlight some of the newest and coolest camping gear around.

First off is the Biolite camp cooking stove. This stove is very eco friendly, as it takes the heat energy from your burning collected wood, and converts it into electrical energy via a thermoelectric generator. This powers a fan which pushes oxygen into the stove, resulting in a strong and clean combustion process. As a matter of fact, it uses just half the wood of a regular stove and creates 95% less smoke. So good for the environment, and keeps your smoke signal down in case you don’t want to found.

You’re welcome Mother Nature.

$129 –  Buy it here

Thanks to Eco Blog

I love this bag. Filson’s makes good looking luggage, and they have a great reputation for making bags that can take some pretty major abuse. That’s probably why they are a little on the pricey side ($275 for the bag above.) But if your looking for something to last, look no further.

This Sportsman’s Bag is made from 100% cotton oil finish Rugged Twill with 100% Genuine Bridle Leather. And it made in the USA.

Buy it here

Fritz Kola is the vision of Friends Lorenz Hampl and Mirco Wolf Wiegert of Germany. They obviously weren’t catching enough of a buzz off standard sodas like Coke or Pepsi. So they started making their own. Naming it the classic German name Fritz, and putting their own faces on the label. As well as putting  25 mg of caffeine per 100 ml in each bottle. Making it the “most wide-awake” soda in the world.  Making their first batch in 2003, they were forced to store the first 170 cases in friend’s and relatives basements and garages. It wasn’t long before the Fritz Kola took off.

Today Fritz Kola is extremely popular in Europe . And it has recently started selling in the UK. Sorry my fellow Americans, but you can’t get it here yet. But hopefully soon.

UK Facebook Fan Page

The days of mid-century advertising is visited in the new book, American print advertising in the 50s and 60s. The book rediscovers ads from the glory days of smoking, drinking and sexually harassing the hell out of women in the office. At least that’s the impression I get from Mad Men. But the book itself is filled with digitally remastered photos of some of the greatest ad campaigns of the 50′s and 60′s. Also is insight into what drove the creators of the ads to create what they did and why.

See more of the book

We see a lot of imitations of this kind of tripod floor lamp on the internet. But this Bauhaus late machine age lamp is the real deal. built to last.

According to the listing, this Bakelite and chrome tripod lamp was made in 1940′s Germany, and is fairly rare. So I would say it’s going to go up quite a bit from it’s $39.00 listing price. But how do you put a price on something that is so very cool.

See it on ebay

The Ferrari Scuderia One Watch is what you would call a status symbol. Not only a status symbol, but a status symbol that is practically impossible to get. Only 60 are being made, they’re selling for $300,000, and are only available to Ferrari owners. So strike one, two and a big strike three for me.

However if you’re a lucky SOB who is able to get his hands on the rare and expensive watch, then get this; it has a tourbillon and fusee chain, a central bridge made in carbon fiber, that tells the time on rotating, vertically aligned barrels. Which is also really cool.

There’s always been a stigma about glasses, thanks to the geek moniker and “four eyes” insults that began when glasses were, let’s face it, unflattering to say the least.

But things have changed in the past decade or so, as glasses have become more of a fashion statement, and therefore cool. Even reading  glasses can be cool. As an example look at  the  PO3007V 24 by Persol. Look cool, professional and smart, even if you’re not.

$139.95 at SmartBuyGlasses.com

Fall is almost here and it’s time to pull out the fire pit, grab some Irish Coffee, and sit around the fire. And you can be stylish too, with the Revolver Solid-Base Fire Pit from Fire Sense. Which comes with a heavy grill grate for grilling, as well as a domed fire screen coated in temperature-resistant paint.

On sale at Amazon for $167.91.

Via Remodelista

Whenever the apocalypse comes, this trailer will give the roaming hordes the impression that this is just another rusted ransacked trailer. But in reality, you’re living comfortably on the inside.

Tumbleweed has changed their tiny house offerings, by creating  the Popomo. An eight by six movable home made from hot rolled corrosion resistant steel siding, weighing in at approximately 7500 lbs. Plus, including the hitch, the trailer is approximately 24′ long. So you can tow it on most any road.

Buying one will cost you $44,997. Or you can build it yourself for a mere $20,000 ($16.99 for the plans only.)