Best camping gear for the tech-savvy

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When you're spending time outdoors, your focus should be on the natural beauty around you, but you don't have to go completely off the grid. After all, if a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to Vine it, does it really make a sound? At The Wirecutter, we spend dozens of hours on each of our reviews to find the best gear for all parts of your life. Here are seven of our favorite outdoors-oriented recommendations to help you make the most of your next wilderness excursion.

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Tent

We spent 25 hours testing 10 top-rated tents, with a tent designer evaluating the materials used in each, and found that the Big Agnes Blacktail 3 ($280) is the best tent for backpacking and car camping. In addition to having a better weight-to-living-space ratio than any other sub-$300 tent we tested, it supports Big Agnes's new mtnGLO USB-powered lighting system ($40). The lighting may seem like a gimmick, but it looks amazing.

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