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Cottage Industry Backpacking Gear Companies

These companies build the best ultralight backpacking gear in the world by hand in the United States.

Cottage Industry Backpack, Shelter and Sleep Systems

Cottage Industry Sleeping Bags & Quilt Specialists

Enlightened Equipment – Top quilts and under quilts.

– Top quilts and under quilts. Feathered Friends – Ultralight down sleeping bags and garments.

– Ultralight down sleeping bags and garments. Katabatic Gear – Amazing ultralight down sleeping quilts, bivys and hoods.

– Amazing ultralight down sleeping quilts, bivys and hoods. Nunatak – Ultralight down sleeping quilts and apparel.

– Ultralight down sleeping quilts and apparel. Western Mountaineering – Ultralight down sleeping bags, garments and sleeping accessories.

Cottage Industry Stove & Cookware Specialists

Cottage Industry Clothing and Apparel Specialists

Black Rock Gear – Ultralight down hats, mitts and apparel.

– Ultralight down hats, mitts and apparel. Elemental Horizons – Lightweight backpacks, sleep systems and accessories.

– Lightweight backpacks, sleep systems and accessories. Goosefeet Gear – Down booties and apparel.

Cottage Industry Accessories

Traditional Backpacking Gear Companies

Backpack, Shelter and Sleep Systems

Stoves & Cookware

BioLite – Off-grid personal scale energy products for cooking, charging, and lighting.

– Off-grid personal scale energy products for cooking, charging, and lighting. Esbit – Lightweight stoves, cookware and solid fuel cubes.

– Lightweight stoves, cookware and solid fuel cubes. Evernew – Corporate Link (no direct sales) Ultralight titanium cookware.

– Corporate Link (no direct sales) Ultralight titanium cookware. Jetboil – Ferocious backpack and camping stoves.

– Ferocious backpack and camping stoves. Light My Fire – Backcountry cookware and utensils.

– Backcountry cookware and utensils. Optimus – Very reasonably priced backpacking cookware and stoves.

– Very reasonably priced backpacking cookware and stoves. Primus – Backcountry stoves and accessories.

– Backcountry stoves and accessories. Snow Peak – Lightweight titanium backpacking stoves, cookware and accessories.

– Lightweight titanium backpacking stoves, cookware and accessories. SOTO – Backpacking stoves, cookware and accessories.

– Backpacking stoves, cookware and accessories. Toaks – Titanium cookware at a reasonable price.

– Titanium cookware at a reasonable price. Vargo – Ultralight alcohol stoves and windscreens.

Clothing and Apparel

Shoes and Boots

Altra Running – Road and trail running shoes with zero drop.

– Road and trail running shoes with zero drop. ASICS – Running shoes and activewear.

– Running shoes and activewear. Brooks – Road and trail running shoes.

– Road and trail running shoes. Inov8 – Road and trail running shoes.

– Road and trail running shoes. HOKA ONE ONE – Road and trail running shoes and hiking boots.

– Road and trail running shoes and hiking boots. Keen – Wide selection of running shoes and footwear.

– Wide selection of running shoes and footwear. Lowa – Hiking and mountaineering boots.

– Hiking and mountaineering boots. Merrell – Wide range of hiking, running and casual footwear and apparel.

– Wide range of hiking, running and casual footwear and apparel. Montrail – Trail running and hiking shoes.

– Trail running and hiking shoes. New Balance – Wide range of athletic shoes and apparel.

– Wide range of athletic shoes and apparel. Oboz – Hiking shoes and boots.

– Hiking shoes and boots. Salomon – Running and trail running shoes and athletic apparel.

– Running and trail running shoes and athletic apparel. Saucony – Running shoes and apparel.

– Running shoes and apparel. Scarpa – Casual, technical and mountaineering footwear.

– Casual, technical and mountaineering footwear. Vasque – Hiking shoes and boots.

– Hiking shoes and boots. Zamberlan – Hiking and trekking boots.

Accessories

Electronics & Electronics Accessories

Anker – High quality external batteries and accessories for smartphones.

– High quality external batteries and accessories for smartphones. Casio – Outdoor watches with compasses, elevation, temperature and barometric data.

– Outdoor watches with compasses, elevation, temperature and barometric data. Garmin – GPS units and watches.

– GPS units and watches. Goal Zero – Portable power, external batteries large and small, solar panels and more.

– Portable power, external batteries large and small, solar panels and more. LifeProof – Bulletproof smartphones cases.

– Bulletproof smartphones cases. Petzl – Alpine equipment and headlamps.

– Alpine equipment and headlamps. Photon – LED flashlights and keychains.

– LED flashlights and keychains. SkullCandy – Great sounding earbuds are a reasonable price.

– Great sounding earbuds are a reasonable price. Suunto – GPS watches, dive computers, heart rate monitors and outdoor sports instruments.

Water Filtration and Treatment

Aquamira – Water treatment drops and tabs.

– Water treatment drops and tabs. Lifestraw – Water filtration straws.

– Water filtration straws. Katadyn – Water filters and treatment solutions.

– Water filters and treatment solutions. Potable Aqua – Water treatment tabs.

– Water treatment tabs. Sawyer – Water filtration, insect repellants and sunscreen.

– Water filtration, insect repellants and sunscreen. SteriPen – UV water purification.

Benchmade – High quality knives.

– High quality knives. Gerber – Knives, axes and outdoor tools.

– Knives, axes and outdoor tools. Leatherman – Multi-tools, knives and pocket tools.

– Multi-tools, knives and pocket tools. Victorinox Swiss Army – Awesome knives.

Water Storage

Hydro Flask – Hydration and liquid container products.

– Hydration and liquid container products. Klean Kanteen – Stainless steel bottles, cups and mugs.

– Stainless steel bottles, cups and mugs. Platypus – Collapsible water containers, reservoirs and more.

– Collapsible water containers, reservoirs and more. Nalgene – Liquid containers and products.

– Liquid containers and products. Vapur – Collapsible water containers.

Bear Canisters & Protection

Bare Boxer – Bear canisters.

– Bear canisters. Counter Assault – Bear spray, canisters and bear accessories.

– Bear spray, canisters and bear accessories. Garcia – (no corporate site) Bear canisters.

– (no corporate site) Bear canisters. Wild Ideas – Makers of the Bearikade, the lightest bear cannister around.

Food

Harmony House – Freeze dried and dehydrated foods.

– Freeze dried and dehydrated foods. Hungry Hikers – Freeze dried foods.

– Freeze dried foods. Mountain House – Freeze dried foods.

– Freeze dried foods. Wise Company – Survival and emergency food.

Maps

Hammock Gear & Accessory Manufacturers

Ultralight Gear Companies that have Shut Down

Appalachian Hammock – Hammocks, tarps and bug nets.

– Hammocks, tarps and bug nets. Bakpocket Hammocks – Hammocks, backpacks, bags and more.

– Hammocks, backpacks, bags and more. Brooks Range Mountaineering – Mountaineering sleep systems and apparel.

– Mountaineering sleep systems and apparel. E-Case – Waterproof electronics and phone cases.

– Waterproof electronics and phone cases. Hammeck – Hammocks, hammock stands and accessories. (Closed)

– Hammocks, hammock stands and accessories. (Closed) Luke’s Ultralight – Ultralight backpacking apparel, stuff sacks and accessories.

– Ultralight backpacking apparel, stuff sacks and accessories. Packafeather – Ultralight alcohol stoves and accessories.

– Ultralight alcohol stoves and accessories. Mid-Atlantic Mountain Works – Top quilts, underquilts and accessories.

– Top quilts, underquilts and accessories. Out Gear Recreation – Hammocks and hammock related gear.

– Hammocks and hammock related gear. Outdoor Equipment Supplier LLC – Lightweight tarps and accessories.

– Lightweight tarps and accessories. Southern Hammock Camping – Beach hammocks.

– Beach hammocks. UK Hammocks – Hammocks, tarps, underquilts and more.

– Hammocks, tarps, underquilts and more. Wilderness Logics – Hammocks, hammock tarp and hammock accessories.

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