What Treeline Readers are buying: January 2024
Your Favorite Outdoor Gear: January 2024
the 10 items Treeline Review Readers Loved most in January 2024
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We ran the numbers on January 2024. Here are the top gear items purchased by Treeline Review readers like you.
Our mission is to help you buy right the first time by choosing quality outdoor gear that you will cherish and that will last. Here’s what you loved for staying warm and dry in winter— from ski luggage to rain jackets.
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1. Garmin Instinct 2
Overall winner: Best Hiking and Backpacking Watches, Garmin Instinct 2 Review
dakine fall line ski roller bag
It's no surprise Treeline readers turned to the Dakine Fall Line Ski Travel Bag.
You all are about keeping your gear in top-shape so you don’t need to replace it as often.
That means protecting your gear from the conditions most likely to cause damage—while checked in on a plane or loaded in a car during travel.
It’s the best overall winner in our Best Ski Travel Bags guide and we’ve tested it from Japan to Colorado to Utah to Montana to Alaska.
2. ACHIOU WINTER GLOVES
Sometimes, you just need a pair of reliable, no-frills gloves to keep your hands warm.
We tested a lot of sub-$15 pairs of gloves for our Best Winter Gloves guide.
The Achiou Winter Touchscreen Gloves hit all the marks we wanted—fit, warmth, color options, and actually works with our touchscreens.
3. ultima replenisher
Whether for skiing, hiking, or snowshoeing, for optimal outdoor performance, you need to consume both water and electrolytes: electrically charged minerals that help balance fluid pressure and maintain blood pH in the body
After our nutritionist and certified health coach writer tested dozens of powers for our Best Electrolytes guide, the Ultima Replenisher is our overall favorite electrolyte powder.
We like the taste, value, variety of flavors, real fruit extract flavors, and complete electrolyte blend with a wide range of vitamins and minerals.
4. ancient nutrition collagen powder
You all are starting the new year off right.
Our nutritionist and health coach writer says in our Best Collagen Powder guide that collagen powder can be beneficial for the nutrition of outdoor athletes like hikers, trail runners, and backpackers. Peer-reviewed studies suggest consuming collagen peptides supplements may help with stronger bones, pain-free joints, skin elasticity, and a more secure gut lining.
We taste-tested 16 of the most popular collagen powders out there—checking for flavor, mix-ability, great balance of price, flavor, mixability, and quality of ingredients.
Ancient Nutrition Collagen is our overall winner because of its great balance of price, flavor, and grass-fed and pasture-raised ingredients. ability It dissolves in cold and hot water without forming clumps and is available in large recyclable tubs to avoid plastic waste.
5. dakine boot pack 50L
Ski boots are spendy so it’s worth investing in a padded bag to protect them during travel—the time when they’re most likely to get banged up.
Skiers looking to protect their gear in the airport on on roadtrips overwhelmingly turned to the DAKINE 50 L Boot Pack.
It’s the best value winner in our Best Ski Boot Bag for safe and easy transport of ski boots on airplanes and road trips.
6. OOFOS OOAHH SLIDE SANDALS
OOFOS OOahh Slide Sandals, the overall winner in our Best Recovery Sandals guide were popular with readers who are runners, hikers, skiers, and everyone on their feet.
They rave about these shoes (and we do, too!)
7. janji trail tights
You all are staying active out there this winter.
Taking our tips from How to Run in the Cold, you’ve learned that a good pair of winter tights is the secret to motivation while running in winter.
The Janji Trail Tights (men’s and women’s) are winners in our Best Men’s Running Tights and Best Women’s Winter Running Tights guides.
8. the north face e-tip gloves
For warm, lightweight, touchscreen-friendly gloves, you all turned to men’s and women’s
The North Face E-tip, overall winner in our Best Winter Gloves guide for running, hiking, and living life.
What sold us on these gloves is the versatility. They’re technical enough to cover you during most activities but have enough dexterity and style to use for everyday life.
9. la sportiva tarantulace climbing shoes
men’s and women’s
One of the best ways to stay active in winter is to join a climbing gym.
You all took that advice from our Best Beginner Climbing Shoes guide.
The men’s and women’s La Sportiva Tarantulace climbing shoes were among our most popular items this January.
Our winner for best affordable beginner climbing shoes, these have a great shape for folks getting into climbing and excellent comfort.
January brought a lot of rain across the country—even in places where we typically see snow.
The men’s and women’s Patagonia Torrentshell 3L rain jacket is the Overall Winner in our Best Lightweight Rain Jackets guide.
We love this jacket because it’s a 3-layer rain jacket for the price of many 2-layer rain jackets.
That means better breathability.
Plus, it is made of PFAS-free waterproofing, has great style, and translates well between trail and town.
