1. Voltaic's Array Solar Backpack Every wilderness technophile needs their gadgets and here we have the perfect place to charge and store them! The Arry contains 1,500 cubic inches of storage and a plethora of pockets, including a charger-integrated phone pouch and a padded laptop sleeve. The Array has a 60 watt hour capacity laptop battery, fueled by three 3.4 watt solar panels. That means that one hour of sun exposure can run your laptop for 30 minutes, 90 minutes will fully charge your phone, and in 12 hours the solar panels will have fully recharged the battery again. You can even adjust the output depending on what device you are charging. Price: $389

2. nPower PEG Not going somewhere sunny but still need some spare power? Add the PEG to your kit and you’ll charge as you go (yes, literally). The PEG harvests kinetic energy from its surroundings so you can build up a charge by hiking out to that beautiful vista, biking along a trail, or even riding along in the car or on a train. Even cooler is how the PEG can sense changes in your behavior and adjust to them, all so that it can reap an optimum kinetic bounty for you! Price: $160

3. Garmin Montana 650t GPS This isn't your phone's wannabe GPS. The Montana 650t boasts a four-inch touchscreen, a customizable user interface, over 100,000 maps, a three-axis tilt-compensating compass, altimeter and even a five-megapixel camera. With geotagging and photo sharing to other Garmin GPS devices, the Montana 650t can do it all. Optional mounts for your car, boat, motorcycle or ATV are also included. Once in place, the Montana can offer up turn by turn voiced directions when on the roads and satellite imagery of the terrain ahead when off them. Price: $700

4. SteriPEN Freedom Rechargeable UV Water Filter Even with the plethora of water treatment kits on the market for explorers, those can all run out of filters or battery. With the Freedom SteriPEN, the party never has to end! Weighing only 6.4 ounces (USB cable, AC adapter and case included), the Freedom can purify a half liter of water in 48 seconds merely by being submerged. You don’t even have to press a button! Treating a liter of water? Just treat it twice! Out of power? Just plug the Freedom into your computer, AC outlet or solar charger. Want more? Hold the Freedom in your palm and shake it a couple of times and you activate its included LED flashlight! Price: $120

5. Carson Rotisserie Briefcase Sure water is important, but what you really want after a day’s exploration is something to eat. And who wants a wimpy camp stove and some lukewarm beans, really. Have no fear, the Carson Rotisserie is here! Never since Ironman 2 has something so awesome come out of a briefcase. Imagine the looks you’ll get from across the campground with your seven fully-automated rotating rotisserie slots choc-a-block with 4,000 cubic inches of dinner. It even self-bastes! Made of tough, lightweight aluminum and heat resistant porcelain, the Carson Rotisserie runs off of a 12-volt rechargeable battery, a car outlet, or AC power. Price: $720

6. Showwx+ HDMI Pico Projector The Showwx+ Pico Projector is a badass projector the size of your smartphone that uses lasers and a tiny vibrating mirror to project your phone or laptop’s media. The benefits of this type of projection are that it yields higher contrast, richer colors and better focus when compared with other projectors, all while requiring less energy. Thanks to the lasers, no matter what the surface, the picture will stay in focus up to a size of 100-inches. While designed specifically for Apple products, the Showwx+ is compatible with many devices via a composite TV/Video-Out adapter. Price: $319

7. Vibroy Portable Vibration Speaker Sure your phone has speakers, but nothing quite says “be prepared” like a pocketable device that can turn anything it’s stuck to into a speaker. Just plug Vibroy into your headphone jack, stick it to that can of beans you had for dinner, your cook stove, or even a passing tortoise, and BAM, you’ll be the hit of the wilderness! Vibroy is powered by either two AAA batteries or USB. Price: $300

8. Metal Inkless Micro Pen This mini pen gun will never fail you. What’s it write in you ask? Graphite? Ink? Uh...try metal! As long as you have the pen itself, you can write with it. Not only that, but it will write under water and even in space! So now you can write the great American novel on the subject of space fishing! Price: $39

9. OSHO Travel Toothbrush Got a toothbrush? Fine. Was it “engineered to be the ULTIMATE travel toothbrush?” Not unless it’s OSHO it wasn’t. This toothbrush is cool because it comes with either venting or waterproof caps, and dispenses its own toothpaste in a mess-free way. Choose your own toothpaste, plug it into the OHSO, give the toothbrush a few cranks, and your toothpaste is safely locked away for later. A few more cranks in the evening and your toothbrush is pasted and ready for your pearly whites. You can even buy replacement bristles to keep your OSHO brushing for years to come. Price: $25

10. Spot An explorer’s best friend, Spot is a personal tracking device and emergency button that lasts two weeks in constant tracking mode and over a year in standby. Using 100 percent satellite communication, Spot will find the right first responders for you by locating you and discerning whose jurisdiction you are in. Spot has a 911 button for emergencies, a HELP button for non-life-threatening assistance, an OK button to allay the worries of your loved ones while you’re out of cell range, and even a progress tracking function that lets others follow you on a Google map. Price: $100

11. Wimm One Watch A storm's on its way, and you need to know right where it's headed. Luckily you’re wearing a Wimm One smart watch, and your real-time weather app is a mere glance away. Wimm Labs’ new watch is an Android-based smart device with a touchscreen, accelerometer, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and much of the tech you’d expect out of a top tier smartphone. With 32GB of storage, and its own app store, you can customize your Wimm One to your heart’s content; surf the Web, screen calls, check weather and much more, all without digging through your pockets! Available now. Price: $300