Size-Shifting Bear Canisters

Until now, you had to decide on what size bear canister was best for you—for the majority of your trips. Now, thanks to the REI Traverse Modular Bear Canister and the Bear Vault BV One, you can get a little more efficient in not just which canister you buy, but how it can change sizes to suit different types of trips. So far, these are the only two that size-shift to your needs.

The full written review will appear at GearJunkie.com shorty, but until then, here’s a sneak peek at what I discovered while testing the two side-by-side:

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Adventure Correspondent Cameron L. Martindell is a freelance adventure travel and expedition writer, photographer and filmmaker who founded Offyonder.com in 2000. He has contributed to Elevation Outdoors Magazine, The Gear Junkie, National Geographic, The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Outside, Backpacker, Wired, Australian Geographic, Mountainzone.com and others. He has been to all seven continents and lived on five of them, including a four-month stint at the South Pole. Cameron has more than 10 years of mountain search and rescue experience, is an Eagle Scout, has been an Australian bush firefighter, competes in sailing regattas, plans national and international youth programs, guides Oregon rafting trips and Australian bush backpacking trips.