7. Flask

In the quest to become a true outdoorsperson, your reused plastic Gatorade bottle just isn’t going to cut the mustard. To look the part, you need something a bit more rugged, stylish and capable of hiding the fact that you’re sneaking sups of Jack Daniels and/or Appletini mix as opposed to electrolyte supplements.

Best Use:

• Concealing secret alcohol stash
• Posing like Lieutenant Barnes in ‘Platoon’ for #badass Instagram pics
• Showing up very uncool hiking companions wielding reused Gatorade bottles

Why we love it:

Few backcountry accessories can elevate your game and appearance like a kickass flask, least of all one that’s loaded with your favourite tipple. When the rain kicks in, kick back and elevate your spirits with a sup or two and you’ll feel, we’re sure, a whole lot better.

Staff Recommendation – Stanley Adventure Ecycle ($15)

This tough, rugged, classy looking little flask is essentially the Hummer of the outdoor flask world. Not only that, it’s environmentally friendly, dishwasher safe (how many Hummers can you squeeze in your dishwasher, huh?) and has a two-part lid for easy cleaning. Best of all, however, this fetching little 7oz.fluid-bearer is entirely leak-proof, meaning it can be trusted not to spill so much as a drop of that precious Appletini (any loss, we imagine, will be purely down to human error).

Final Instructions: Head into the outdoors kitted out with each of the above, crank that Rocky theme tune or Katy Perry track on your MP3 player and live the dream!!!