330-Outdoor Retailer Expo 2025
Show notes
The 2025 Outdoor Retailer Australia Show was held on 14-16 October 2025 at EPIC located minutes from the centre of Canberra city. For various reasons the last time that this ‘trade only show’ was held was in 2019 and is a chance for Australia’s outdoor wholesalers and manufacturers to showcase their new and existing products to Australia’s outdoor retailers and allied media and Australian Hiker attended this event as a media representative.
After such a long break this show was smaller than usual but of the two days that we attended we recorded a number of interviews from 6 seperate suppliers, some who look after multiple brands, and also had a chance to catch up with others.
As usual from our discussions with the various suppliers at the show, we will be undertaking a number of gear reviews over the upcoming year that will be of interest to you.
Podcast overview
Podcast Overview
- Podcast introduction (time index 0:01:39)
- Frontier Equipment (time index 0:03:31)
- Gregory Packs
- Princeton Tec Headlamps
- Sierra Design Shelters
- Ruffwear
- Sea to Summit (time index 0:25:18)
- Jetboil
- New Zip and new Flash
- Upgraded burners, new easier starter process
- Improved igniters
- more logical hand grips
- Faster to boil
- windscreen accessories for windy conditions
- New Zip and new Flash
- Trail cook models larger stoves don the track
- Jetboil
- Frontier Equipment (time index 0:03:31)
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- Sea to Summit branded product
- Sentinel tent 2nd half of 2026
- Aimed at space rather than weight 2kg-ish tent
- New range of duffle Bags
- colour- again appearance
- Heavy weight and light weight version
- talus range 120 + 80
- Meridian 40,60,90
- Meridian tote bags
- Circuit sleeping bag
- entity level bag 650 loft bag
- colour- again appearance
- Sentinel tent 2nd half of 2026
- Black Diamond
- ‘smick’ looking apparel!
- sun hoody
- solution hoody light to mid weight synthetic jacket
- Ski Shell stretch shell for skiing
- ‘smick’ looking apparel!
- Sea to Summit branded product
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- Action Sports Anchor (time index 0:49:43)
- Original bungy cord for phones etc
- Camera/wrist strap
- 20cm
- 60cm most popular
- Wrist model
- Action Sports Anchor (time index 0:49:43)
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- Wilderness Wear (time index 1:10:33)
- Mid layer 100% merino 350GSM
- 600GSM honeycomb knit
- Merino Fusion tee shirt ultralight 100gsm merino fusion shirt trail running etc
- Atmosphere Q socks
- Wilderness Wear (time index 1:10:33)
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- One Planet (time index 01:19:23)
- Sleeping bags, full range, rereleased whole range
- Cacoon
- Sondor
- Most popular bag at the time of this interview
- Bungle
- Rumour
- Welded seams
- Waterproof zip
- Great for using in the open or in condensation rich areas
- Sleeping bags, full range, rereleased whole range
- One Planet (time index 01:19:23)
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- Spelean (time index 1:26:32)
- MSR Stoves
- Norsewear
- Zoleo
- Real Meals
- Petzl
- New and upgraded colours
- New Swift RL changing to swift classic with a newer upgraded instead of the swift classic
- Some new models to replace the Bindi Swift LT
Tim final thoughts (time index 1:41:16)
Close (time index 1:46:03)
Frontier Equipment
Frontier Equipment stand
Gregory Packs
Gregory-Boltora-65-litre-pack
Gregory-hard-shell-wheeled-luggage
Princeton Tec lighting
Prineton-Tec-YTE-200-LED-headlamp
Sierra Designs Shelters
Ruffwear dog booties
Jetboil
Jetboil Trailcook
Jetboil Windscreen
Jetboil Starter Switch
Sea to Summit
Sea to Summit Stand
Sea to Summit Sleeping Mats
Sea to Summit Sentinel XP2 tent
Sea to Summit Duffle Bags
Sea to Summit Tote Bag
Sea to Summit Circuit Entry Level Sleeping Bag
Black Diamond
Black Diamond Ski Shell
Black Diamond Hoody
Action Sports Anchor
Action Sports Anchors stand
60cm OG, their best seller
Shorty
Wristy
Wilderness Wear
Wilderness Wear Stand
Womens Merino 600 Sphere Jacket
Mens Merino 350 Alpine Middo Jacket
Womens Merino 350 Alpine Middo Jacket
Wilderness wear Womens MerinoFusion Ultra 100 Race Tee
One Planet
One Planet Stand
Rumour Sleeping Bag
Cocoon Sleeping Bag
Bungle Sleeping Bag
Sondor Sleeping Bag
Spelean
Images currently being uploaded
Spelean Stand
MSR Switch Stove keep an eye out in late 2025
Real Meals
Petzl Headlamps
Campers Pantry
Campers Pantry Stand
Campers Pantry Display stand
Campers Pantry Pulled Beef Brisket
Campers Pantry Chipotle Pulled Beef
Campers Pantry BBQ Pulled Pork
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Episode released
21 October 2025