What Treeline Readers Bought in May 2025
The most popular Spring gear of 2025 among Treeline fans
June 15th, 2025
May was a weird month for Treeline readers and we saw outdoor enthusiasts picking up items we don’t often see on our readers’ favorites lists. You all went hard on investing in quality gear that will last this May. We go into details on the section on This Month’s Trends below!
We ran the numbers. Here are the top 12 gear items purchased by Treeline Review readers like you.
Curious what was trending earlier this year? See our most popular gear of April 2025.
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The top 12 items among Treeline Review readers in May 2025
Our mission is to help you buy right the first time by choosing quality outdoor gear that you will cherish and that will last. We believe in obsessively researching and testing gear and only recommending what stands the test of time.
The items you’ll see on this list of May 2025 bestsellers live up to those principles: time-tested, obsessively researched, and better than the rest.
2. Nemo Tensor Sleeping Pad
Most comfortable and Best Ultralight: Best Backpacking Sleeping Pads
3. Big Agnes Copper Spur
Best Overall: Best Backpacking Tent, Best Bikepacking Tents, Review Big Agnes Copper Spur
4. garmin inreach mini
Overall winner: Best Satellite Messengers and PLB, Review of Garmin InReach Mini 2
5. Sahara Sun Shade Hoodie
Best budget sun shirt: Best Sun Shirts
6. restop 2
Overall winner: Best Human Waste and Toilet Bags
Best Merino winner in: Best Women's Hiking Underwear and Best Hiking Sports Bras
8. Osprey Poco
Overall winner: Best Baby and Toddler Hiking Carrier
9. Stohlquist kid’s life jackets
Best for Child & Best for Youth: Best Kids’ Life Jackets and Personal Flotation Devices
Overall winner: Best Water Bottle for Hiking
11. Darn Tough Socks
Overall winner: Hiking Socks, Best Running Socks
Overall winner: Best Electrolyte Powder
This month's Trends
This month is all about investing in bigger ticket items that will last—from indestructible gear like Nalgene water bottles to items that will likely see a price increase later in the year.
People are getting gear on sale and at lower prices while they can! Our hiking watch stories are trending and we're seeing a surge in interest in electronics like GPS Satellite Messengers and Personal Locator Beacons.
People are investing in getting their kids outside safely with winners from our Best Kids’ Life Jackets and Best Baby and Toddler Hiking Carrier Backpack guide.
It's all about the small luxuries! From good-tasting electrolytes to our best women's hiking underwear and best hiking sports bras, outdoors people know that sometimes it doesn’t take much to put a big smile on our face when outside.
