Outdoor Lifestyle Gear Brands from Korea
Why You Should Purchase Outdoor Lifestyle Gear from Korean Brands
Korea has thriving hiking and camping culture with thousands of private, public and boondocking places where they can camp. They differ from Japanese campers in a way they prefer glamping and their love of pork belly. Outdoor gear brands in Korea grew up supporting these campers. Their need for outdoor gear that are comfortable, aesthetically beautiful (for these people, campground is their backyard), functional in design (they need to be compact when folded) using innovative material (they need to be light so they can haul these gears).
Korean Outdoor Lifestyle Brands
This list is small subset of outdoor gear brands in Korea. If you are wondering, American brands sells beautiful outdoor lifestyle gear in Korea. For example, they seem to love Stanley Adventure Fast Flow Water Jug 2G (https://www.stanley1913.com/products/adventure-fast-flow-water-jug-2g)
Claymore
Claymore is led lighting company that sells both headlamps and camping lights.
Their Korean website is https://www.prismlight.co.kr/index.html and their English website is http://eng.prismlight.co.kr/index.html. Their products are sold widely in outdoor retailers in USA.
Helionox
Helinox was founded in 2009 where they created a brand-new category of lightweight portable furniture using their advanced technical knowledge of tent pole technology. Their products are compact when folded, aesthetically beautiful and comfortable at the same time.
One of their most popular products is “Helinox Chair Zero” (https://helinox.com/collections/chair-zero/products/chair-zero?variant=16664192352326), which retails for $ 119.95.
Their Korean website is http://helinoxstore.co.kr/ and their English website is https://helinox.com/. Their products are sold widely in outdoor retailers in USA.
Kovea
Kovea was founded in 1982 and they are a leader in manufacturing portable gas appliances in Korea. I would not be amiss to state that every Korean household owns a Kovea Butane Gas Range. From there, they have slowly expanded to outdoor gear — camping stoves and lanterns to outdoor cookware to tents.
One of their most popular products is “Kovea Dream Gas BBQ” (http://kovea.com/product/dream-gas-bbq/), which I have no idea how much they retail for in USA. Please note that this product comes in two assorted sizes with many different variations, and you should not pay more than $ 200.00.
Their Korean website is https://www.koveashop.co.kr/front/main-view#conts and their English website is http://kovea.com/. Their products are sold widely in outdoor retailers in USA.
Minimal Works
If you wish Snow Peak would modify their minimalistic design language with more beautiful design, then you are at the right place with Minimal Works. They improve upon Snow Peak’s products to produce even more insta-worthy products.
One of their most popular products is “Edison Lantern Black” (http://www.minimalworks.co.kr/goods/goods_view.php?goodsNo=372), which retails for 69,000 won in Korea or about $69.00.
Their Korean website is http://www.minimalworks.co.kr/ and they do not have English website. I am not sure you can purchase their products from USA.
THOR CONTAINER
Thor Container offers plastic storage container with outdoor flair like lid that does double duty as cutting board.
Their Korean website is https://thor-container.com/ and they do not have English website. Their product is widely available in USA, maybe not outdoor version.
Other Korean Outdoor Gear Brands
Bell Rock
Bell Rock is Korean outdoor lifestyle brand that sells camping cookware.
Their Korean website is http://www.bellrock.co.kr/main/index.php and they do not have English website. I am not sure you can purchase their products from USA.
Ithaka
Ithaka is Korean outdoor lifestyle brand that sells outdoor lifestyle furniture.
Their Korean website is http://www.ithaca.co.kr/ and they do not have English website. I am not sure you can purchase their products from USA.
Jackal
Jackal is Korean outdoor lifestyle brand that sells a complete line of outdoor gear.
Their Korean website is http://jackalmall.com/and they do not have English website. I am not sure you can purchase their products from USA.
KZM Outdoor
KZM is Korean outdoor lifestyle brand that sells a complete line of outdoor gear.
Their Korean website is http://www.kzmoutdoor.com/ and their English website is http://en.kzmoutdoor.com/main/. I am not sure you can purchase their products from USA.
Monterra
Monterra is Korean outdoor lifestyle brand that sells outdoor lifestyle furniture.
Their Korean website is http://www.monterra.co.kr/kor/index.asp and their English website is http://www.monterra.co.kr/eng/index.asp. I am not sure you can purchase their products from USA.
Mount River
Mount River is Korean outdoor lifestyle brand that sells outdoor lifestyle furniture.
Their Korean website is http://mountriver.co.kr/ and they do not have English website. I am not sure you can purchase their products from USA.
Nomade
Nomade (pronounce “Nomad”) is Korean outdoor lifestyle brand that sells a complete line of outdoor gear.
Their Korean website is http://www.nomade21.co.kr/ and they do not have English website. I am not sure you can purchase their products from USA.
NORTHPEAK
NORTHPEAK is Korean outdoor lifestyle brand that sells tents with an emphasis on big tents and camping furniture.
Their Korean website is https://www.northpeak.co.kr/main/index.php and they do not have English website. I am not sure you can purchase their products from USA.
Prolog
Prolog is Korean outdoor lifestyle brand that sells outdoor lifestyle furniture.
Their Korean website is http://prologkorea.com/ and their English website is http://en.prologkorea.com/. You can buy their products from their website, and they do international shipping.
For video of their products, watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn-mBCpdcTA and/or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRkq0hJrh5A&t=289s.
Snowline
Snowline is Korean outdoor lifestyle brand that sells a complete line of outdoor lifestyle gears from tents, sleeping bags, camp furniture, camping mattress, cookware, cooking stoves etc.
Their Korean website is https://snowlinemall.com/index.html and they do not have English website. I am not sure you can purchase their products from USA.
ZeroGram
ZeroGram is Korean outdoor gear brand that sells ultra-lightweight backpacking gears — tents, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, outerwear, and some gears.
Their website is https://www.zerogramgear.com/ and you can purchase their products from USA.
