--- title: "#gear | Droply" description: "Articles tagged "gear" on Droply" language: en canonical_url: https://droply-app.com/tags/gear/ source: https://droply-app.com/tags/gear.md site: "Droply" --- # #gear Articles tagged "gear" [ ![A mountain stream cutting through granite boulders in a pine forest beside a hiking trail](https://droply-app.com/blog/mountain-stream-pine-forest-trail.jpg) ](https://droply-app.com/blog/best-hiking-apps-for-the-trail/) 9 August 2026 ## [7 Best Hiking Apps to Use on the Trail: Hike More, Scroll Less](https://droply-app.com/blog/best-hiking-apps-for-the-trail/) Seven apps worth opening while you're actually hiking, not just planning from home. Offline maps, mountain and plant ID, weather, birdsong, translation, and finding water. [Read the post →](https://droply-app.com/blog/best-hiking-apps-for-the-trail/) [ ![Hiker collecting water from the fastest-flowing part of a mountain creek, surrounded by green willows. Moving water is one of the safer sources on trail](https://droply-app.com/blog/collect-water-fastest-flowing-creek.jpg) ](https://droply-app.com/blog/hiking-water-filter-guide/) 2 July 2026 ## [Outdoor Water Filtration Guide: How to Find and Safely Drink Water While Hiking & Backpacking](https://droply-app.com/blog/hiking-water-filter-guide/) How to find water on the trail, know when it needs treating, and choose between squeeze filters, gravity systems, and chemical backups. Lessons from five months on the Continental Divide Trail. [Read the post →](https://droply-app.com/blog/hiking-water-filter-guide/) ## Get new posts in your reader New guides and trail notes land in your feed reader the day they're published. No email address, no account, no tracking. [Subscribe via RSS](https://droply-app.com/rss.xml) [Feedly](https://feedly.com/i/subscription/feed/https%3A%2F%2Fdroply-app.com%2Frss.xml) [Inoreader](https://www.inoreader.com/?add_feed=https%3A%2F%2Fdroply-app.com%2Frss.xml) Feed address `https://droply-app.com/rss.xml` Copy [← Back to blog](https://droply-app.com/blog/)