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About Outdoor Vitals

About Us

Nature has a lot to teach us. Whether you’re climbing a peak 20 miles into a wilderness or experiencing the power of a mountain storm, one thing is for sure it’s a Vital part of a healthy life.


Spending time outdoors improves our lives physically, mentally and emotionally by allowing us to disconnect from tech, push ourselves physically to remember just how comfortable our lives are, marvel at the intricacies of nature, focus on the now and spend undisrupted time with those we care about. Now more than ever, things keep us from getting outside, yet now more than ever, we need to get outside.


When you're headed into the intensity of nature, having high performing ultralight gear is inspiring. It helps you go farther while staying safe and comfortable. It empowers you to go where you haven't gone before.


Outdoor Vitals was founded for this purpose. We tenaciously pursue the design of performance ultralight gear and sell it directly to you without the extra fees of investors, middlemen or retail markups so you can spend more time outdoors pushing, learning and growing.


By changing from the traditional way of doing business & selling directly to you we cut 40-50% out of the price tag of products sold through retail stores. We then turn around and invest those savings into building a better product so you know when you head to the mountains you have gear with you that is uncompromising in quality and design. Gear that will keep you comfortable and never limit you.


We take the harder path of business to better connect you to the Vital Outdoors.


We deliver award-winning gear straight to you without investor or retail markups.



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Unconventional Start

Just like every story, day 1 was 23 years in the making. Tayson Whittaker, our founder & owner, grew up in rural Utah spending tons of time outdoors. As he entered college and started to push the limits of both his body and gear through bigger outdoor adventures, he quickly saw the problems his budget gear was having. He realized pretty quickly that 50 gallon trash bags with head and arm holes cut in them weren’t the best rain jackets for what he wanted to do anymore…


Tayson saved up & bought some better gear and it changed his life forever. He realized that the outdoors didn’t have to be cold, wet, and at times - miserable. Great gear changed everything.


From that moment on, performance ultralight gear was his obsession. He wanted to learn all he could to go lighter and more comfortably in the backcountry so he could spend more time there and go further. Spending time outside was so important to him that as he learned he also wanted to share and help others.


So in 2014, with nothing except a dream and his own $500 investment, he started Outdoor Vitals. The goal? To build industry-leading ultralight gear, sell it directly to consumers without middlemen, stay true to his purpose by avoiding investors, and inspire customers through education and transparency.


A decade later Outdoor Vitals has award-winning gear, works with industry-leading manufacturing partners, is still investor free, and continues to innovate how business can be done. OV has shipped over 100,000 packages around the world and has inspired 100s of thousands through video and podcast content.


Despite lots of growth and success, the goal has remained the same: to inspire and help people to spend more time connecting to the Vital Outdoors.


Built By Backpackers - 100% Suit & Tie Free

1. Ideation & Planning

2. Testing & Development

3. Production

“Ever wondered how we create our gear? We’d like to reveal a few secrets. Our team personally spends thousands of hours out on the trail testing & developing gear we KNOW will perform. Some companies outsource testing, but at Outdoor Vitals we walk the walk.“

PERFORMANCE FIRST

ULTRALIGHT GEAR

50+

Performance Products

Thousands Of

Satisfied Customers

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Industry Awards

Inspiring Others

We spend thousands of hours out on the trail using our own gear.  At the same time, we aim to inspire other to connect more fully to the outdoors. 

Leading by example and inspiring through experience is part of what we do. The adventures & content we share via Youtube, podcast, & other social channels can help you gain confidence both in your gear & your abilities in the backcountry.

Our Vision

We exist to connect everyone to the Vital Outdoors


We relentlessly design performance first gear “In House”, through real world experiences


We sell directly to you with no middleman, distributors, or retail markups


We stay pure to our purpose by avoiding venture capital & investors and their long term negative impacts


We donate 1% of our income to protect and preserve the Vital Outdoors


We guarantee our products & aid in keeping older gear on trail

We deliver award-winning gear straight to you without investor or retail markups.

The Owl:

The owl has been a symbol of wisdom for 1,000’s of years. It has often been depicted with the Greek goddess of wisdom, Athena. Cultures all over the world consider the owl wise and perceptive.

It’s believed that these cultures thought in the same way because the owl has exceptionally large unmoving eyes that can see through even the darkest of nights. They fly almost completely without sound and have some of the best hearing of any animal thanks to their cone shaped faces.

In other words, they see and hear what most cannot.


To grow into an Ultralight Backpacker, you must observe and apply concepts. Watching, listening, and gaining real world experience allows you to become a wise and a more capable backpacker.


Becoming an Ultralight Backpacker cannot be attained through a trip to the store, but rather through a process and a mental shift.


Only through seeing and hearing what most cannot will you find yourself like the wise owl with abilities to thrive in even the harshest of conditions.


At Outdoor Vitals the owl symbolizes the wisdom of the Ultralight Backpacker


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