Good rain pants at a very reasonable price.

Columbia Cypress Brook Pant - Boys'

Rating for this product: 4 March 20, 2012

My boys use these as rain gear for hiking, backpacking and camping. They have held up well and kept my boys dry in most rainy conditions and are lightweight and packable. They're not truly waterproof; when we canoed out of Forked Lake in an absolute downpour, the shorts the boys were wearing underneath did get a little wet, but they were sitting in puddles. Of course, if you want better rain pants you'll have to spend two to three times as much. These do the job and are very reasonably priced.

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Great pack for kids!

Kelty Jr. Tioga Backpack - Kids' - 2050cu in

Rating for this product: 5 July 2, 2011

My boys love their packs. The frame adjusts nicely and the pack is a decent size (the sleeping bag goes on the outside, underneath the pack, so be sure you put a plastic bag inside the stuff sack if you expect rain.) A word of caution, though: the company says that the pack is designed for kids five through thirteen. However, last summer was the first year I took my kids backpacking and my younger son was seven and a half. He has always been average height and build. The waist belt had to be at its tightest in order for him to carry the pack; if he'd been any smaller, it would have been a "no-go."

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