camping gear, sports outfittersI had been searching high and low for this popcorn popper in my local sports outfitters stores, but after coming back empty handed, I turned to the trusty Internet and found one really quickly and ordered it. It's going to be an essential part of our camping gear from now on. We are a family who loves popcorn, and we'd been buying it already popped to take camping, but the memories I have of making our own popcorn from childhood over a campfire is a fond one, and I wanted to get back to making our own. There is nothing more fun than having a good day hiking or mountain biking, getting a roaring campfire going, and popping corn. With all the exercise that goes with camping, we can afford to generously drizzle it with melted butter and chow down. I wanted to pass that tradition on to the kids. Lots of kids think that microwave popcorn is the norm, but with this corn popper as part of the camping gear, they'll soon learn that all one needs to make popcorn is moderately high heat, a little cooking oil, and popcorn kernels.