4 Female Centered Outdoor Products That Don’t Suck

Are you sick of women’s products that are just men’s products but purple or teal? Me too. There is so much more to female-focused products than just the color. As a woman in the outdoors, female-centered products should consider my personal style, my unique challenges in the outdoors, and how I can improve at my chosen sport.

Women deserve better products from the outdoor industry. 

I have been adventuring for the better part of two decades, and here is a quick roundup of products that I love that are specifically designed with women in mind. 

In short, they don’t suck. 

Gnara Overalls

Gnara will go down in history as one of the best female-centered products ever made. We’ve been getting men’s clothing with male specific pee holes since the invention of pants, but the Gnara Pee Zipper for women should be in every pair of pants, too.

Their overalls are the PERFECT use for this pee zipper. No more unclipping the buckles and pulling your overalls all the way down over your knees, now you can pee in privacy and not risk dropping your overall straps on the ground! 

Sun Hoodie dress 

The sun hoodie dress is one of my favorite summer fits. A sun hoodie is already one of my favorite pieces of clothing, cooling, sun protecting, and comfortable when recreating, the sunhoodie dress only improves upon the design.

This sun hoodie dress dries quickly after a dip in the river, keeps the sun off my skin while hiking, and can be worn all day long without chafing.  I practically live in my sunhoodie dress in the summer, with full sun protection that also makes me feel cute. 

Period Discs (shoutout Period Cups)

Like many outdoorsy women, I have been marketed to heavily by what I can only assume is Big Period Cup™. There are period cups in all sizes, colors, and innovative shapes that are sure to be reusable, washable, and eco-friendly.

I enjoy a good period cup, but they are not really my go-to for outdoor adventures. They leak sometimes, and I do feel them when I’m moving around. So please let me introduce you to the Period Disk. Flex is the brand I am most familiar with, but there are many others. The period disk is rad because it lasts a really long time, you can’t feel it, and you can also have sex while it’s in. This makes the period disks my go-to for adventuring with a romantic partner, or just on your own. 

Oura Ring

The Oura Ring isn’t specifically for women, but it has some features that I have found particularly useful for active recovery, cycle tracking, and activity monitoring. The Oura Ring + app allows you to track your cycle and predict ovulation (although they specifically mention they are not a birth control app) by measuring your basal body temperature.

I find this really helpful in predicting my health trends, and making sure I’m prioritizing recovery on the days leading up to my period. It also lets you track your sleep, which can inform how hard you should try in your workouts the next day. And finally, you can track all of your activities like you would with other apps like Strava, or Apple Watch. I also don’t want to have something around my wrist all the time, the ring is small, easy to put into a pocket if I need to stash it away, and it’s also waterproof. I’m a huge fan of the Oura ring as a lightweight companion to my active lifestyle. 

So there you have it! 

These are my 4 favorite female-centered outdoor products that don’t suck. They are great everyday solutions, and they are also great adventuring solutions. I find they are stylish, functional, and help me improve as an athlete. These aren’t just men’s products dyed purple; these are functional items that focus on my needs as a woman in the outdoors. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!