Affiliate Disclosure

Plain-language, no fine print games. This page explains how Tall Camper earns money and the rules that keep the rankings honest.

The short version

Tall Camper is reader-supported. When you click a product link on this site and buy something, the retailer or brand may pay us a small commission. It costs you nothing extra — the price you pay is the same whether you use our link or go direct. Those commissions are how the site pays for its time, hosting, and gear.

FTC disclosure

In accordance with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's guidelines on endorsements and testimonials (16 CFR Part 255), we disclose that Tall Camper has financial relationships with some of the companies whose products are mentioned on this site. Product links may be affiliate links. A short version of this disclosure appears at the top of every buying guide — before any product is recommended — not just on this page.

Programs we participate in (or are applying to)

• AvantLink network programs, which include retailers and brands such as REI Co-op, Backcountry, Sea to Summit, Big Agnes, NEMO Equipment, and Garage Grown Gear.
• Feathered Friends' direct affiliate program.
• Additional retailer programs may be added over time; this page will be updated when they are.

Program membership never guarantees a product a place in a guide, and some highly-ranked products earn us nothing at all — for example, Western Mountaineering runs no affiliate program; its bags are ranked on merit and linked through ordinary retailers. Where a link is not (yet) an affiliate link, it is simply a plain link to the retailer, included because it's the right product for the reader.

Amazon links

This site currently contains no Amazon affiliate links. If Tall Camper joins the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program in the future, the required Amazon Associates disclosure will be posted here before any Amazon affiliate link goes live.

Our ranking rules

• Rankings are never sold. No brand can pay for placement, a better rank, or a better write-up. Brands do not review or approve guides before publication.
• Commission rates do not order the list. Every guide is scored on a published rubric — fit, warmth/value honesty, weight, and value for money.
• Hands-on claims are literal. If the author has owned and used a product, the guide says which product and since when. Products ranked from research are labelled research-ranked. We do not claim to have tested products we haven't.
• Prices and specs change. Guides show when their figures were last checked. The retailer's current listing is the final word.
• Errors get corrected. If a spec or price on this site is wrong, it will be fixed and, where it affected a ranking, noted in the guide.

Questions

Tall Camper is written and published by Josh Tomlinson, Lincoln, California. If anything on this page is unclear, the disclosure statements at the top of each guide are the same policy in short form.

Last updated: October 28, 2026.