Two Bear Canisters in One: REI Traverse Modular Bear Canister Review

Two Bear Canisters in One: REI Traverse Modular Bear Canister Review

I’d never seen a bear canister like the one before me at the REI Co-op Magnusson Lab in Seattle. The translucent orange container was sitting in a device that looked like a guillotine, and I watched as it pressed a steel bear’s tooth down into the plastic exterior. Two of REI’s lab researchers stood quietly beside me, watching as the point of the steel tip pressed deeper into the canister. The plastic held, deforming under the force without the …