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Alone Gear Analysis
The 10-item loadouts that win — and the ones that don't. Season-by-season breakdowns, winners compared, and a rule-checked builder.
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Season by season
Season-by-season loadouts
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The record
Every winning loadout, season by season
The exact ten items each champion carried, with the days they lasted and where the season was filmed.
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Head to head
Winner vs runner-up
Pick a season to see what separated first from second — shared picks are marked, and the differences are listed underneath.
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Where to buy
Buy the categories that keep winning
Ranked by how often winners carried them. Contestants use show-approved versions; these are the closest civilian equivalents we stock.
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- About the showFormat, rules, prize, medical checks & FAQ.
- ContestantsEvery contestant, every season — searchable.
- Seasons indexLocations, air years, winners for every season.
- LocationsEvery filming region and what makes it brutal.
- Seasons & Locations hubEvery season matched to its location, gear list & winner.
- 10-Item BuilderPick your 10 with live Alone rule enforcement.
- Alone Clothes BuilderBuild a legal Alone clothing layer set.
- Expedition Gear BuilderPlan a full layered system for your own trip.
- Winner kitsThe exact 10 items every winner brought.
- Clothes that winLayering patterns of finalists & winners.
- Approved gear listThe full official 10-item approved list.
- Winners' gearEvery winner's kit compared side-by-side.
- Alone Loadout IndexOpen, citable dataset of every winner's 10 items — free CSV.
- Season 13 hubWorld Championship cast, gear tracker & episode recaps.
- Every season & episodeAir dates, cast and breakdowns for all 13 seasons.
- Contestant DatasetEvery season, contestant, item & outcome — CSV + JSON.
- Contender quizCould you survive? Take the 5-minute quiz.
- Show rulesThe 10-item rule, medical checks, tap-out & prize.
- Gear by seasonComplete kit breakdowns for every season.
- 10-Item Builder (open)Non-Alone version — no rule enforcement.
- Readiness leaderboardSee how your quiz score stacks up.
The gear behind what you just read
Ranked lists for the exact categories that decide a season.
- Best Fixed-Blade KnivesFull-tang and stick-tang blades that earn their place around a working camp.See the ranking
- Top 10 Bushcraft & Camping AxesFrom belt hatchets to full felling axes — the working range for camp and shelter craft.See the ranking
- Top 10 Tents & Tarps for CampingShelters from bombproof mountain tents to traditional canvas wall tents.See the ranking
- Top 10 Three-Season Sleeping BagsDown and synthetic bags that cover the honest 20°F–40°F working range.See the ranking
- Top 10 Merino Wool Base LayersNext-to-skin wool that works in real cold, real heat, and days between washes.See the ranking
- Top 10 Winter JacketsDown parkas, synthetic belay pieces, and heavy wool coats for real cold.See the ranking