9 Tides is an outdoor content site covering the gear, decisions, and trade-offs that come up when you spend time outside — whether that means hunting deer in eastern hardwoods, choosing a crossbow for your first season, picking a trail camera that won’t frustrate you, or sorting out the practical financial side of bigger outdoor purchases like boats and recreational vehicles.
What We Cover
The content on 9 Tides falls into a few broad categories:
- Hunting gear and apparel — Camo systems, crossbows, trail cameras, and the supporting gear that makes time in the field more productive.
- On-water topics — Boat financing, ownership cost decisions, and practical guidance for boat buyers and owners.
- Outdoor product reviews and comparisons — Honest, research-based assessments of brands and individual products, with the trade-offs named clearly.
Our Editorial Approach
We write to be useful, not to fill space. A few principles shape what we publish:
- Honest framing. Recommendations are based on product specifications, brand reputation, and publicly available information — not on fabricated “we tested this for three months” claims. Where we have not personally tested a product, we say so.
- Trade-offs over hype. Every product has limitations. We describe what a product is good for and what it is not, so readers can make decisions that fit their actual situations.
- Practical over performative. We focus on what matters in real use — the specs that actually translate to better outcomes — rather than getting lost in marketing numbers that look impressive on a sheet but don’t change a hunt or a purchase.
How We’re Funded
9 Tides supports itself through affiliate partnerships with brands and retailers. When a reader clicks an affiliate link on this site and makes a qualifying purchase, the merchant pays us a small commission. This costs the reader nothing extra. The presence of an affiliate relationship does not guarantee a positive review — we recommend products we believe in and we describe shortcomings honestly when they exist.
Read our full Affiliate Disclosure for the complete picture, including the networks and programs we participate in.
Contact
For corrections, partnership inquiries, or general questions, reach out via our Contact page. We read everything that comes in, even when we can’t respond to every message individually.