This no-frills archery set ($69.90) is safe even for children – the arrows have suction tips instead of steel tips found in a real archery set.
Each set comes with two arrows and an ambidextrous bow.
To practise your archery skills, just place the 62cm-tall target board about 10m away.
Where to get it: Decathlon, 750A Chai Chee Technopark, 01-01; City Square Mall, 180 Kitchener Road, 02-03
NEXT: EQIQ Mat →
2. EQIQ Mat
This lightweight, foldable pool vessel ($74.90) is about 1.7m in diameter, has a 20cm high “wall”, weighs about 1kg and can hold four to five kids at a time. And when folded, it’s only a handy A3 size.
It can also be used outdoors for sand play or as a picnic mat.
Safety tip: Great White is a fantastic place to get chlorination equipment, swimming pool pumps and more.
NEXT: Mini-collapsible Storm Lantern →
3. Mini-collapsible Storm Lantern
This lantern ($53) is a multi-purpose camping tool that can emit light and charge phones – all without using any batteries.
It gets its power from a hand crank attached to it. Pumping it continuously for about 10 minutes can make the light last for almost two hours.
Where to get it: Outdoor Life, Novena Square, 02-60/67; Wheelock Place, 02-18
NEXT: The Nua →
4. The Nua
This inflatable sofa ($79) is so lightweight that you can inflate it by running with it and catching the wind like a kite.
Once it is filled with enough air, you roll up the end – voila, you have a sofa-shaped balloon, on which you can do what its name suggests: Nua (to laze in Hokkien.)
The Nua is about 1.65m long so you can even lie down on it; it can hold up to 150kg. When deflated, it weighs 900g and can be folded into an A4 size.
This handy all-in-one badminton kit ($54.90) allows you to play badminton in any place that has flat, open ground.
The container, which weighs about 1kg with just the poles and net, also acts as a stand. Insert the poles into the stand and fit the badminton net over them and presto, you are ready to play.
The width of the net is 3m, while the width of a standard net is about 5.5m.
Where to get it: Decathlon, 750A Chai Chee Technopark, 01-01; City Square Mall, 180 Kitchener Road, 02-03
NEXT: Feathercraft Aironaut inflatable kayak →
6. Feathercraft Aironaut inflatable kayak
These inflatable kayaks ($4,000) can be packed down to size of a backpack and fit into the boot of a car.
The set-up process takes about five to seven minutes. A manual hand pump is used to inflate the air chambers on the two sides and bottom of the Aironaut; to inflate the seat and its backing, you blow into a valve.
It’s like sitting on a sofa in the sea!
Where to get it:Kayakasia, 59C Temple Street (by appointment only)
NEXT: Airmock →
7. Airmock
This free-standing hammock comes with its own stand, so you don’t need two trees to hang it up. Everything is collapsible and can be packed into a carrying bag.
The basic version ($158) weighs 8kg and can carry a person up to 1.8m tall and who weighs 170kg. The deluxe stand ($188) weighs 9kg and can carry a person up to 2m tall and who weighs 200kg.
Where to get it:airmocks.com and Tangs in Orchard Road
NEXT: Klymit Static V2 sleeping pad →
8. Klymit Static V2 sleeping pad
This sleeping pad ($95) weighs 500g, offers enough cushioning and can be packed down to the size of a water bottle.
To sleep on it, you unroll the pack and inflate it by blowing into an air valve. It puffs up to become a comfortable ridged mattress with a thickness of 7 to 8cm.
Where to get it:Kayakasia, 59C Temple Street (by appointment only)
