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Keeping Your Home Electronics Safe

As with most men, we know electronics, or at least we’d like to think we do. Chances are your home electronics roster consists of a computer, gaming system, television, and maybe even an audio system. You need several open outlets to plug everything in, and somewhere down the line you figured a power strip would [...]

The Most Versatile Piece of Headwear Ever

The Buff is about as simple as it gets. It’s just a tube of fabric roughly 18″ long, made to be the Optimus Prime of headgear (Did anyone else just think of Megan Fox?). It can transform into a balaclava, a beanie, a headband, or a variety of other configurations. I’ve owned a regular one [...]

Improve Your Coffee with the Push of Button

Let’s face it, there is an entire industry dedicated to producing highly specialized (and some would argue pointless) kitchen gadgets. This industry exists because in the mid 90s the kitchen became The Place to deck out in the home, and Williams Sonoma, Crate and Barrel, Pottery Barn, etc. needed shiny stainless steel things to line [...]

A Bright Idea

It’s ironic that when most people go into the wilderness, they don’t think much about the environmental impact of the gear they use. Well, the engineers at Altus Lumen have thought about it. A lot. They say that this, the PAD-L, is the world’s first sustainable portable LED light. While that claim didn’t surprise me [...]

Thoughts from a 6 Time Marathoner

By Gear Patrol Reader Michael A. Salter: Men who run marathons typically fall into one of two groups: (1) very boring and serious or (2) prone to excess in life. This article is geared to those who want to get their friends to sign up for marathons and to clock decent race times. And, of [...]

Selecting the perfect groomsman’s gift is not a task to be taken lightly. Your gift represents not only a hearty “thank you for standing by me through the thick of it” but is also a reflection of your bond with your closest compatriots. I’ve been in a few weddings and can’t help but feel that [...]

Blu-ray Meets Bells & Whistles

Since the mainstream inception of Blu-ray, the existence of the Playstation 3 has always made it hard to justify purchasing a stand alone Blu-ray player. The gaming system’s versatility presented buyers with just too many additional features to ignore, and the price disparity between it and everything else was negligible. Recently, however, the cost of [...]

A Mobile Email Fiend's Dream Come True

You knew it would only be a matter of time before Blackberry would jump into the world of mobile applications. Looks like time’s up. By Gear Patrol Reader Kirk Ward: BlackBerry introduced the BlackBerry App World in early April and has been adding new applications at a constant clip. While many of the best applications [...]

The World's Most Secure Flash Drive

The great thing about a flash drives is that they do exactly what we need them to do – transport data quickly and conveniently via small, ultra-portable packages. Throw them on a lanyard, keychain, or just stuff them in your bag or pocket.

Somewhere There's A T-Shirt For Every Man

T-shirts have always been the cornerstone of a man’s casual wardrobe, partially because of their comfort and partly for the personal statements they allow you to make. Want to support a president, generate some laughs, or simply look good? Any or all of these things can be accomplished depending on the t-shirt you wear. So [...]

Fire Up The Grill! We're Making... Pizza?!

There’s no better way to prepare a pizza than using a brick oven, but ripping down your dining room to install such a behemoth isn’t exactly cost effective. And as much as you or I would like to erect ourselves a singular purpose hearth, it’s just not really that feasible.

A Better Shave For About $3 Bucks

I hate to shave. I’ve tried every cream, gel, lotion, and aftershave imaginable. I’ve tried every conceivable manual razor and I’ve even overpaid for an electric. For me, the torture of shaving doesn’t stem from the amount of time it takes in the morning or the feeling like it’s a hassle. It’s just that every [...]

Gear Patrol's Advance Look... In A Slideshow

It’s car mania this week at Gear Patrol. Ahead of the public, Gear Patrol was invited by a few auto manufacturers to attend the 2009 New York Auto Show to get an advance look. Of course, we obliged and took the opportunity to plow through the entire show to get our readers a taste of [...]

Your Driving Life, Cubed.

Gear Patrol’s Bradley Hasemeyer takes the new (to the U.S.) Nissan Cube out for a test drive and gives his review on the seemingly square (yet not so square) ride.

If The US Postal Service Played Golf, This Would Be Their Umbrella.

When Gear Patrol decided to test out The Davek Golf, the newest umbrella from Davek, my emotions ran the full gamut. First I was excited, as GP has covered the Davek Solo and found it quite keen. Then I realized that a true product test would require my venturing out into adverse weather conditions. Sigh. [...]