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Swear By This Strap

Take the U.K. MOD (Ministry of Defense) spec as your basic watch strap, then over engineer it. The result? One of Maratac’s NATO watch straps. NATOs are a favorite of watch geeks everywhere, and there’s reason why. They look great on almost any sports watch (no, not a Timex Ironman) and serve as a lighter, [...]

Built With and For the LAPD

A great collaboration can often result in some fantastic products. The Los Angeles Police Department, a crew that uses their fair share of flashlights and Pelican Products have jointly developed the Pelica 7060 LED Flashlight. Tested with over 100+ officers over a two year span, the 7060 is designed to be the standard issue tactical/patrol [...]

Chumby By Way of Sony

Back in January, you might have noticed a flurry of online chatter related to the category-bucking Sony Dash. After reviewing the product’s specs and features announced in the device’s initial press release, we were slightly disappointed to learn that the Dash seemed to be positioned really as a jack of all tech trades but master [...]

Thanks to each and every one of you who helped make our FLO TV Personal Television Giveaway such a success. Many of you commented, Tweeted, and Facebook-ed (is that even a word?) with great fervor and regularity. Congratulations Derek Kan! Give us a shout at sayhello @ gearpatrol . com and we’ll get you hooked [...]

One Guru's Thoughts On Becoming Indispensable

Normally, we’d never showcase any kind of book dealing with those grey area subjects such as self-help or self-improvement. That’s because, in the majority of situations, these books really boil down to self-aggrandizing dribble spat out by “experts” whose only credentials appear to be a hefty helping of ego and knowing the name of a [...]

Functional Works of Art

Seasoning shakers rarely ever see any attention from anyone outside of the folks at Bed, Bath, and Beyond who continuously strive to find new ways to repackage and sell the same old stuff. So when we come across something like these, we can’t help but pass the knowledge along to you. Created by Shotoku Glass [...]

Written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, Good Will Hunting garnered two Oscar wins and nine nominations back in 1997. It also helped launch Matt Damon’s movie career (Ben Affleck’s already having been launched by The Voyage of the Mimi). Starring Damon, Affleck, Mini Driver, and Robin Williams, the movie follows Will Hunting, an MIT [...]

Putting Your Normal Wallet on a Much Needed Diet

There’s no other accessory a man will have on him more often than his wallet. While most of us may never think or desire to change out our perfectly good back pocket companion just for the sake of a look, there is something to be said about carrying less in certain situations. Incredibly thin and [...]

Roan If You Want To, Roan Around The World

When it comes to staying warm in the winter, nothing beats goose down – end of discussion. So, with the weather in New England starting to resemble Hoth, we decided it was time to put a down jacket through its paces, Gear Patrol style. The object of our testing was the GoLite Roan Plateau Hoodie. [...]

Seriously, if you don’t know The Shawshank Redemption or watch it every time you catch it on TNT, you might not have a soul. It’s a classic that follows two men coping with prison life in the 1940s. Andy Dufrain has been convicted of murdering his wife and lover, but maintains his innocence. Red, “the [...]

Gas, Hybrid, or Diesel? You Choose.

The 2011 Volkswagen Touareg (tour-egg) brings with it both less and more. Less weight and more MPG’s. Dropping 460 lbs from its already popular predecessor, the new Touareg paired with a new 8-speed (yes, eight) transmission in 3.0 liter V6 hybrid form, will achieve 25 mpg or nearly 32 mpg when you opt for the [...]

From the Producers of Entourage Comes HBO's Latest Comedy

This Sunday, those of you who subscribe to HBO should check out their newest comedy series How To Make It In America premiering at 10PM. Produced by the same folks who brought you Entourage a.k.a Mark Wahlberg and Jada Miranda, this show follows the paths of two twentysomethings living in New York city searching for [...]

Putting Your Entire Recipe Library at the Tip of Your Finger

Products like the Amazon Kindle, Apple iPadand Skiff E-Reader are clearly aimed at putting all those paperbacks you have lying around out of their misery, but what about your cook books? The reality is, none of the current crop of e-readers out on the market are really built to work in the hazardous environment that [...]

Best Case Scenario

Apple products are notorious for their gorgeous factory finishes being as magnetically attractive to scratching and scuffing as seedy women are to Tiger Woods. While there are a plethora of products on the market for protecting your iNvestment, those offered by Speck Products shine through. Speck has been making cases for various Apple products for [...]

Nasal Weed Wacker

By Gear Patrol Reader Zach Zornischenko It is an embarrassing subject, but let’s face it, sooner or later your body is going to change, and those hairs that used to be neatly tucked inside your nose will start to spill out. Needless to say, that’s not what you want. If you’ve already developed an unsightly [...]