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Result: The Handshake To End All Handshakes

Named after pirate Captain “Bone Crusher” Roberts, Bone Crusher Grips are made to give you grip strength that will make your adversaries shiver their timbers. Ranging from 100lbs to 500lbs in grip resistance, you can slowly build up your grip strength and forearms. A better grip will improve your performance in the gym immensely, because [...]

Piece of mind in TUMULTuous times

By Guest Writer and Outdoor Enthusiast Zach Zornischenko As with most things we review here at Gear Patrol, first impressions are everything. Luckily, Benchmade’s 14800 TUMULT left a lasting impression of quality and functionality on us right from the start.  The TUMULT is perfect for those who need, with the quick slide of a thumb, [...]

All Charged Up

Ryobi hit the nail on the head with its well thought out TEK 4 line of battery-powered tools. Cordless tools are nothing new, what with all the saws and drills out there that get their juice from battery packs. However, the TEK 4 line-up addresses home improvement and job site needs with a new twist [...]

Portable Protection From the Elements Done Right

Bivy sacks represent an excellent shelter solution for any trailblazer seeking all-weather protection without dealing with the weight or pack bulk of a tent. Nemo’s Gogo LE Bivy represents a better solution than competing models though on a variety of fronts. First of all, thanks to its added length, the Gogo LE provides sleeper’s with [...]

Painfully Cute Dog Not Included

You spend a major portion of your life sleeping on the comfort of a mattress, so why shouldn’t your best four-legged friend? DoggySnooze ($139) is an orthopedic, elevated bed with bolstered rails designed to give Fido the most comfortable sleeping experience (besides his/her favorite place, of course: beside your feet in bed). DoggySnooze is available [...]

Don't Get Your Hopes Up, It's Not Infused

Tequila fans take note. Yeyo is a new straight up silver brand made of 100% blue agave grown in Jalisco, Mexico. These plants are cooked in a brick Agave cooker as opposed to aluminum to extract a more natural flavor from the 24 hour process. The firm’s press materials even highlight that classical music is [...]

More Uroboros Than You Can Shake A Stick At

We’re always open to revisit one of our favorite games of recent days, and a fresh infusion of top-notch content is the perfect excuse. Capcom has provided that very thing for their hit Resident Evil 5, which was easily one of the best games of 2009.They’ve unleashed two new episodes to add to the original [...]

Man’s best friend doesn’t get a lot of attention from a gear perspective here on Gear Patrol, we’re aware and we’re hoping to change that. Our first step is bring the Chuckit! Launcher to your attention. The Chuckit! is a plastic tennis ball launcher made to let you keep your hands slobber free, throw the [...]

This Ain't No Power Pad

We’re not sure how we feel about the glowing ball atop the new Sony PlayStation Move (can we use it as a flashlight in a pinch?), but we do know that Sony’s long awaited foray into motion control should prove interesting. Using a similar dual-controller setup as the Nintendo Wii, the PlayStation Move will be [...]

A Guy Friendly Table Setting

Placemats are a dining accessory many single guys take for granted. Putting them on the table just seems like extra, unnecessary work. Plus the act of washing them after a few meals just adds insult to injury. Though we won’t disagree with either of those points, we will stop to remind you that details like [...]

Tumi Tote. Minus The Tote.

Tumi’s Alpha Bravo line just got a little more functional with the Tumi Belvoir Tote ($250). Touted as Tumi’s most versatile tote, the Belvoir Daily Tote functions well for work, travel, or casual endeavors. As you’d come to expect, the bag is constructed using Tumi’s renown ballistic nylon with black leather trim. After a rough [...]

Move Over Segway, There's a New Ride in Town

Over the years, we’ve seen plenty of attempts by inventors to revolutionize the way urban dwellers get from point a to b (think The Segway). The Yike Bike represents the next iteration along these lines and was built to answer four basic questions: What is the simplest way to get from A to B with [...]

Featuring The Omnipotent Seal of Good Fortune

According to Cordarounds, the new Lucky Pants can improve your luck by a whopping .007%. We haven’t had a pair long enough to test that claim out but we can say that these trousers, made of green velveteen and a unique gold lining, are incredibly comfortable, and that’s what you want to be when you’ve [...]

Save Your Laptop, Save the World.

Let’s face it – a laptop sleeve is a humble creature, easily overlooked, toiling in obscurity. Functional to a fault, its sole important purpose in the world is to protect your flashy MacBook from the knocks of everyday life. Until now. Enter the Looptworks Hoptu, the laptop sleeve that is doing its part to save [...]