The reoccurring problem of foggy goggles has been significantly reduced with anti-fog goggles. Skiers and snowboarders alike appreciate this technology.

But conditional changes still create vision issues. Enter, the Bollé goggles with modulator lenses that change their tint based on the conditions. Imagine using the same goggles with polycarbonate lenses that take you from day to night, wet to dry without a change or blurry vision. We’re all about it.

Features:

• P80 Plus Carbo Glass
• Double Layer Foam
• Flow-Tech Venting
• Perfect Helmet Fit
• Black Frames with Citrus Gold lens

What this means to you: All condition goggles at an introductory goggle price.

Cost: $40 @ HDO Sport

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Samsonite Graviton luggage is tough. Good luggage should be. Good luggage also has plenty of interior lining and features to keep up with your traveling rigor. The Graviton has that, plus aesthetic, in spades.

Luggage features:

• Constructed of Samsonite’s molded polypropylene hardside shell material.
• Push button locking handle.
• Top and side carry handles. Four spinner wheels. TSA combination lock.
• Fully lined interior.
• Expands 2ins. for additional packing space.
• Zipped divider pad. Zip pocket. Cross ribbons to keep clothes secure.
• 10 year warranty.

What this means to you: Travel season is on the horizon and approaching rapidly. Don’t get left behind with broken luggage and weak protection.

Cost: $190-$370 @ Luggage Online

With the raging firestorm in California it makes sense to reconsider your own fire safety. When is the last time you checked to see if the extinguisher in your home is up-to-spec or if you even have one. It may be the safest $50 you ever invest in.

Get a multipurpose or area specific extinguisher for your home with one of the many different models from Kidde. Seen here: (Kidde Pro210, Kidde Living Area 2A10BC, Kidde Electrical 1A10BC).

What this means to you: You won’t fight a wildfire with one of these but that’s not what they’re for. Keep an extra measure of safety at home with a Kidde extinguisher.

Cost: $17-$38 @ Lowe’s

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This Fall’s unseasonably warm weather has caught everyone off guard but it doesn’t mean you can’t take advantage of it. How you ask? One word.

Golf.

Which of course gives you a perfectly viable excuse to justify replacing your driver with the new TaylorMade r7 CGB Max driver. With enough letters in it’s name to make German car manufacturers seethe with envy the TaylorMade r7 CGB Max features:

• Movable Weight TechnologyTM (MWT) with three weights promote change in trajectory of up to 35 yards from slight fade to large draw for improved accuracy and distance (one 16g, two 1g)
• Triangular head shape incorporates an exceptionally far-back CG location makes it easy to launch the ball high and super-deep
• SuperFast Technology reduces total club weight and promotes faster swing speed for added drive-crushing distance
• 460 cc clubhead combined with TaylorMade’s Inverted Cone Technology produces an extremely-high effective MOI (eMOI*) that exceeds 5800 (USGA conforming)

What this means to you: This club will instigate two things on the course: 1. Club envy and 2. Distance envy. If you’re not comfortable with that then move on.

Cost: $499 @ Golfsmith [ships 11/13]

We’re already hooked on John Allan’s Bodywash so it was only time before we moved on to try out some of their hair products. Blu is a lightweight water-based pomade that’s specifically designed to give your hair detail and sign. Sound to metro for you? Well, just know that it’s not heavy and gunky like other pomades but still gives you a strong flexible hold. Not to mention it washes out easy unlike many others.

Back to being metro - Blu nourishes and conditions your hair with botanical extracts of orange flower, lemongrass, lime and grapetfruit. It also moisturizes and provides shape with Lanolin.

Details For Men usage suggestion: Work a small amount through damp or dry hair.

What this means to you: The folks at John Allan’s are reknown for men’s grooming. This writer is hard pressed not to agree.

Cost: $21 @ Details For Men

New for the 2007 season, the official NFL® leather game ball by Wilson is the epitome of footballs. It’s constructed with high-quality leather for top performance at the highest level and the ball features NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s signature. Best part is that it’s made here in the good ol’ US of A.

What this means to you: Just because you can’t play with with real players doesn’t mean you can’t play with the true pigskin.

Cost: $90 @ Dicks Sporting Goods