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Heirloom Quality Tie. Brooks Brothers Price.

Gear Patrol has written about Vittorio J ties in the past, to great laud. Recently, we got the chance to try on a few pieces from Vittorio J’s new Exclusive Collection, a hand-numbered limited edition set of ties that hails from old world tailoring. These are the Mercedes of ties.

Vintage-Inspired, American Made

Over 10 years ago, Red Monkey Designs was started out of a garage in Southern California. Best known for producing hand-built leather accessories from custom watches to guitar straps, RMD has quickly become a go-to destination for rock stars and celebrities in search of vintage-inspired leather goods. Their clientele includes the likes of KISS, Metallica, [...]

The Original Sportswallet

We’re giving away J.Fold Sportswallets to two lucky readers. Step inside for our take on these essential accessories and to see how you can win.

Can I Get A Vowel

Looking for a piece of unique artwork? Then Michael Albert’s Map of Manhattan collage poster will certainly fit the bill. Looking like a ransom note that’s been blended and infused with steroids, the Map of Manhattan poster is a detailed map of New York City done through letters collected from advertisements and commercial packaging. Taking [...]

Dual Sinks In the Bathroom. Dual iPhone Chargers Bedside.

The adage of “two’s company” must have been what iHome had in mind when they took their now ubiquitous iHome iPod dock/alarm clock and retooled it to handle two iPods or iPhones. As a strong evolution in the series, the new iHome iP88G is a well featured package and comes a surprisingly long way from [...]

Philly Brings It With The Comedy

It’s crude. It’s inappropriate. It’s hilarious. That’s pretty much the best way to describe one of TV’s funniest shows, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. FX’s over the top mayhem comedy is anything but your typical sitcom, and nothing you’d expect from it’s straight-out-of-the-80′s title sequence. Season 4 is 383 minutes packed with degenerative storytelling taken [...]

THX Certified, Desk-Shaking, Computer Speaker Bliss

So, you picked up a nice new computer during one of the back to school sales last month. Maybe you even got a free iPod Touch to go with it. Chances are, you’re lacking some quality audio to project all the music and videos you’ve been downloading. No matter how good you think those stock [...]

Question: Is It A Backpack or Duffel? Answer: Yes.

Before you pick up both a backpack and a weekend duffel, consider the Tumi T-Tech Quest Duffel Backpack. Made of 78% recycled material, the T-Tech Quest brings the Tumi T-Tech line’s mix of functionality and organization packed into a lightweight and durable piece of luggage. The only thing is, this isn’t luggage. It’s part backpack, [...]

This Ain't Your Grandpa's Pull Cart

Let’s start by saying that, here at Gear Patrol, we love to play golf. To take it a step further (no pun intended), we love to walk the course, when given the choice. It’s just a different game on foot. That, and walking really benefits from having the right equipment. One of the best ways [...]

One Hot Blade

We’ve shared some of our favorites from the good folks at Columbia River Knife & Tool before, and here is another fine example of their handiwork. The new Ignitor is a perfect little tech-folder, as stout as it is sharp. The Ignitor features a 3.38″ modified drop point, hollow grid blade in premium 8Cr14MoV stainless [...]

And the Inside Scoop from Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein

Yesterday, some of the New York based Gear Patrol crew were lucky enough to attend the filming of Engadget’s first ever Engadget Show (#engadgetshow). The event was held at the Tishman Auditorium which some may recognize as the former setting of Inside The Actor’s Studio. Focus of the night was, as you’d suspect, gadgets and [...]

It’s a rainy day here in New York today, perhaps fitting of the date: 9/11. The clouds are unleashing a veritable torrent and one can’t help but think of why. Gear Patrol prides itself by having writers based in a variety of places throughout the U.S., but Manhattan is our home base. It’s a great [...]

Don't Call It An Opener

The Bottle Cap Wrench by Craftsman is manliness incarnate. Drop forged in the same USA factories as Craftsman tools it carries the same unconditional guarantee as it’s brethren: If any Craftsman hand tool ever fails to provide complete satisfaction, Return it to any Sears store or other Craftsman outlet in the United States for free [...]

Mercedes Readies Itself For Sexy Time

Car nut or Philistine? Doesn’t matter. All will agree that the new 2010 Mercedes SLS AMG is a vehicle for the ages. The classic gullwing doors inspired from the 1954-1957 Mercedes 300SL, sultry sheet metal, carbon-fiber structure, and AMG’s sonorous 563 horsepower (480 lb-ft torque) mid-engine all yield a package that can be described as [...]

Smaller, Faster, Better, Stronger... Technologic

When the engine-ears at Nissan heard they were charged with refocusing the highly successful and storied Z-line, they did something remarkable, they listened. The launch of the new 370Z in January along with the NISMO and roadster versions in June and September, respectively, sees a number of small tweaks from the great, but sometimes flawed, [...]