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Summer Style with a Slight Military Treatment

Military-styled shirts are being pumped out by every men’s fashion brand under the sun these days, but few exude the quality of this version by Apolis Activism. We’ve brought up clothing items from this brand created by the Parton brothers before, mainly because we appreciate their attention to global change and improving the state of [...]

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A Cable Worth It's Length in Talktime

With everything going wireless, it would be mad to suggest adding another cable to the kudzu like infestation of cords, but all cables aren’t equal. Not to mention, I prefer my rides equipped with all wheel drive over Bluetooth. Griffin’s Hands-free Mic + Aux Cable ($23) is so simple it’s almost perfect. Just plug it [...]

Lighten Up

Now that the weather is getting hospitable, chances are you’re probably spending time outside in the evenings and enjoying your patio, deck, or porch. Outside of climate and a comfy chair to sit in, lighting plays a major role in setting the mood of your outdoor space. Based on our own personal preferences for a [...]

Look Good Even in Your Sleep

Bedding may not excite you as much as say our coverage of the 2011 porsche 911 GT2, but what you sleep in does convey a lot about your personality. Especially to those you decide to bring home to the magic room from time to time. So if you’re ashamed of the old Ninja Turtle bed [...]

Your Brooks Brothers Doesn't Do This

British bespoke suit jacket tailoring and biking outerwear. Doesn’t sound like your everyday convergence yet completely intriguing, right? Well, Italian cycling outfitter Rapha has done just that. Commissioning London tailor Timothy Everest, the Rapha Tailored Cycling Jacket ($550, avail May) is constructed of a unique nanotechnology based 100% wool fabric that’s both water/stain resistant and [...]

A Look Back at Gear Patrol's Recent Finds

It’s amazing what “relentless pursuit” can achieve. In the case of MB&F, the Horological Machine N°3 Frog or HM3 Frog. MB&F (Maximilian Büsser & Friends) is a consortium of timepiece artisans and professionals with an ingeniously simple yet incomprehensibly difficult mission: to design and craft a radical timepiece every year. You can summarily call it, [...]

Under New Ownership, but Still Damn Sexy

By Gear Patrol reader Amos Kwon Even though Volvo hasn’t made the design equivalent of a Frigidaire on wheels since the 1980s, their cars have still attracted both suede elbow-padded, tweed blazer wearing professors and suburban upper-crusty moms for the last two decades. Now that they are owned by China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Co., some [...]

Timboes From Another Era

Nope, these aren’t the Timboes you’ve come to know, but rather Timberland’s vintage-inspired line: the Timberland Boot Company. Inspired by the hard times of mass industrialization in New England and Northern England, the boot ranges are appropriately named: Colrain Reissue, Counterpane, Labourer, and Wodehouse. A personal favorite (and pair owned) is the decidedly gritty water-resistant [...]

Jolly Good Shirts

Even if you didn’t graduate from the likes of prestigious English prep schools like Eaton or Hogwarts, it doesn’t mean you can’t look the part on the weekend. Intended more for fashion than actually tussling in the scrum (we know how dirty that sounds), these striped rugbys are made from 100% cotton jersey and feature [...]

Device Protection with Rugged Panache

You’re probably familiar with products by ZAGG, as ads for their award-winning invisibleSHIELD gadget protection dot the internet landscape (our experience shows them to be as beastly and protective as ZAGG claims them to be). Further worming their way into our hearts, they’ve even crafted their own Media Center & Streamer, which we featured not [...]

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Winter Only? Perish the Thought

It may sound like the latest dessert at Cheesecake Factory, but Brooklyn Brewery’s Black Chocolate Stout is oh so much more. A stout of the Russian Imperial variety, Black Chocolate is made with a blend of six black, chocolate, and roasted malt varieties – the result is a ridiculously delicious booze that evolves and improves [...]

A Bug Zapper For Your Water

You used to have three options when it came to purifying your drinking water in the backcountry: boiling it, hand pumping it through a purifier, or treating it with iodine tablets. With the SteriPEN, there is now a fourth, more high-tech choice: zapping the invisible critters with ultraviolet light. As someone who’s always used the [...]