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A Year Ago on Gear Patrol

Dropping the Lug In Luggage

That ratty suitcase you’ve been lugging since your semester abroad? Chuck it. It’s time for some modernization in the luggage department. We’ve had the Tumi Vapor Medium Packing Case ($495) with us on several, mindbendingly-long excursions this past month and Tumi’s claims of hardside protection and lightweight maneuverability are indeed present and accounted for. Read [...]

Repurposed Heritage, Purposefully.

Helmed by James Hammarhead (awesome name), Philadelphia, PA based Hammarhead Industries has a singular focus: create minimalist modern motorcycles in the spirit of iconic 1950′s design through repurposing and recycling. If the Triumph Scrambler based Jack Pine ($14,500) is a product of that manifesto then bring it on, we say. Torquing hard at our bike-strings, [...]

The Real Freaks Come Out At Night

Taking place 10 years after the events of Crackdown, 2007′s Xbox 360 hit, the sequel offers a return to Pacific City. However, this go-round, the city isn’t overrun by a variety of crime syndicates – instead it’s been destroyed by the nightly emergence of a Freak horde; daytime’s little better, as armed citizens have banded [...]

A Look Back at Gear Patrol's Recent Finds

Campforge

With a light, compact, collapsible design, the Survival Stove ($95) is a solid fuel-burning (20,000 BTU/1,200°F) cinerator that’s litter-free, stable burning, and all-weather. Credentials you want in a stove prefixed with “survival”. Using dry fuel materials (e.g. wood, cardboard, charcoal, dry animal dung…), the Survival Stove utilizes a small internal fan that accelerates the heating [...]

For a Genteel Summer

Last summer we got to try out Orlebar Brown’s Bulldog ($138) short, an excellent beach/swim short. The ladies were big fans and we were too as we found the quality, well, stellar. New for this year Orlebar Brown has released two “Sport” shorts, the Boxer and Pup. Being such big fans of the Bulldogs, we [...]

A New Competitor to the Panny LX3 & Canon S90

Ever since the Panasonic LX3 stepped on to the scene, the camera world has been waiting for competing brands to follow suit by creating a compact oriented at professional who want a pocket friendly alternative to their DSLR. Samsung has answered the call with the EX1TL500 10MP Digital Camera ($450). So what exactly do you [...]

We Take on a Pete Dye Course

Every golfer has their wish list of destination courses. Pebble Beach and Pinehurst No. 2 sit atop mine. I have a new addition, Pound Ridge. The course has been receiving a lot of fanfare as one of the best courses you can play and best new courses period, so we decided to take the short [...]

As an amateur/avid photographer, action sports follower, and all-around gear junkie I can tell you that watching this video will not only elevate your appreciation for work that goes into high production action photography (and photography studios in general), but also take you from six to midnight with digital gear envy. Renowned photographer Chase Jarvis, [...]

A Year Ago on Gear Patrol

Your High-Def Memory Aid

After enjoying years of success in Europe, Toshiba has chosen 2010 to bring their Camileo line of high-definition digital camcorders to us here in the United States. Avid readers will know that we’re big fans of pocket-sized HD recorders, but sometimes a more full-featured solution would be handy. We had the chance to go hands-on [...]

Green Heat

Tesla, the storied American manufacturer of lean, green, electrified machines has unveiled their latest iteration of their single-product lineup with the Roadster 2.5 ($101,500). The Tesla Roadster 2.5 receives a facelift comprised of a redesigned grille, rear bumper with diffuser, improved interior with 7″ touchscreen display, and backup camera. The changes impart the hand-built carbon [...]

Pure Summer Whites

When Seavees created the Pantone Plimsoll ($125) they must have agreed with our sentiment that a clean pair of canvas shoes belongs in every man’s closet, especially come summer. Combining it with Pantone’s original 1963 color palette was simply a stroke of genius.

Or Maybe Just Face Lifted

In the wake of the iPad, you better believe that Amazon’s Kindle division has been spending more than a few late nights pondering how the device can stay relevant in the future. Since they can’t simply integrate a color e-ink display (yet) or add other drool worthy features overnight to the product line, it seems [...]