Ice Ice Baby

By Eric YangcloseAuthor: Eric Yang Name: Eric Yang
Email: eyang@gearpatrol.com
Site: http://www.gearpatrol.com
About: See Authors Posts (1112) on Tuesday, 3 Nov, 2009 – 15:07 | One Comment

Michelin (Tire, not Stars, but the same company) has a new winter tire, and it’s shaping up to be one of the best out this year. Providing as much ice and snow-prowling capabilities without forgoing …

Say No To Paycheck Burning Speeding Tickets

By Zane OlivercloseAuthor: Zane Oliver Name: Zane Oliver
Email: zoliver@gearpatrol.com
Site: http://gearpatrol.com/blog/author/zoliver/
About: Thinking, pondering, wondering, and dreaming – although dangerous in my wife’s eyes – these are the OCD tendencies that led me to Gear Patrol. I’m always in search of some type of gear. What that may be all depends on my mood for the day. Born and raised in the great state of Texas, I am a financial adviser and I also own an automotive detailing business on the side for fun (and gear money). I always say that I like to be funny, but I’m never as funny as I’d like to be. Similar to many loyal Gear Patrol readers, I have numerous hobbies and interests which occupy most every drop of free time and all the resources I can muster. It is a thirst that’s hard to quench. One of my missions in life is to have a profound impact on those I contact. I believe Gear Patrol is a fantastic avenue of opportunity to impact men’s lives (read: your life) with relevant, useful information about so many things that are shared passions, and, as an optimist, I think even better things are yet to come.See Authors Posts (4) on Thursday, 27 Aug, 2009 – 9:30 | 3 Comments

It’s nearly impossible to search for a radar detector online (or elsewhere for that matter) without turning up gobs of tests, opinions, and other information. Taken as a whole body of research, one unit stands …

Dirty Cars Be Afraid... Very Afraid

By Zane OlivercloseAuthor: Zane Oliver Name: Zane Oliver
Email: zoliver@gearpatrol.com
Site: http://gearpatrol.com/blog/author/zoliver/
About: Thinking, pondering, wondering, and dreaming – although dangerous in my wife’s eyes – these are the OCD tendencies that led me to Gear Patrol. I’m always in search of some type of gear. What that may be all depends on my mood for the day. Born and raised in the great state of Texas, I am a financial adviser and I also own an automotive detailing business on the side for fun (and gear money). I always say that I like to be funny, but I’m never as funny as I’d like to be. Similar to many loyal Gear Patrol readers, I have numerous hobbies and interests which occupy most every drop of free time and all the resources I can muster. It is a thirst that’s hard to quench. One of my missions in life is to have a profound impact on those I contact. I believe Gear Patrol is a fantastic avenue of opportunity to impact men’s lives (read: your life) with relevant, useful information about so many things that are shared passions, and, as an optimist, I think even better things are yet to come.See Authors Posts (4) on Monday, 18 May, 2009 – 9:30 | 14 Comments

This thing really sucks. Sorry, I couldn’t resist - cheesy and obvious.
Metropolitan Vacuum Cleaner Company got their start in 1939 (Happy 70th Anniversary) and has grown into a multidivisional company with market share in pet …

A Better Way To Carry Your Gear

By Eric YangcloseAuthor: Eric Yang Name: Eric Yang
Email: eyang@gearpatrol.com
Site: http://www.gearpatrol.com
About: See Authors Posts (1112) on Thursday, 19 Mar, 2009 – 14:08 | Comment Now

Spring is in the air and with Spring comes the great outdoors, or in the case of urban living - helping people move into new apartments. Time to break out the Yakima LoadWarrior and increase …

Dirty Windshields Be Damned

By Eric YangcloseAuthor: Eric Yang Name: Eric Yang
Email: eyang@gearpatrol.com
Site: http://www.gearpatrol.com
About: See Authors Posts (1112) on Friday, 13 Feb, 2009 – 13:10 | One Comment

The Northeast is absolute hell on a car during the winter. The roads are saltier than a chicken Parmesan sandwich, subjecting a vehicle’s paint and undercarriage to the corroding salt.
Worse yet, the constant drizzle mixed …

By Jason HeatoncloseAuthor: Jason Heaton Name: Jason Heaton
Email: jheaton@gearpatrol.com
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About: I’ve always been a bit of an adventure fiend, a Midwestern boy seduced by the exoticism of adventure magazines and Hemingway novels. So, I feel like I’ve arrived now that I’m writing for Gear Patrol. It justifies as “research” a lifetime of tramping about the planet, climbing mountains, diving wrecks, and having a basement that looks like your local outdoor shop. Though I lean towards the Polarfleece aesthetic, I’ve been known to enjoy the occasional urban weekend in a tweed jacket or an evening in (gasp!) a tie. I only wear mechanical watches, drive my adequately patina’d Alfa Romeo Spider right up until the snow flies, and always keep an open bottle of single malt close at hand. My sporting cred runs the gamut from velodrome bike racing to Nordic skiing. I’ve done adventure races; I golf twice a month in the summer, have summited Colorado 14ers,and have even been scuba diving everywhere from Sri Lanka to Boston Harbor. I’ve traveled extensively in Europe, the US, and Asia, somehow earned an English Literature degree and learned German, French, and Latin along the way. I have studied photography and can make a mean saag paneer. I can’t say where Gear Patrol will take me. But as someone once said: “it’s not an adventure if you know the outcome.” And that’s just the way I like it. I’m here to serve you, my fellow adventurers.See Authors Posts (24) on Tuesday, 10 Feb, 2009 – 8:00 | 2 Comments

Those of you in arid Southern states or tropical climes, read no further. This review is for those men who brave winter’s wrath. And rumor has it that the groundhog saw his shadow, so we’re …

By Ben BowerscloseAuthor: Ben Bowers Name: Ben Bowers
Email: bbowers@gearpatrol.com
Site: http://gearpatrol.com/blog/author/bbowers/
About: See Authors Posts (206) on Tuesday, 30 Dec, 2008 – 12:50 | Comment Now

Back Seat Drive? Not When You Can Back Seat Watch.

It’s no fun having Jeeves drive while you’re sober, if it means missing your shows. Ten years ago, you were living the high life if you …

By Eric YangcloseAuthor: Eric Yang Name: Eric Yang
Email: eyang@gearpatrol.com
Site: http://www.gearpatrol.com
About: See Authors Posts (1112) on Wednesday, 6 Aug, 2008 – 15:17 | One Comment

Suddenly, you’ve found justification for owning a gas-guzzling SUV
The gridiron season is upon us, finally. Are you geared up? Are you ready for the greatest right as an American man? Are you ready for tailgating?
Land …

By Eric YangcloseAuthor: Eric Yang Name: Eric Yang
Email: eyang@gearpatrol.com
Site: http://www.gearpatrol.com
About: See Authors Posts (1112) on Monday, 7 Jul, 2008 – 13:40 | One Comment

Your car is equipped with anti-theft measures. It’s equipped with a security system. But is it equipped with a locking gas cap?
Hmm, that may have made you think twice. Everyone knows gas prices are climbing …

By Eric YangcloseAuthor: Eric Yang Name: Eric Yang
Email: eyang@gearpatrol.com
Site: http://www.gearpatrol.com
About: See Authors Posts (1112) on Monday, 17 Dec, 2007 – 17:09 | Comment Now

The Dash Express is a new level of car GPS/navigation units.
It’s Dash Driver network selects your route based on up-to-the-minute traffic data that is automatically and anonymously exchanged via the most reliable source&emdash;other Dash devices.t …