Don’t Throw Away That Water Bottle Just Yet

If you do a fair share of traveling you probably know that staying hydrated is important. Outside of Las Vegas, you’re probably not staying in any hotels that take room humidity into factor, an important part of better sleep and avoiding dry/flaky skin.

The Air-O-Swiss Travel Ultrasonic Humidifier allows you to bring along a high quality Swiss humidifier wherever you go by just adding your own water bottle. It uses high-frequency vibrations to generate a micro-fine cool mist that is blown into the room. It’s transcontinental AC adapter and exchangeable plugs ensure you’ll be able to use it in any country.

Editor’s Note: Also works great in the office.

Cost: $60

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Another Reason Why We Love HermanMiller

According to über design firm HermanMiller, the ethos behind the Sense desk is that you need a desk that makes it easier to mirror the changes you encounter every day in work life. Sounds reasonable.

What I can say is that the Sense is an innovative desk with gorgeous lines I would be comfortable working at both work and home. The myriad of adaptabilities the Sense desk allow you to expand the desk to a massive multi-user workstation or just a simple one-person work surface.

Cost: $949 @ Herman Miller Sense

Also See: Behance Action Runner | Morgan Grays Office Chair For Men

Paper Basket?

Recycled paper as a storage basket. Clever.

The Paperwork Recycled Storage Basket from Mocha comes with a purposed design: to banish clutter. Not a new concept, I know.

Rather, the unique premise of this storage basket comes from the fact that it’s made from recycled rolls of magazines, something I come into contact far more than the average joe. Nice to see that those recycled glossies are making their way into something useful. It’s also a perfect gift for that friend who needs a little nudge towards recycling.

Cost: $45 @ Mocha

The Cure for Wrap Rage

Here at Gear Patrol, we have embarked upon an endless mission to scour the Earth for ways that you, Man, may Advance Yourself. Oftentimes, advancement comes through the advent of simple solutions to life’s most insidious frustrations. It is in that spirit that we present the Open It!

If you believe, like I do, that some forms of packaging are so ill-designed as to be mortally dangerous to the average consumer, then the Open It! is the only suitable weapon with which to equip yourself for a post-shopping spree unboxing session. It features angular shears resembling the “Jaws of Life,” designed to tackle the most heinous of packaging materials: the clamshell. Additionally, the Open It! sports a box cutter utility blade and even a mini-screwdriver perfect for opening those completely inane battery compartments. Available in three colors, the Open It! gets the GP Seal of Approval for helping us get our mounds of swag out of the boxes with a high degree of alacrity.

What this means to you: It doesn’t cost much and it just might help you escape the holidays with all of your digits intact. Now that’s value.

Cost: $12.99

Editor’s Note: Interestingly, Jeff Bezos (founder of Amazon) has posted an article on the home page of Amazon.com today with a solution to alleviate “wrap rage” as well. God bless him. We’re not sure how long it will be up so you can read a copy of his article after the jump.
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A Dour Perspective On Your Morning Cup O’ Joe

I’m not a big fan of pessimism. In fact, it’s a characteristic I find loathesome unless it comes served with two heaping scoops of sarcasm.

Appropriate for Monday mornings, the Pessimist’s Mug is a perfect gift for someone you know (or yourself) that looks upon the day with a certain degree of dour. I’m a relatively can-do kind of guy, but when my first cup of coffee finds its way past my mug’s midpoint, I tend to look upon it with scorn more than caffeinated happiness.

Despite any sullen outlooks, the Pessimist’s Mug is made from high-grade materials, but more importantly built for high-grade sarcasm.

Cost: $10

Also See: Nerf Office Elimination Game | Hot Cold Mug

Befitting Of Your Holy Books, Penguin Classics and Even Bills

A man needs an appropriate place to work, surf, meditate, contemplate or just read Emerson. It goes right up there with an appropriately manly armchair, coat, car, shaving products and power tools. Amongst others. (See a website called Gear Patrol for further reference).

Reclaimed pine and steel are the materials of upstate New York SMC Furnishing’s SBW Desk. A gorgeous exercise in what one can do without having to use nasty Service Merchandise (remember them?) grade compressed cardboard and laminate. SMC specializies in using natural and recycled materials.

I work off of a Crate & Barrel desk that’s as wide as my New York apartment will allow (not much), but in my former digs I converted an old barnyard pine dining table to use as work table. It was expansive, minimalist and glorious. Looking at the SBW Desk I’m half tempted to tell my oddly attractive neighbor that I’m comandeering her apartment and adjacent walls to accommodate this table. If she disagrees, then I’ll take the moment of confusion to figure out just why she’s so attractive.

Measures 30″x32″x60″ and available with drawers.

Cost: $1400

Also See: Pottery Barn Aviation Desk