Gear Patrol

The popular direct-mail startup Birchbox has officially launched a one time edition of their subscription commerce service geared towards men. The limited edition box is filled with a trove of grooming finds from brand’s we’ve covered on site before including: Anthony logistics lip balm and shave cream, Jack Black moisturizer, Bvlgari eau de toilette, Supersmile…

Sometimes it is simply unnecessary to go straight broke buying superfluous grooming products, so we decided that it would be appropriate to highlight ten of the top products that will be sure to leave some extra bucks in your wallet for other unnecessary items to be purchased. These are no-frills products that will not make…

December brings with it a hint of the colder weather to come.  Consequently, it’s a time for your hands to feel dry, raw, and damaged as your skin transitions to the lower humidity conditions that come with the winter weather.  Factor in an active lifestyle (you are a Gear Patrol reader after all) and it’s…

Fall is officially here and now isn’t the time to start skimping on sun protection. Whether you’re walking down the block or sitting in the stands, you’re still exposing yourself to damaging UVA and UVB radiation. UVB are the rays that cause sunburn while UVA is the one that penetrates deep into the base layer…

We at Gear Patrol love Jack Black products. In fact, I believe everyone on the Gear Patrol crew uses one or more of the company’s products on a regular basis. Why do we like the products so much? Is it the Marketing? Is it the packaging? No sir. I think I speak for my compadres when I…

Men residing in Southern California are lucky bastards. Why? Because you men don’t deal with seasons. And though I wouldn’t give up Fall or Early Winter for all the 74° afternoons in the world, it would be a failure on my part if I didn’t admit that the assault of dry heated air, cold gusts…

Icy-Hot For The Well-Upgraded Man Post-gym regimen. You workout hard. Problem is, your body doesn’t respond or heal like it did in high school or college. You can’t pound on your muscles like you did during two-a-days and limping around at this age rarely comes with a funny story involving 2×4′s and Miller High Life….

An oft forgotten part of your face is your lips. You buy all the right sunscreens for the rest of your body, but the The Jack Black Intense Therapy Lip Balm is available with Natural Mint & Shea Butter or a new Lemon & Chamomile infused balm. It penetrates quickly to provide sun and windburn…

It’s the summer and here in New York it’s hot, humid and nasty. It doesn’t help that the men are fighting the heat thru work attire, which face it, is not entirely designed to be super cooling. Like many others, you’re probably going thru deo-sticks as fast as A/C freon. Time to make an upgrade….