Gear Patrol

Since 1963, we’ve enjoyed six generations of the Corvette and five versions of the Mustang. Nine different Presidents have called the White House home and we have listened to vinyl give way to tape, CDs and eventually the digital download. We’ve also had 50 years of the Stanley PowerLock tape measure, a product that has clearly stood the test of time and continues to enjoy its reign at the top.

If you’ve ever ventured into a cold winter morning with your old man, there’s a good chance you’ve drunk coffee the best way it’s served: piping hot, with steam rising out of the top of an old Stanley Thermos’s cap cup. To celebrate 100 years of that stoic pea-green metal friend, Stanley is releasing its…

Stanley’s classic all steel vacuum bottles have been a fixture of campsites and worksites for decades, thanks to their durable design and excellent sealing. The Adventure Multi-use Bottle ($10) is a natural progression from those classic roots. The versatile screw-off body makes the bottle easy to clean and also pulls double duty as a 24…

There are plenty of canteens designed to keep your beverage of choice ice cold or piping hot. But we’ve never come across one dedicated to the carbonated side of the drink spectrum until now. The Stanley Nineteen 13 Carbonated Drink Bottle ($24) features a high-pressure design for keeping soda — or more importantly, beer —…

Created as the working man’s go to brand for taking food or coffee to a job, the Stanley classic black flask ($20) brings the same quality to your booze of choice. Though it may not have the panache of shinier options out there, we actually prefer this flask’s dark utilitarian looks and sneakable size. Made…

Cigarette lighters in a car are about as relevant as leaded fuel and not to sound presumptious to our smoking readers, but the convenience of having a regular AC outlet, to this particular writer, trumps inefficient cigarette ignition. A recent procurement, the Stanley 100 Watt Power Inverter helps alleviate the nuiscance by providing a 110…

One tool. Total Destruction. Or so that’s what we imagine could also be the slogan for the Stanley FatMax Xtreme FuBar Utility Bar, a one piece forged bar from select steel that will break apart anything you swing it at. The textured grip will hold tightly even when wet and tempered steel means no chipping….