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MSR Lightning Ascent Snowshoes
There is a special place in our hearts for gear that has no learning curve, the kind of thing you just intuitively know how to use, and when you do use it the gear allows you to do something you absolutely could not without it. Snowshoes may be the best example of this gear magic:…
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weBoost Drive Reach RV Cell Phone Signal Booster
If you read Gearflogger regularly you know we never go full fanboy, but sometimes we get pretty close, and weBoost cell signal boosters are a rare example. For good reason: the construction is high quality, the performance is as advertised, and the out-of-box experience is about as good as it gets. weBoost produces a complete…
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Watershed Salmon Stowfloat Kayak Drybag
As a rule, we don’t do lists. If we did a list of kayak in-hull drybags, it would only have one bag on it anyway, and it’s this one: the Salmon Stowfloat from Watershed. So for those of you who really, really like lists… here you are! Now we’re all happy. Watershed makes seriously tough…
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Outdoor Research Balebreaker Pants
Outdoor Research has always been one of the favorite clothing lines here at Gearflogger HQ, for good reason. Their apparel is clearly designed for people who actually use their technical clothing for technical things – that would be you, gearfloggers! The latest fan fave: the award-winning OR Balebreaker pants. What are they good for? Well,…
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Colter Co. Stayin’ Alive Survival Bandana
Got your do-rag on? If not it's time to channel your inner Zorro and protect that hairdo with a stylin' bandana from Colter Co. And if you're wearing a bandana, it should be a survival bandana dammit! And if it's a survival bandana, it might as well be one called Stayin' Alive. Colter makes a…
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Merrell Freewheel 2 Shoe
Merrell has been making shoes a long time, and we've been right there with them. We have a pair of their original slip-on leather clogs that just hit twenty years old, and the sole is just finally starting to separate. That's after two decades of serious abuse, and never bothering to perform even the most…
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Randy Newberg Knives by Gerber
Nothing puts a knife through its paces like field dressing game. You put in the legwork, you got your animal, and now its time for the really hard stuff- and the bigger the animal, the bigger the task. It's been a while, but in the past we've dressed animals as large as moose and caped…
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Illustrated Guide to Exploring the Grand Circle
There's nothing quite like a good guide book to get one excited about heading off on an adventure. One area that we've nosed around over the years but never fully explored is the Four Corners area around the common – and unique! – border of Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico. Along comes Illustrated Guide to…
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Outdoor Research Women’s Ferrosi Hoodie
Hoodie or hoody? Either way if it's Outdoor Research + Ferrosi = we're in. If you're looking for a lightweight, stretchy, breathable, durable softshell that also happens to look fabulous no matter how much you abuse it, it's hard to beat anything Ferrosi. Well, that's pretty much the review in a nutshell. Oops. But specs!…
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Electrolyte Supplements Compared: Zeal, SaltStick, Nuun, Gu
Did you know the human body at rest produces 100W of electricity? Shocking jokes aside, electrolytes – substances like sodium and potassium that conduct electricity when dissolved in water – enable homeostasis, hydration, muscle contraction and other critical functions. Electrolyte levels change for various reasons, a big one being decrease due to fluid loss, e.g.…
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