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2009 Winter OR Show — The Petschel Report #3

In his third report, Gear Junkie correspondent Pat Petschel writes on new products from the show floor at Outdoor Retailer in Salt Lake City. .…

Written by Stephen Regenold January 24, 2009

2009 Winter OR Show — The Petschel Report #2

Gear Junkie correspondent Pat Petschel reports on new products from the show floor at the Outdoor Retailer trade show in Salt Lake City. . .

Written by Stephen Regenold January 22, 2009

Outdoor Retailer Winter Market trade show

The Gear Junkie crew is on site at the Outdoor Retailer trade show in Salt Lake City. Watch here for reports on the latest gear…

Written by Stephen Regenold January 21, 2009

2009 Winter OR Show — The Petschel Report #1

Pat Petschel, the newest member of The Gear Junkie team, is at the Outdoor Retailer trade show this week in Salt Lake City. He will…

Written by Stephen Regenold January 21, 2009

SOG PowerAssist Multi-tool

The SOG PowerAssist is stocked with esoteric and useful implements, including a V-shape blade to use as a seatbelt cutter and switchblade-like action to fling…

Written by Stephen Regenold January 04, 2009

Vew-Do Flow balance board

The best training for an outdoor sport or activity — say snowboarding, as one example — is to simply get outside and do it. But…

Written by Sean McCoy December 12, 2008

Gear Junkie’s Holiday Gift Guide

Click here for the Gear Junkie’s Holiday Gift Guide, a 12-product spread of outdoors-oriented gift suggestions, from ski bags and knives to a carbon-fiber travel…

Written by Stephen Regenold December 10, 2008

Sender Films — THE SHARP END

Sender Films’ latest, “The Sharp End,” is a vividly-filmed and heart-pounding hour of rock climbing, alpine and ice ascents, slack-lining and BASE jumping at crags…

Written by Stephen Regenold December 08, 2008

Longboard Innovations

The sport of longboarding is a rising trend with active adults. No longer is this sport limited to the realm of the teenager, and no…

Written by Stephen Regenold December 01, 2008

Gear Review — Black Diamond Orbit Lantern

Made for backcountry skiers, climbers and backpackers, the Orbit Lantern is a pocket-size, collapsible mini lantern that shines enough light to prepare dinner, organize gear,…

Written by Stephen Regenold November 24, 2008

Bear Naked Survey

Click on the home page here (up and to the right) to take Bear Naked’s trail mix survey. It’s easy and quick, and the company…

Written by Stephen Regenold November 17, 2008

Gear Review — Buddy-Board

“Is your life worth 30 seconds?” That’s the question posed by Buddy-Board LLC on the packaging of its namesake product, a dry-erase board made for…

Written by Stephen Regenold October 30, 2008

Gear Review — Gerber Omnivore flashlight

The Omnivore, a new cigar-size flashlight from Gerber, is battery agnostic, meaning it will take power from any of the varying combinations of AA, AAA…

Written by Stephen Regenold September 11, 2008

Petzl’s MYO RXP – The Gear Junkie Scoop

Petzl’s latest headlamp offering, a $100 LED model due out in January, offers light-level customization to let users tweak and finely tune the brightness setting…

Written by Stephen Regenold September 07, 2008

Gear Review — Energizer e2 Lithium Headlamp

That famous pink bunny powered by batteries has rolled into the outdoors arena with a headlamp offering — the Energizer e2 Lithium — that has…

Written by Stephen Regenold September 04, 2008

Giro Sports Glasses

Helmet maker Giro Sport Design has jumped into the sport-eyewear category, and innovation goes by the name of the patent-pending Pop Top system in the…

Written by Stephen Regenold August 27, 2008

OR Show — 2009 Product Preview, part IV

In this fourth and final look at new gear from the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market trade show I cover a collapsible kayak, a Schoeller-ensconced mountaineering…

Written by Stephen Regenold August 19, 2008

OR Trade Show — 2009 Product Preview, part III

In this third look at the latest gear from the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market trade show I have uncovered stylish sunglasses made for fishermen, water…

Written by Stephen Regenold August 14, 2008

OR Trade Show — 2009 Product Preview, part II

The Outdoor Retailer Summer Market trade show has come to a close. Here’s the first peek this week at new and to-be-released gear, gadgets and…

Written by Stephen Regenold August 12, 2008

OR Trade Show — 2009 Product Preview, part I

The Gear Junkie is on site at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market trade show in Salt Lake City. This is an initial report on the…

Written by Stephen Regenold August 08, 2008

Gear Review — The Jimi Wallet

I blogged on the Jimi last month, the so-called “wallet for people who hate wallets.” But here is my full review of the credit-card-size clamshell…

Written by Stephen Regenold July 15, 2008

Fresh Bath Travel Wipes

Fresh Bath Travel Wipes are a “sponge-bath solution for the adventure set.” Clean your dirtbag body dreads to toes with these aloe vera/potassium sorbate-infused towelettes,…

Written by Stephen Regenold July 01, 2008

Cargo Box on a Small Car

My goal was singular and precise: To outfit a small stationwagon with maximum equipment-carrying capacity. This included a rack, bike mounts and a cargo box…

Written by Stephen Regenold June 09, 2008

‘Green’ Gear Roundup

Going green is not a new phenomenon in the world of outdoors gear. But today’s eco-friendly gear is a far cry from the hemp hoodies…

Written by Stephen Regenold May 19, 2008

The Jimi Wallet

After riding a self-proclaimed “Frankenbike” around the streets of San Francisco for several years, Mike O’Neill designed a new take on the stodgy old “Costanza”…

Written by Stephen Regenold April 30, 2008

Sunday Afternoons Adventure Hat

Function definitely trumps form for this outdoors hat, a wide-brimmed cap with 360 degrees of solar coverage and some sort of Asian peasant aesthetic thing…

Written by Stephen Regenold April 17, 2008

I-gliti Roller Skiing Apparel

Warning: Snark alert. I don’t do this very often. But a press release just came over the wire too difficult to resist: Behold! The I-gliti…

Written by Stephen Regenold April 02, 2008

iPod and iPhone Trail Maps

I think this is a cool idea. Saw reference to it on GoBlog this morning. Podpro.ca now offers download-able trail maps for your iPod or…

Written by Stephen Regenold March 26, 2008

Gear Review — J.L. Darling Rite in the Rain paper

Rite in the Rain paper has roots in water-resistant paper first developed for the Pacific Northwest logging industry in the 1920s. Today, you can write,…

Written by Stephen Regenold March 25, 2008

Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2008 (update No. 3)

In this final blog on gear from this year’s Outdoor Retailer Winter Market trade show in Salt Lake City I look at recycled backpacks, heated…

Written by Stephen Regenold January 31, 2008

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