Technology

Capture your trip, stay in touch, and track your training. We cover the best tech products including cameras, beacons, smartwatches, apps, and more.

Silicone-Tipped Sports Earphones

Custom sizes, medical-grade silicone tips, and a “sweat-proof” design make Yurbuds among the most unique sports earphones available. Gear Junkie gives them a test.

Written by Stephen Regenold

Test: Adidas ‘Do-All’ Shades

They cost $325. They come with a detachable nose cover and a siliconized “head strap.” Meet the strange and amazingly versatile Terrex Pro sunglasses from…

Written by T.C. Worley

Thule’s $20k Gear Box

Even rich guys need to haul gear! Thule and Sweden-based Koenigsegg Automotive have partnered to make a roof-top box for the Agera R, a car…

Written by Stephen Regenold

‘Best in Show’ awards (part II)

Part II of Gear Junkie’s “Best in Show” series highlights top products from the Outdoor Retailer trade show and includes touchscreen gloves, an alpine “smock”…

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‘Best in Show’ awards (part I)

The twice-annual Outdoor Retailer trade show, held in Salt Lake City, is an exhibition of the best outdoors equipment in the world. Gear Junkie offers…

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OR Trade Show: 2011 Teaser

The Gear Junkie crew is off to Utah this week and the twice-annual Outdoor Retailer trade show. Here’s a quick visual tour of a few…

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Gadgets Galore! CES Trade Show Report

Gadgets and tech gear as far as the eye can see! That’s what Gear Junkie got this past weekend in Las Vegas at the CES…

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Smartphone with Satellite Link

The new SPOT Connect product promises to “turn smartphones into personal one-way satellite communicators.”

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GPS-Enhanced Goggles

With an in-goggle LCD “dashboard” that displays speed and descent data via an integrated GPS device, the Transcend goggles offer fighter-jet-pilot style readouts in realtime…

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SPOT on a Keychain

The latest product from SPOT LLC, an “asset protection” package made for the boating market, has GPS-enabling controls that fit on a key fob.

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$4,000 Sunglasses!

Oakley’s Space-Age sunglasses are made of solid carbon fiber with a titanium spine. Total weight? 42 grams.

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Review: ContourGPS

Recording location, speed, elevation plus HD video, Contour’s new model is the industry’s first “GPS-enabled” helmet camera. Writer T.C. Worley gave it a test this…

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Fold-Up Paratrooper Bike

The foldable Paratrooper bike was originally built for parachuting soldiers. Today, Montague sells it to the U.S. military and common citizens alike.

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Nat Geo Maps on Small Screen

U.K. company has goal to make “paper maps” viewable on a GPS screen. In a partnership with National Geographic, the company can now display all…

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Oakley 3D Glasses

Teton Gravity Research has a new ski film in 3D. And now Oakley has the glasses to match. The Gascans are 3D glasses that won’t…

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‘Gel-Filled’ iPhone case

Is your iPhone in need of some protection for the outdoors? How about a layer of soft silicone gel in your case to absorb impact…

Written by T.C. Worley

Review: Apple iPad Cases

We tested a range of cases for the Apple iPad this month with claims and guarantees that ranged from “drop-proof” to “waterproof.”

Written by T.C. Worley

Long-Distance Radios

Not your grandfather’s walkie-talkies. Motorola cites 35 miles as the maximum communication range for its new handheld Talkabout radios.

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Review: ULTRA Headlamp

Overkill for the average hiker, but an essential tool in certain high-stakes nighttime scenarios, Petzl’s ULTRA headlamp is in the running as the brightest on…

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Tiny GPS Beacon

The quarter-size Chirp, a new product from Garmin, is a GPS beacon made to stand in as the “cache” for participants in the activity of…

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Forerunner 310XT

Garmin’s uber outdoors/fitness/GPS watch tracks and quantifies a workout or an adventure like few products on the market. Gear Junkie gave the watch a multi-month…

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HD HERO 960

GoPro’s latest camera is an entry-level version of the company’s flagship HD HERO model. It’s marketed as a “full-blooded GoPro camera” at $179.

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‘All-Terrain’ Camera

It looks like an old-school SLR camera wrapped in waterproof housing. But this “all-terrain” HD video camera is shock resistant and waterproof to 65 feet.

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GPS Helmet Camera

The ContourGPS has an embedded GPS unit made to capture location as the video records. It is touted as ushering in a “new era of…

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Canon Powershot G12

Canon offers another small yet mighty G-series camera with the new G12. T.C. Worley gives a preview on the high-octane point-and-shoot.

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Kodak Playsport Camera

Because sometimes you don’t want to take your good camera on adventures (especially if you’re in or near water), there are “rugged” point-and-shoots like the…

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Brainwave Device for iPhone

Mind control! The XWave device can sense brainwave signals on the surface of your forehead and control an iPhone.

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Review: Canon Rebel T2i

This digital SLR includes HD-video capability and 3.7 frames-per-second capture. Gear Junkie tests the camera for outdoors use.

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Wicked Little Buds

These “edgy” earbuds have blue metal stubs, a fiber-like cord, and rubbery tips. Gear Junkie goes trail running with ’em for a test.

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