Garmin 405 Review

The Garmin 405 is well suited for all runners, even gear-phobics and running purists. A new Gear Junkie writer, Mackenzie Lobby, offers her field-tested review.

GoPro Helmet HERO Wide

Pack a tiny digital-video camera in a watertight polycarbonate case, add mounts for helmets, bike handlebars, or a Velcro bracelet for your wrist, and you…

Luxury Lite UltraLite Cot

As an alternative to a sleeping pad, the Luxury Lite UltraLite Cot weighs in at less than 3 pounds and keeps a camper “floating above…

Turn your iPhone into a GPS unit

Navionics, a Wareham, Mass.-based electronic cartography and navigation company, launched an iPhone app that turns your phone into a charting tool. The Navionics Mobile lets…

Turin Bike Trainer

With a base price tag of $12,500, and configurations that will sell for more than $20,000, the Turin bike training system encapsulates a rider in…

Wired’s High-Tech Olympic Gear

This short article features five over-the-top athletics products that’ll purportedly be employed by Olympians next week in Beijing. My favorite is the Nike track shoe…

Cord Lock Light

It’s a cord lock. It’s a light. It’s the Cord Lock Light, a regular spring-loaded cincher as found on backpacks and sleeping bags, just with…

Gear Review: Petzl SiGNAL light

The bottle-cap-size SiGNAL light from Petzl is a “multidirectional performance safety light,” according to the company. It’s a backup light source and blinker made for…

Case Study: PLB in Action

A mountaineering accident last week prompted Bill Becher, a writer friend of mine from southern California, to deploy a personal locator beacon (PLB) in hopes…

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”…

Review: SPOT Satellite Messenger

The much-talked-about SPOT satellite messenger is a first for outdoors users: The GPS-based locator beacon blips text-message data and lat/long coordinates to emergency services, friends…

Spyder’s $2,000 Ski Suit

What do 2,000 clams get you from Spyder in the realm of high-end ski outerwear? How about a shell jacket with RECCO avalanche-transceiver reflectors? Included.…

Polar RS800G3 System Review

The stratospherically priced RS800G3, a $499.95 sports watch system from Polar USA, is a product designed for a growing demographic of obsessive exercisers and fitness-gadget…

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