Ironman Watch — The name may be a mouthful. But the Ironman Global Trainer Bodylink System from Timex provides a GPS-enabled training experience heretofore unavailable on such a small face. The watch has a four-part screen to display all the metrics a fitness freak may need. www.timex.com
Headlamp Battery Charge — Bringing computer control to the category of the headlamp, Petzl’s CORE System is a rechargeable battery compatible with many of the company’s popular TIKKA and ZIPKA lights. Plug it into a USB computer port to charge. The ion-polymer battery can store enough power for 120 hours of operation. www.petzl.com
Twitter in the BC — Send a Tweet from the backcountry — or blip out an SOS signal. A to-be-released GPS communicator product does both. (See full Gear Junkie article on product here.) The device — official name: DeLorme Earthmate PN-60w with SPOT Satellite Communicator — is the “first handheld GPS navigation device capable of sending customized text messages,” according to a press release. Available in May for $549.95. www.delorme.com
Fancy Feet — Go back to the future with the retro Five Tennie, an outdoors-oriented tennis shoe that mimics a model released in 1985. Five Ten, an outdoors/climbing-shoe company, touts its namesake Five Tennie as having a “Spiderman sticky” sole for better grip on the trail. Available this spring for about $70. www.fiveten.com
—Stephen Regenold is founder and editor of www.gearjunkie.com.
