And the winners are. . . Outside magazine this week announced its twice annual “Gear of the Year” award recipients. The latest edition of the magazine, the Outside Spring/Summer Buyer’s Guide, includes 14 top picks in categories ranging from mountain biking to backpacking. Says a press release on the magazine’s testing process: “All told, our testers and editors spent several months in the field testing this year’s top sleeping bags, tents, shells, trail shoes, and packs in more than a dozen states.”
Summer 2010 “Gear of the Year” Awards
- Road Bike: Gary Fisher Cronus
- Mountain Bike: Santa Cruz Blur LT Carbon SPX
- Camera: Pentax W90
- Sunglasses: Costa del Mar Fisch
- Luggage: Osprey Sojourn 25”/60 L
- Adventure Tech: HTC Nexus One phone
- Road Running shoe: Scott Makani II
- Trail Running shoe: The North Face Single Track
- Sleeping Bags: Montbell Ultralight Super Stretch Spiral Down Hugger #1
- Shells: Marmot Super Mica
- Hiking shoes: Patagonia Drifter
- Tents: REI Half Dome 2
- Packs: Black Diamond Infinity 50
- Boats: Emotion Comet
Congrats to all the winners! The full rundown on the award winners — as well as reviews of hundreds more pieces of gear from the Outside Spring/Summer Buyer’s Guide — will be online at Outsidemag.com on June 1rst.
—Stephen Regenold
