Gear

  Over the past year, I’ve run more than 3,000 miles while testing more than 300 pieces of apparel from more than 50 brands. Temperatures during this testing have ranged from negative-15 to the low 90s with high humidity. I also ran regularly in rain, snow, and sleet of varying intensity. It’s fair to say […]

  We always want what we can’t have. Or better yet, what only a few of us can have. Many of our favorite brands have released limited edition skis this fall, adding a little freshness to the ever-revolving cycle of annual ski launches. This season, we’re excited to see skis that highlight unique artist collabs

  Did you know that over 87% of online content consists of people reviewing stuff? Probably not, because I just made it up. Still, it might as well be true, because there are a lot of reviews out there: movie reviews, car reviews, people on Yelp whining about the service at their local Chipotle, the

  Most of us choose our gear based on use cases. We want things that help us play outside safely and effectively. But on rare occasions, we find gear that’s not only wildly useful but also absolutely gorgeous. The design follows the engineering. Form follows function. In my nearly 10 years of gear testing, I’ve

  I still remember the first bike I bought for myself as an adult. It was a simple thing, a hardtail mountain bike that I rode everywhere—on dirt for fun and on streets when I was too broke to put gas in my car. One tool for a half dozen different jobs. Now I have

  If you go shopping for a premium knife right now, you’ll find a new word plastered across online retailers and local shops: MagnaCut, a new type of blade steel that’s dominating the market all of a sudden. Now, MagnaCut is being used to justify some astonishing prices. So I set out to learn what

  Four years after it was first unveiled, the Tesla Cybertruck has reached its first dozen-or-so customers. Rather than focusing on Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s recent problems with antisemitic hate speech, all the production and design issues that led to years-long delays, or even all the broken promises about price and performance, we’ll focus instead

  I bought my first tin camping mug from a gift shop in Yosemite Valley at the end of my first-ever car camping trip. I was a senior in college and traded the U.C. Santa Barbara Halloween party scene for a fall weekend in the trees. From the moment I picked up that blue mug

  This fall, we mountain-biked under golden leaves, cozied up next to fire pits for end-of-season barbecues, and fly-fished in clear, cold rivers. The below gear had us soaking up the last dregs of 2023’s warm days—and kept us prepared for the newfound cold ones. (Photo: Courtesy Smartwool) Smartwool Women’s Merino Plant-Based Dye Short Sleeve

  The world was introduced to the ground-breaking, futuristic-looking Alphafly on the feet of Eliud Kipchoge when he broke the two-hour marathon barrier in October 2019. Overnight, every marathon runner wanted a pair, and they finally had the chance to buy their own in June 2020. Two years later, Nike released its second iteration of