Good morning, welcome to the latest edition of This Week in Gear — your single shot serving of an entire week’s worth of killer new gear — pulled from our weekday editions of Today in Gear. Bookmark it to peruse over Sunday brunch and start your Monday completely up to speed. Here’s to another fantastic week.
Ferrari 458 Speciale A
Ferrari’s 458 is anything but old news — especially with Ferrari’s claim that the 458 Speciale A is the most potent production convertible they’ve ever made, with 597 horsepower and 398 lb-ft of torque from its 4.5-liter V8. Like the 458 Spider, the A has a retractable hardtop that sacrifices little performance, delivering 0-60 times under 3 seconds. The unique yellow paint job with a full-body racing stripe is complemented with yellow Alcantara seats and a blue carbon-fiber trim. ferrari.com 
Hex iPhone 6 Collection
It’s time we revisited a few of the natural laws in the 21st century. Firstly: new iDevices call for new accessories. Secondly: he who offers said new accessories first holds a better chance of winning the day. Enter Hex’s new iPhone 6 series, available in a range of manly colors (including camo). Protect your shiny new baby before the drop comes, because we all know its coming. $40
Nike Vapor Pro Driver
You eagle-eyed tour watchers probably spied McIlroy putting this new weapon through its paces at the 2014 Ryder Cup. The advanced club, which he helped develop, blends “FlyBeam-reinforced Covert Cavity Back design, a re-engineered Compression Channel and FlexLoft 2” into a futuristic package that could pass as Megatron’s tooth pick. Expect it to tear up fairways January 2015. $480
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
The gaming industry has an awful track record for transforming ultra successful movies and books into terrible games. Based on the effusive reviews, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor bucks the trend. Its innovative “nemesis system” is the star of the show: it randomly and independently creates bosses and their story lines, making each play-through truly unique. Get it on all major consoles as well as PC. $50
Death & Co. Modern Classic Cocktails
Here’s a humble Amazon description if we’ve ever seen one. “Death & Co is the most important, influential, and oft-imitated bar to emerge from the contemporary craft cocktail movement.” It’s a brash statement for sure, but then again, so are the East Village institution’s creations. Their new tome of all things mixology is destined to impress any would-be crafters with over 500 recipes and oodles of additional spiritual wisdom. $26 (★)
Vizio P-Series
Vizio just drove a truck through the price barrier to 4K TVs and nobody’s calling the tow truck. The new P series offers ultra HD resolution starting at $1,000 for a 50-inch panel. Beyond the added pixels, every set in the series boasts plenty of other high-ends specs like full-array backlight panels with local dimming, normally reserved for high-end LCDs. $1,000
The 22 Boots of This Fall
While shoes are busy arguing semantics in a boardroom, boots are out in the garage welding shit. Shoes spend their weekend shanking golf balls while boots are going over, around and through every surface on earth. Boots have long belonged to the movers and shakers of history, and dammit if they’re not going to keep going. We picked 22 of our favorite boots over 8 types to keep every man moving. Read this story
GoPro Hero4
GoPro cameras have hit a new threshold with the Hero4 Black. The camera features new, convenient features like Bluetooth connectivity, HiLight Tagging (so that you can note your best cuts and easily find them later) and a touch-sensitive display screen for quick adjustment and footage review. The Hero4 Black improves on the Hero3 with 4K30 video quality; photographing has been upgraded as well, with a higher burst photo rate, night photo and night lapse functions. $400+ 
Mercy Supply Rolltop Bag
Mercy Supply products are handcrafted in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and their rolltop backpack wears it well with 20-ounce waxed canvas, vegetable-tanned Italian leather straps burnished with beeswax, and 10-ounce water-resistant lining. Get some hiking in before winter comes. $365 
Cole Haan ZeroGrand Chukka
Cole Haan expands its ZeroGrand line’s numbers once more with the classic chukka boot. This entry in the storied stylist brand’s quest for comfort features a suede upper, a natural storm welt, an EVA midsole with rubber outsole, and all the requisite comfort fittings of the ZeroGrand line. $278 
Airstream Travel Trailer
Airstream Travel Trailers was founded in 1931, but you wouldn’t know it from their sleek designs. The Airstream Classic, part of their newest line of travel trailers, was designed using feedback from Aistream owners; it holds two to five people, features a queen bed, cherrywood interior finishing and two LED TVs. $121,720 
Muse: The Brain-Sensing Headband
Mindfulness meets tech: Muse is a headband that helps wearers reduce stress in three-minute sessions using realtime audio and visual features. Whereas most wearables record heart rate, the Muse measures brain waves and adjusts its guidance accordingly, like a wearable yogi. $299 
Beoplay H6 Headphones
It’s hard to find truly good-looking headphones; they’re either too plain or they scream a brand (Beats, SkullCandy). Beoplay’s H6 series, available in three simple shades, are the nicest-looking over-the-ear cans to date. The aesthetics are city-inspired, but the functionality speaks more to city life than the hues: the headphones can be daisy chained — i.e., a separate pair of headphones connects to the H6s for shared listening, perfect for long subway rides — and a microphone like the one on your tinny ear buds. $399 
Kit: Racing the Rolex Big Boat Series
Offshore yacht racing may seem like a gentleman’s sport, but underestimate it at your peril. Leave the polo shirt and leather boat shoes in your shore bag for the yacht club after-party. Here’s the kit Jason Heaton used for the Rolex Big Boat Series while crewing for Escapade Racing. Read this article 
Ducati Scrambler
At $8,495, the all-new Scrambler (in “Icon” guise) is now the most affordable way to call a Ducati your own. It may also be the most fun, too. A modern interpretation of their original trail-ready bike from the ’60s, this new model is decidedly retro but far from contrived. Powered by an 803cc, air-cooled, Desmodromic L-Twin engine that churns out 75 hp to motivate a mere 410 pounds (wet), the Ducati is not only less expensive than the only other Scrambler on the market today, but it’s lighter and more powerful too. Look for it sometime in January in its Icon, Urban Enduro, Classic and Full Throttle trims. $8,495
Axel Arigato Shoe Collection
Swedish footwear brand Axel Arigato comes out with new styles of high-quality shoes every week. Their theory: as trends change, so must their shoes. The collection features slippers, espadilles chukkas, high-top sneakers, low sneakers and loafers — all made from luxurious fabrics like suede, pony hair and leather. There’s no middlemen, so prices stay below $275, but each pair is sold exclusively online. axelarigato.com
X-Men: Days of Future Past DVD and Blu-ray
This X-Men flick teams the stars of the old trilogy (Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart) with the new series’ heroes (James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassender). Hugh Jackman as Wolverine is also omnipresent. The action is epic and it holds a 91% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes; scooup up the DVD/Blu-ray on October 14. $20+
Linus’s Libertine Bike
While most manufacturers build aluminum bikes, Linus continues to work against the grain with Chromoly steel frames. Steel bikes have more shelf life because of their strength and superior flexibility. Their newest 16-speed steel masterpiece, the Libertine, features a classic road drop bar, Tektro aero-brake levers, double-wall alloy rims, stainless steel spokes and comes in four frame sizes. $939
OMEGA Speedmaster “Grey Side of the Moon”
The chronograph standard for over 50 years, the newest in the OMEGA Speedmaster line is inspired by the Earth’s moon. Despite calling to mind the recent Transformers movie, this timepiece actually has taste. This Speedmaster is forged from white ceramic and features a sand-blasted 950 platinum dial, two integrated platinum sub-dials and a gray leather strap. omegawatches.com
Phiaton BT-220 NC
Spearheading the next generation of active noise-canceling earbuds, the BT 220 NC has Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity and NFC technology. Its dynamic speakers spit high-quality audio out of a sleek fashionable design and can connect to two Bluetooth-enabled devices simultaneously while blocking out 95 percent of ambient noise. They’ll be available at the end of October. phiaton.com
Five Great Fall Driving Cars
Whether it’s a long weekend in the mountains with friends and family or an afternoon blast through wooded sweepers and switchbacks, not all cars are created equal. Get your hands on one of these seven prime choices, and your September, October and early November should be much more memorable. Read this story
Kawasaki Ninja H2R
Built solely for track use, Kawasaki tapped the best and brightest in their every division to develop the new Ninja H2R. Shod with race-ready slicks, the Ninja H2R is powered by a supercharged, 300 horsepower inline four-cylinder engine; it’s the most powerful motorcycle ever produced. You’ll also notice it has wings. To ensure this screamer wouldn’t balk at corners, the wheelbase was kept short, so those wings work to keep it earthbound under full throttle acceleration. kawasaki.com 
Freeman Sporting Club Flannel Two Piece Suit
Ah, the gray flannel suit. This contemporary take on the great American classic is — ironically — made from 11-ounce Italian wool flannel, with full 100 percent Bemberg lining and floating camel and horsehair canvas. This jacket is modern fitting with high armholes for ease of movement; fittingly, the pants are slim fitting. $1,395 
Microsoft Wireless Dislplay
You live in either an Apple or a Google household. Too bad for Microsoft households; they’re often late to the party as far as new products go. See Microsoft Wireless Display, a streaming device a la Chromecast or Apple TV. The Wireless Display allows mirroring of content to HDTVs or monitors from PCs, Surface Pro devices and Miracast-enabled Android devices with v4.2.1 or later. $60 
Amazon Kindle Fire HD Kids Edition Tablet
Games and reading alike been proven to have developmental benefits for kids. The Kindle Fire HD Kids Edition Tablet will allow your kid to benefit from both. It features a quad-core processor, an HD display, and front- and rear-facing cameras, along with parental controls that let you make sure your tyke is making good use of the thing. Opt for this instead of a lame Leapfrog faux-tablet. No kid wants that. $149 
Karma Go Portable LTE Wi-Fi Hotspot
Someday we’ll realize that paying a flat rate for internet is like paying for 800 TV channels and only using nine of them. In that right, the Karma Go Portable LTE Wi-Fi Hotspot is precocious; with it, you pay as you go ($14 per gigabyte of data consumed) in lieu of a fixed plan, using Sprint’s 4G LTE network. It supports up to 8 concurrent users and can be taken anywhere with LTE service. $99 
Smith Optics 1/07 Snow Goggles
Minimalist goggles are mostly about the lens, and Smith Optics doesn’t mess around. The brand that first introduced the world to rimless interchangeable goggles has unleashed its newest model, the I/07. These lifetime-guaranteed lightweight vision enhancers feature AirEvac integration technology and 5x anti-fog inner lens. Its a single-pivot release system makes lens-swapping simple. $225 
Decrypted: The Specifications War Is Over
If the topic of mobile technology happens to come up at your local water cooler, it’s unlikely that a fight will break out concerning which colleague’s phone has the most RAM. Tech specs used to be consumers’ top priority; what do the numbers mean to us now, with supercomputers in our pockets? Read this story 
ZeroGrand Tall Boot
Cole Haan’s newest addition to its ZeroGrand family: the rugged Tall Boot. Available in three color schemes — Black and Grey, Ivy and Black, and Sequoia — the boots feature Grand.OS, an “operating system” that allows for more flexibility, increased cushioning and reduced weight. With snow on the horizon, these winter boots are weather resistant and fashionable enough to put you at ease. $298
Tortuga Air Carry On Backpack
Packs like a suitcase, carries like a backpack. Tortuga’s next bag features a quick-access pocket, an organizer pale, padded straps, external and internal compression straps and more. The demure pack, available this January, is ideal for weekend trips and, if flying, eliminates the baggage claim line. $174
The Dot Grid Book and the Action Book
In collaboration with Behance, Ghostly just released two new books: the Action Book and the Dot Grid Book. Both are additions to the Action Method, a book line geared towards creatives. The Action Book is an organizer with four distinct zones to aid in brainstorming and meetings. Each page in the Dot Grid Book, made with graphic designers in mind, features light geometric dot matrices. Each is limited to 500 copies. $16
Zayak Sea Sled
The simple concept for Zayak’s Sea Sled — float and see underwater — doesn’t make it any less exciting. The “dry snorkeler” features a neoprene dry mask, an acrylic wind, built-in handles and comes in three separate designs. Basically a souped-up floaty, it’s made entirely in America. $295+
CineMate 15 Home Theater Speaker System
Not all home theater speaker systems are easy to use, but this one is. The CineMate 15 is the simplest system ever made by Bose. Featuring an impressively small 12-inch-wide sound bar and a hideaway Acoustimass module, it delivers precise audio with deep bass. It also comes with a universal remote that connects with any TV and cable box. $600
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
The new successor to Canon’s longstanding 7D is out: the EOS 7D Mark II features two DIGIC 6 processors, three new lenses and a new mirror mechanism to improve continuous shooting. It improves upon its predecessor’s durability while borrowing its innovative, super-fast dual pixel auto focus; bad photos are difficult to take. $1,799
Five Watches to Burn Your Bonus On
You did well this year. Now — what to spend that bonus on? A wristwatch is the ideal choice. Read this story