
Today in Gear: November 6, 2013
Tile It’s great to have stuff. But once you have enough stuff, keeping track of all your stuff can get dicey.
Tile It’s great to have stuff. But once you have enough stuff, keeping track of all your stuff can get dicey.
By Nick Caruso
Ghurka Partido No. 214 Humidor What can we say, really?
By Nick Caruso
Land Rover Range Rover Autobiography Black It’s been 20 years since Land Rover’s offered a long wheelbase Range Rover, and with 6 inches more legroom than standard and a 17° (rather than the regular 8°) rear seat recline angle — they’re available as a bench or buckets — this is a solid comeback. Chauffeur lifestyle options like electric window shades, a panoramic sunroof and a remote-controlled forward-sliding front passenger seat round out the deal.
By Nick Caruso
Hasselblad Stellar Special Edition Following the introduction of the polarizing Lunar compact interchangeable lens camera the Swedish brand launched the Stellar, a lux-photography makeover of the RX100. The Scandinavian-tech-meets-Italian-design returns with a handsome special edition that boasts several new colors (including orange), bespoke leather cases and straps, and wood grip materials like carbon-fiber, wenge and padouk.
By Nick Caruso
Chrome BLKCHRM Premium Bag Line This year, ditch the orange pumpkin bucket and go upscale, candy carrying-wise. These monochrome black bags are a perfect complement to All Hallows Eve.
By Nick Caruso
iRobot Braava Floor Mopping Robot You’re likely familiar with Roomba, the robot floor sweeper, so a robot floor mopper makes a great bit of sense. The Braava comes in two flavors: the 320 utilizes dry or damp microfiber cloths; 380t models have an onboard reservoir to re-moisten cloths if necessary and have a larger battery than their smaller siblings.
By Nick Caruso
UnionMade x Baxter Of California Bar Soap The skincare/haircare/always care guys at Baxter have teamed up with expert men’s apparel curator UnionMade to create these rather masculine bars of soap. There’s no need to cut into this bar with a pocketknife in the Irish countryside to unleash mandarin lime, black pepper and amber scents mixed with a “woody base” — or to prove your manliness.
By Nick Caruso
Fujifilm X-E2 An upgrade from Fujifilm’s XE-1, XE-2 features a high-powered 16.2MP X-Trans CMOS II sensor inside a reasonably affordable interchangeable-lens shooter. A split image focusing system, whip-fast autofocus, high speed 1080p video capability, wi-fi file transfer and a shiny new LCD screen round out the features.
By Nick Caruso
Phiaton Chord Noise-Canceling Bluetooth Headphones That silent H makes all the difference — these cordless Chord headphones are sleek as hell and capable too. Utilizing Bluetooth 4.0, they can stream your media wirelessly over longer distances and with higher quality than previous technologies.
By Nick Caruso
Level Money App Sure, Siri can look up the score from last night’s game, but she can’t stand in for, say, a personal banker. Level will track spending in real time, updating purchases as you make them so you can keep tabs on how your money is put to use.
By Nick Caruso
Remodelista: A Manual For The Considered Home Remodelista’s book examines the aesthetics of 12 thoroughly designed homes to teach readers how to “edit” their own abode. The brand’s philosophy argues that classic design outdoes trendy at every turn, and to that end the book enlightens readers and aspiring beautiful home owners with simple and effective tips, DIY projects and Moore; an introduction from Ms.
By Nick Caruso
PUBLIC Electric Bikes The delivery guy from your favorite take-out place is going to be soooo jealous of your electric bike. These two rides from Public use electric assist, meaning that these bicycles require pedal power but give a boost with an electric motor when you want the extra help.
By Nick Caruso
Slopeside Syrup Aptly named, this syrup is tapped from trees that cover a mountain overflowing with ski slope history. Abutting ski slopes carved and operated by the family’s late patriarch, the Cochran farm has run a ski business for decades and churned out true ski pros and even an Olympic Gold Medal win.
By Nick Caruso
The Music Of Grand Theft Auto V You’ve been immersed in the magical world of GTA V for weeks now, a blissful release after the months and months of anticipation. You’ve explored, flown, exploded, bought, painted, golfed, hang-glided, danced, and cartwheeled.
By Nick Caruso
TapIt Cap Craft brews are important. They’re good to drink, they’re good to make, they’re good to know about.
By Nick Caruso
John J. Bowman Single Barrel Virginia Straight Bourbon Whiskey There are many ways to honor an historic figure: bronze statues, stadium monikers, tattoos.
By Nick Caruso
Alpinestars x Death Spray Customs Tech 10 Boot Graphics A graphic package for the Alpinestars Tech 10 boots put together by UK artist Death Spray Customs. The Black Lightning decal pack is the very same that adorns the helmets of DSC-supported amateur athletes.
By Nick Caruso
Westerlind Outdoor-minded clothing is too often function or style, rather than a combination of the two. Westerlind aims to correct that trend with their new site, which highlights not just outdoor-centric clothing, but all types of apparel, from underclothes to outerwear, that look great and work well.
By Nick Caruso
Honeywell Voice Activated Thermostat Remotely controlling your home’s thermostat via smartphone app is nothing new. Controlling your home’s thermostat through conversation is very new.
By Nick Caruso
Dock Tray What’s the quote? “Cleverness is next to Godliness”?
By Nick Caruso