
Buying Guides


11 Essential Kitchen Tools for Making the Perfect Breakfast
Whether breakfast is the most important meal of the day is debatable, but it’s definitely the most important thing that happens before 9 a.m.

5 Great Espresso Cups
Investment in homemade espresso doesn’t stop at the machine.
By Jack Seemer

Essentials for the Perfect Breakfast Table
What breakfasts on the go boast in pragmatism, they lack in ceremony and soul. Spend an hour at your kitchen table and take back your morning.
By Jack Seemer

6 Perfect Hi-Fi Headphone Setups
You love great music, and there’s a good chance you listen to a lot of it. Now it’s time to pair your tunes with equally great gear.
By Eric Yang

Essentials for a Weekend at the Cabin
Cabin weekends are a summer tradition up north.
By Jason Heaton

The Ultimate Camping Gear Guide
We all have different styles when we gear up for an overnight in the wild, but setting up a proper base camp is crucial to both comfort and safety.
By Jack Seemer

Want to Run Faster? Eat Mushroom Extract, Drink Goat Protein, Wear a Caffeine Patch
Cricket protein, mushroom extracts and a day’s worth of salt in one dose.

5 Best Foot Powders to Curb Summer’s Smelliest Woes
Summer’s here, and your steaming feet know it.
By Jack Seemer


A Revived German Legend is the Perfect Summer Beer
A beer from medieval Germany, gose nearly went extinct in the 20th century.
By Jack Seemer

Essential Gear for Heli-Skiing
Heli-skiing in Western Canada is about as good as skiing gets.

10 Floor Lamps to Brighten Your Home
Great lighting can drastically improve a home.
By Tucker Bowe

Driving to the Top, a Guide to the Cars of the Corporate Ladder
Bring the office party, no matter what your title.

12 New Designs on the Traditional Playing Card
From ornate origins, playing cards became uninspired in the industrial age.
By Jack Seemer

EDC Upgrade: A Better Pocket Notebook
Come for the organization, stay for the doodling
By Gear Patrol

Elements: Organize Your Desk
Desk covered in junk? Give the vital things a place to belong and give the rest a Viking funeral.

Elements: Souvenirs from Lands Afar
Big or small, souvenirs should remind us of a place once traveled.
By Jack Seemer

The Ultimate New Zealand Cycling Kit
100 miles is a long time in the saddle, even in a beautiful Middle Earth landscape.

For New Zealand’s Best Craft Beers, It’s All About the Hops
More American beers are making use of New Zealand’s pungent hops.
By Chris Wright