Gear

If you carabiner 'bout your stuff, you BetaLock it up. The BetaLock is a locking carabiner that combines two valued members of your EDC and travel kits into one. Made by Matador, a company that recently won my heart with...

I'll welcome only those with webbed feet into my home this Halloween. Feet, that is, that have been wiped clean on my Spider Web Light Up Doormat...

The AirFly series of wireless transmitters from Twelve South converts any type of audio jack into a Bluetooth connection point for AirPods, noise cancelling headphones, or other wireless listening devices. AirFly Duo...

Tekto's new A5 Spry shows its spryness in more ways than just the lickety split deployment of its automatic blade. The knife also comes in your choice of Dagger, Drop Point, or Tanto styles, all made with S35VN steel...

Headaches are often the result of one of two things: 1) that vampire girl Dakota Fanning played in Twilight looking at you and hissing, "Pain!"; or 2) the vagus nerve, the longest cranial nerve in your body, sending pain...

Lowe's couldn't let Home Depot keep having all the Halloween fun - and revenue. So this year the home improvement retailer is offering a 12' Haunted Living Lighted Animatronic Mummy to rival their rival's 12' Skeleton...

Whoa, Pet Adventure, this is quite the canine contraption. I've seen protective dog car seat covers before, and I've seen dog car seat hammocks before. I've even seen backseat dog ziplines before. But this. This incorporates...

The Ravenchord Piano. Surprisingly, that name checks out. Top to bottom. The instrument is a stunning new creation from Dan Harden, CEO of the award-winning product and experience design firm Whipsaw. They're also responsible...

A WD-40 Precision Pen wouldn't be the first thing that came to mind if you asked me about on-the-go lubrication. Then again, the first thing that came to mind, the unparalleled 55-gallon barrel of lube, isn't exactly...

I was just thinking how the streets of my neighborhood could really use the sounds of more alarms going off. The sensitive and human-error-triggered car alarms, police and EMS vehicle sirens, large vehicle backup warnings...

Keep your keys from exploding like a Death Star all over your keychain with a Star Wars Orbitkey Key Organizer. Inspired by Star Wars characters, ships, and vehicles, the Orbitkey series ranges from a subtle red stripe...

Most people will use the Uno Casa Double Pie Iron to make sandwiches, skillet breakfasts, and grilled sausages and kababs over the open flames of a campfire. But what I would really like someone (ahem, Mama) to do is...

Heads up, bikers. BMW Motorrad is bringing head-up display - plus a 21st century design and aesthetic that is far from your grandpa's motorcycle goggles - to their ConnectedRide Smartglasses...

NukAlert sounds a little cooler than Geiger Counter and dosimeter when it comes to naming a nuclear radiation detector and monitor. It also sounds a whole lot more sensational and alarmist. That said, the NukAlert shouldn't...

I'm not sure "giant" is the word you want to be using when talking about a replica of our solar system. Even with the Sun being 9' and Jupiter 7' in diameter, these "Giant" Inflatable Solar System Balloons are still miniatures...

Puffy coats and mummy bags, they're not just for...individual drink cans and bottles anymore. The Monti Puffy Cooler is like a Puffin Koozie, but for your entire case or 12-pack of beer. The chill sacks are ultra-portable...

Tekto's F3 Charlie must be a lady knife. With its voluptuous 3.8" Titanium-Coated D2 Steel blade, curvy G10 handle - outfitted in black, gray, green, or damascus - and exposed recessed liners for enhanced grip, all I...

Ha! With the Sol Reader no one will ever see how big you have to make the font on your eReader because you refuse to admit you need reading glasses ever again! And not only does this wearable eReader hide your E ink size...

Some dog and cat versions of human products have gotten a bit out of control - ahem, leather jackets, sleeping bags, and electric toothbrushes. But Pawnix's Noise-Cancelling Headset for Dogs is actually a terrific idea...

No desk? No problem. The Bauhutte Knee Cushion Laptop Table is a useful and snazzy gift for teens and students without a lot of space to do their work (and, more importantly, their gaming). The spin on a lap desk could...

Weightlessness. Ergonomics for your back, eyes, and arms. Total comfort. Total workstation pimp-out. I get it, LEVUS, I do. But I also see the photos of people using your zero gravity ergonomic workstation, and I see...the...

3D Potter clay printers look to be almost as talented as the ghost of Patrick Swayze. On a technical level, 3D PotterBots might even be more talented, given that the industrial-grade version of the printers can 3D print...

I don't always need a heat it smartphone-powered bug bite healer, but when I do, I need it dos equis more than I need anything else in life at that moment. The red bumps, the tortuous itch, the ability of mosquitos to...

This Folding Ice Table solves a problem that's hit me pretty hard in my 40s: bending over. Never thought much of it in my 20s and 30s, but now? I really have to evaluate how bad I want something situated lower than waist...