Gear

Tadayasu's Samurai Bottle Helmets kinda make me rethink calling my friends who drink only craft beer "fancy pants who put the 'micro' in microbrew." (Hey, I didn't say it was a good insult.) Because if they're fancy pants...

One thing I know right off about these car cup holder drink coolers and warmers is that they prefer Coke to Pepsi. Almost every one of the color combo listings for the cig lighter plug-in gadgets shows them cooling off...

IQbuds BOOST - notice how they put the "BOOST" in all caps so you know right off these Bluetooth earbuds make things louder - aren't just for blasting music directly down your canals. Fitted with Ear ID, IQbuds BOOST...

Bose will release the latest in their line of Noise Cancelling Headphones, the 700s, as the first of a 3-part series at the end of June 2019. Long a favorite, though not always the favorite, among equal-part lovers of...

A Friendly Swede original, the Multi-Tool Stylus Pen combines...well, a multi-tool with a stylus pen. The pocket-protector-ready e-writer has a total of 9 different uses. At least, 9 that the Friendly Swede wants to talk...

The Nomodo Trio is a Qi-certified fast charger on one half and dual mug warmer / drink cooler on the other. Need a Father's Day gift for Dad? Nomodo's desktop setup is an especially great choice for kids with dads who...

All the dudes who keep emailing to ask why I don't cover more gear and accessories for their superyachts? I'm delighted to appease you today, courtesy of the House of Rolls-Royce. The luxury car maker is releasing the...

We all know Crock-Pot knows slow cooking. With their Lunch Crock, Crock-Pot is giving us the 101 on how slow warming can make a meal taste its tastiest too. Designed for to-go grub, the Lunch Crock has a 24-ounce inner...

What Winston here is suggesting is online privacy. Total browsing anonymity. Scrambling your internet activity to strip away invasive corporate tracking and surveillance that don't just record your activities, but also...

Boomin' Bluetooth speaker coolers are nothing new anymore, but KUBE shows they're still popular enough for designers and engineers to improve upon. KUBE's portable, wireless audio system built around a 37-quart ice chest...

Who's going to disagree with Pepperem's designation of their Llama self defense keychain as "World's Cutest Pepper Spray"? Not this dude. In fact, the llama-shaped pepper shooter is moving straight from here to my collection...

The Frank Crank acts as your own personal rotisserie...for marshmallows! And hot dogs! And kebabs! Anything you can skewer through its pointy ends and dangle over your campfire...

Hope you've been saving your copper pennies* because you'll have to trade a whole lot of them for one of Ember's Special Edition Copper Mugs. If you want to tell your pops he's the best dad ever, give him a mug with those...

Reusable drinking straws have become a new environmental trend. Rightfully so since, as Lustir points out, "Americans dispose of approximately 500 million plastic straws every day with most ending up in landfills or littering...

BOOP! Time to go out. The Mighty Paw Smart Bell 2.0 is an upgraded version of the family-owned company's original housebreaking and doggie potty time aid. The activator is a wireless, battery-free disc that sticks to...

From campsites to kids' soccer games, and picnics to BBQs, this collapsible folding table with cooler from Camerons sets up as a portable outdoor buffet to feed and hydrate your family and friends. Though I use the terms...

PU, EVA, and Spandex team up to make Subtech's Drycase, a splash-proof laptop cover for travelers, not-gonna-disconnect outdoor adventurers, and city goers who have found themselves stuck geared up with their expensive...

Aside from the ExtremeMist name reading like "extremist" when I first look at it, the Personal Cooling System would be a welcome addition to my summer activities. (Extremists, though, political, religious, social media...

With with MI.MU smart gloves you don't have to find the beat and follow it, you make the beat, and the beat follows you. The wearable musical instruments are recording artist Imogen Heap's brainchild and decade-long labor...

I get creating a Guzzle Buddy for a wine bottle - makes it much easier and classier to chug from a dense, 705mL bottle. But why do I need a Guzzle Buddy glass for an 11-ounce beer bottle it's already pretty easy for me...

A self-braking shopping cart falls right line with the precedent Ford Europe has established with its Interventions series. Remember their last prototype creation, a lane-keeping smart bed? Just as that not-really-necessary...

Igloo sees Mother Earth foamin' at the mouth from all the single-use polystyrene coolers we've shoved down her throat over the years. They've created the Recool, a compostable cooler made from recycled paper pulp, as...

Battle Bus? Looks like a Fortnite Party in My Front Yard Bus too. Why restrict this giant inflatable's lawn time to Halloween and birthday parties? If you're a Fortnite fan - or have a kid you owe big time for forgetting...

Miha Skalar's food-themed pet bowl stands are dog-, cat-, and Homer Simpson-approved. At least the pink-frosted sprinkle donut scores high marks with the latter, who I can also envision eating out of the holders on all...