Travel Gear Blog News 11/05/2010

Gear, gizmos, and doodads you never should buy.

The Gear Junkie reviews Motorola's latest handheld unit, the Talkabout MR350R Two-Way Radios.

Temple’s soon-to-be-released Dopp Kitt ($55) is a great looking upgrade for those of you wanting to class up your travel gear.

Greg Fitzsimmons shares a story about summer skiing and Patagonia product testing in Chile.

Gorillatorch Switchback is a combo headlamp, lantern and bendable stand that doubles as a camera tripod.

The new project from V.I.O POV camera founder Dave Ollila, the Marquette backcountry skis require no skins to climb and can slide without catching.

Ruff Wear Inc., a dog-gear company in Bend, Ore., recently handed out a list of cold-weather dog tips. Take this advice before leashing up your canine in the cold this year.

Merino wool undergarments tout themselves as being kinder to the environment than other wools or synthetics. How is this so?

The Zeal Recon Goggles are the first goggles with built-in GPS and real time micro-LCD display built right into the goggles.

As a follow up to last weeks top 10 new outdoor iPhone apps, the following is a list of the GearCaster's my favorite outdoor related podcasts.

The desire of backcountry travelers to be in constant contact with “the outside world” is by no means a new notion. Slightly more novel is the use of an electronic signaling device.

The GoLite Peak backpack is many things, but more than anything else it is astonishingly, insanely, incredibly light.