Travel Gear Blog News 12/27/2010

A few weeks ago, I caught wind of the New Balance MT101′s successor, the MT110.

Gear Editor Kristin Hostetter demonstrates the basic clothing to wear on top to stay comfortable in any conditions.

Whether you’re traveling or enjoying the holidays at home, learn how to protect all of your toys both old and new.

Here at Practical Travel Gear we review a lot of new items first-hand, to the tune of one new one almost every weekday. So we’ve seen enough to know what’s been good and what’s been great. Here are our picks for the best travel gear we checked out over the past year.

A handful of adventure gift ideas for the friend with everything, from $8 sure things to four-figure vacations for the friend with everything.

If you go into the wilderness in your prescribed outdoor gear and armed with the things you need to know, then you are almost guaranteed to have a wonderful time in the woods.

Win a pair or Salomon's Rocker 2 skis by uploading a video about why you deserve these hard to get skis.

For Christmas, Santa brought me a complete set of avalanche tools including a BCA Tracker2 avalanche beacon, Black Diamond Quickdraw Guide Probeand Deploy 7 Shovel.

GoPro is synonymous with wearable digital cameras as Frank's Red Hot is to hot sauce.

Running in the winter months can be harsh. But with the right gear — and a different mentality toward the sport — snow and ice don’t have to slow you down.