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Sauce Active’s Winter Finest: Accessories to Keep You Toasty
Sauce Active is a USA based brand that produces just about every soft, stretchy material accessory you might need for winter activities. Their products are created from solution-driven designs based on extensive outdoor and elite athletic experience, taking comfort,...

Chaco Fields Boot Review
When I wrote about the Chaco Barbary Boot last autumn I said, “Late fall and early winter is a tough time of year for footwear. It’s too cold to keep wearing your summer kicks, but not snowy/sludgy/freezing enough yet for your well-loved winter boots”. New to Chaco’s...

Stepping into Fall with Stio
Just as the Stio winter catalogue hits mailboxes across the country this week, and overnight lows are bringing frost and snow across the country, we just finished up testing four of Stio's new fall/winter pieces. "Stio was founded to inspire connection with outdoors...

Review Preview: A-Bom, Katadyn, Optimus, Flylow, Vapur, Adventure Medical Kits
Help support Gearist by doing all your Amazon shopping through the link below! A sneak peek behind the scenes at some of our upcoming gear in the review hopper. In this episode we give you a look at: - A-Bom Snow Goggles [ http://bit.ly/2dTqjqz ] - Vapur DrinkLink [...

Weekend Adventure Gear Sale
The weekend is adventure time, no matter how many awesome football games are on! So, to get you ready for this weekend and all of those coming up, our pals at EMS (Eastern Mountain Sports) are having a Weekend Adventure Sale with gear that's up to 40% off(!?!?!)....

TomTom Spark Cardio + Music Review
For several years, minimalist runners have been striving for less equipment but still have the ability to track their runs. But many of these same runners want to track their heart rate and really enjoy listening to music while they run. This has traditionally meant...

LifeProof Nüüd For iPhone 6S Review
For most of us, our smartphones have become a ubiquitous part of our daily uniform – whether that’s in casual or business dress or in our workouts. So, with a $650+ computer sitting in your pocket, it makes sense to protect it as best you can, especially if you use it...

JOBY PowerBand For iPhone Review
If you're a fan of Gearist then you know that we aim for a rather high degree of detail in our reviews. However, while getting note together for this particular review, it dawned on me that sometimes the simplicity and ease of use of a product is parts of what makes...

How to make yourself poop (when you want to)
Up to now we took a look at why running makes us poop and how to keep from having to poop while you run. While exercise in general is great for inducing healthy bowel movements, some people just aren’t so lucky. Their poo turtles: it seems like it’s coming, then it...

What do you do in a time crunch? | Gearist Questions
We've been caught out on adventures - be they runs, rides, hikes, skiing, you name it - and have found ourselves later than we thought we'd be. While being able to call someone to say "sorry" or "fyi" is nice, if you're out and about where there's no phone or data...