Showers Pass Cloudburst Jacket – Super Well Designed Running Jacket Drew Thayer The Showers Pass Cloudburst Jacket $189 is a stretchy and breathable softshell raincoat for running in cold, windy, and wet conditions. When I pulled this jacket on for the first time I thought I’d read the tag wrong: this must be a softshell, not a raincoat. It
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Patagonia Micro Puff vs Nano Puff vs Nano Air – 3 Awesome Puffies, but What is Best for You? If you are looking at great mid weight puffs then this is for you! The Patagonia Micro Puff vs Nano Puff vs Nano Air showdown will go over the similarities and the differences of each jacket, so you can find the
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Mountain Hardwear Ghost Whisperer 2 – New HyperDry Down The Mountain Hardwear Ghost Whisperer 2 ($325) is an update to the extremely popular Ghost Whisperer jacket. Now featuring a water-resistant down, called HyperDry, and ridiculously light construction. Using Mountain Hardwear’s own 10D Whisper Ripstop material to save weight and is made of 100% recycled fabrics. Wow, that is a lot
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Thermarest NeoAir XTherm Sleeping Pad Andrew Piotrowski The frigid breeze sweeping under the tent fly and across my exposed face was a stern reminder that I was not in my warm bed back at home, Instead, I was on top of a ridge on a cold fall night in the Shenandoah Valley. Besides the occasional breeze on my face, I
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Showers Pass Elements Jacket – Comfortable Multi-Purpose Bike Jacket Drew Thayer A versatile cycling-inspired raincoat equally at home shredding muddy single-track, commuting to work, or cruising the neighborhood Showers Pass Elements Jacket Review Showers Pass, known for their technical cycling apparel, just released the new Elements jacket to span the space between weaving through the forest on single-track and biking
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BioLite Headlamp 750 – Super Light and Bright The new BioLite Headlamp 750 ($99) is a super light (150 grams) and super bright (750 lumens) headlamp for serious night time adventures. I have had a pre-production sample for a few weeks and it has been lighting up the night! HeadLamp 750 BioLite Headlamp 750 Testing I received the
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