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Changers System: Solar Charging and Social Networking that Helps the Planet
Imagine if you could charge your devices without having to add the to the world’s pollution. Now imagine if you could charge your devices without having to add the to the world’s pollution, AND you could encourage others to follow your lead? Think about the impact you could have by multiplying your green actions through [...]
Keep QuikClot on Hand, and You May Save a Life
QuikClot is an emergency wound dressing loaded with blood clotting agents. You can go to YouTube and watch some extremely graphic training videos of QuikClot in action, but I suggest that you not do so if you have a weak stomach. If you are able to handle the graphic images, I’m sure that you’ll agree the results are [...]
The KAMMOK Kometh
Over the past year I have helped fund a number of Kickstarter projects. I backed the Vere Sandal Company, with an iPad stand, and with a watchband for the iPod nano. If you are not familiar with Kickstarter, it is an online threshold pledge system for funding creative projects. Kickstarter has funded a diverse array of endeavors,ranging from [...]
Living under a Rock? Nope, under a Bubble
At times I’ve been told I live under a rock. Maybe I do sometimes but its nice and quiet there. And it sure beats living in a bubble doesn’t it? Well maybe not. Check out this bubble hut, the Crystalbubble. Its shape …was voluntarily designed with the goal to offer a dreamy space without disturbing [...]
Review: ThermaCELL Outdoor Lantern Helps You Take Back the Outdoors
Vacation, staycation or no-cation, no matter what your outdoor plans are during the summer months it seems mosquitoes and other flying, biting pests always seem to find us. ThermaCELL wants to help you take back the outdoors. First introduced in 2000, ThermaCELL mosquito repellent works to discourage up to 98 percent of mosquitoes, black flies [...]
Gear Diary’s Back to School Gift Guide and an ARCHOS 70 Android Internet Tablet for You to Win!
Update: The giveaway is now closed, and the winner is darktweak! We appreciate everyone who entered, and we’d like to remind you to keep an eye out for many more great Gear Diary giveaways! =) It’s time to start thinking about the supplies you are going to send your kids back to school with, and [...]
The DRY-ALL Wet Smartphone Emergency Kit Review & Giveaway
Update: This giveaway is now closed, and the winners are — lloydrv (tablet kit), visual360photography (smartphone kit), chinoy885 (smartphone kit), and bamfhacker (tablet kit). All winners have been contacted. Thank you for entering, and keep your eye out for more Gear Diary Giveaways! =) Last year 57% of 5200 people surveyed admitted using their phones [...]
Shooting Gear Review: X-Rest by Montie Gear
Here at Gear Diary, we write about a huge variety of products and services. One area that we rarely touch on is the hobby of shooting. Living in South Texas and being a country boy means that I have done my fair share of shooting. I love to hunt, despite rarely getting the chance and [...]
Geocachers: A Secret Society Stalking Your Streets
There’s a secret society stalking your streets, peering behind bushes and rummaging through parks. They work in the dead of night, or boldly move at high noon. These stealthy denizens are known to leave suspicious packages around public parks and quiet neighborhoods, and yet nobody tries to stop them. Using the latest in GPS and [...]
ArchPort YogiStash Flip Flops Sport a Light, a Bottle Opener, and It Can Carry More!
When you are at the beach, there are only so many places that you can tuck an ID card or some spare cash; keeping a bottle opener handy can be a chore as well …. but no more! Here to help is the ArchPort YogiStash, a flip-flop with a stash compartment just under the arch. [...]
Photon Climbing Carabiners and Quickdraws Recalled
I saw this in an email from CPSC Recalls this morning, and all I could think of was some random climber hanging upside down when one of these carabiners decided to fail — not a happy thought! So if you’re a climber, check your gear and make sure that you don’t have any recently [...]
Emergency Triage Lights, Because Paper Tags Are So Old School
I’m sure you’ve seen them on a hospital related television show before. Triage tags are used by emergency responders in the field, during mass casualties. These tags help responders to quickly identify who needs care right away and who can wait. This is extremely important when there are more patients than responders. Most places use [...]
TouchTec Gloves Take Winter MultiTouch to the Extreme
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s winter time and that means it’s cold! Here today in the Philadelphia area the temperatures are in the low 20s and the wind is whirling around like a scene out of the Wizard of Oz. We’ve covered our fair share of gloves that work with touch-screen devices. I’ve tried [...]
Don’t Have What It Takes To Grow A Beard? Beard Head Does.
Just because “Movember” has ended doesn’t mean all of us are ready to give up our beards. After a month’s worth of growth, I for one have grown just a little attached to my new friend, my beard. However, with winter coming on fast here in the north-east it’s time to start thinking about how [...]
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