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Groundbreaking designs and updated classics for every wrist. (Tissot) Tissot T-Touch Expert Solar Here’s something new under the sun: the first solar-powered touchscreen watch. The Expert Solar’s spare, Euro-cool design and titanium case conceal a wealth of useful digital gadgetry behind its analog face, like an altimeter, a weather monitor, and…
Run cold? You'll want one of these insulated beasts. (Adidas) Adidas Terrex Climaheat Techrock Best For: Instant warmth. The Test: Heading into the backcountry? Pack a big puffy to snuggle into during rest breaks, while on belay, or as emergency insulation. With 800-fill goose down wrapped in Pertex fabric, the 1.1-pound Techrock…
The newest crop of wearables are cleverer than ever. (Spire) Spire The Spire won’t measure heart rate or really anything beyond the number of steps you’ve taken. But it will analyze your breathing, providing a constant record of your stress levels. When the pebble-size sensor notices you’ve gone awhile without taking a…
For sale: tricked out Land Rovers from the most recent 007 film.
It's not incredibly lightweight, packable, or durable, but all this stuff will serve you just fine in the outdoors and doesn't cost a small fortune
Our nation's lifts are at the breaking point. We spent months researching past accidents and aging infrastructure—and found that it's time to act in order to avoid catastrophic failure.
Riding in winter doesn't have to be painful. (Rapha) Rapha Pro Team Thermal Aerosuit Think of this one-piece as a nordic skin suit for cyclists. It’s incredibly warm, courtesy of the windproof, water-resistant, waffle-weave fleece on the front. But you won’t overheat: the fabric’s lighter in back to let cool air in. Price $440…
These eight items don't take up much space. Buy them all and you'll be better outfitted than any pricey gym.
You'll regret cheaping out on this stuff. Trust me.
Underwear just keeps getting better. (Icebreaker) Icebreaker Helix Long-Sleeve Zip Jacket If you need a do-it-all midlayer this winter, go with the Helix. Despite the svelte profile, it’s warmer than any other top on this page, thanks to its wool insulation and wind-blocking poly exterior. That face fabric also shrugs off…
Winter-training heroes require apparel with oomph.
The best, most creative, time-saving ways to fit (and organize) all your gear into a tiny apartment
Over the river and through the woods. (Fimbulvetr) Fimbulvetr Hikr Best For: Deep Snow Breaking trail in winter is just about the most difficult workout you can do. But that Herculean endeavor is made a bit easier with a platform like the Norwegian Hikr strapped to your foot. The lightweight plastic…
The ski world is going all in on high-tech safety gear, packing more features into smaller packages.
The next generation of adventure vehicles will be unstoppable, off-road beasts
The updated communications tool creates a network for people to send and receive messages without cell service. But its success is entirely dependent on how many people buy into it.
Watch to see what else we love about this soon-to-be-released jacket.
Best-in-class picks to match your style. (Amplid) Amplid LoveLife Best For: Aggressive Riders Amplid got the memo that not all women crave soft flex and graphics that look like Disney-princess wallpaper. Despite the unfortunate name, expert testers endorsed the LoveLife for its tip-to-tail stiffness, created by a low-density poplar core and a…
Portland, Oregon-based CiloGear promises to sell you the most bomber, versatile alpine packs on the market
Your paws deserve the best. (Outdoor Research) Outdoor Research Capstone Heated Why spend five bills on electric gloves? To play longer when the mercury drops. A heating surface covers 70 percent of the Capstone (twice the area of most other models), and the lithium-ion batteries deliver up to eight hours…
World Cup skinny-ski gear for your local skate track
Fear not these fashion-forward frames. The best sporty-shades makers are showing new style.
How to get into the boutique, nearly lost art of the wet shave
Meet the off-road vehicle that assembles like an Ikea project
They now make tiny houses that pop up like tents
For its fifth generation, Land Rover returns off-road capability to the Discovery
"Trail to town" has become a massive cliché in the outdoor industry. But Arc’teryx got the formula right with its A2B collection.
Living in a one-man tent that weighs over 23 pounds
Your new favorite way to get to work
LVL, from BSX Technologies, is a wearable for hydration tracking. It'll tell you how much to drink, and when.
Plus, the differences between liquid fuel and pressurized canisters
The five products we’re most excited about this year
Each year during Interbike, the city of Las Vegas hosts the Cross Vegas cyclocross race. It’s an important event for the sport’s top pros, but it’s also a big party for the spectators, who come out and drink beer while watching riders tear through grass and sand and over wooden barriers. We sent photographer Stephen Lam to capture this year’s action.
The Swedish brand releases a 2017 helmet and lots of apparel options for XC racers
A lightweight backpacking stove that runs on twigs
Damn, this is a good looking bike
The Yakima SkyRise introduces a few important upgrades to the growing rooftop-tent industry
To find out, I torture-tested five top brands by, you know, smashing them with a kayak and running them over with my Camry
A serious photographic upgrade for your phone
Now you can haul your bike trailer pretty much anywhere
Hook the Edelux II up to a hub generator and you can say goodbye to batteries and plugs forever
A short-term off-road project that quickly went the way of the dodo
Watch to see what Outside’s online gear editor and resident photographer, Jakob Schiller, loves about this game-changing bag.
All the products released Monday move the action-camera market forward. Could GoPro have gone even further? Sure. But the new Hero5 Black is the best POV camera to date, and the drone one of the most capable we've ever flown.
A convenient way to haul your gear on top of the car
It's called the Dutch Reach, and if a Massachusetts doctor has his way, it could prevent road riders from ever getting doored again
Watch to see how this simple technique might just save a cyclist's life.
With the Procaliber SL, Trek has reengineered the race bike with a modicum of comfort and revived our interest in hardtails
Cyclists are badly hurt or killed in crashes with cars in every major North American city with regularity. Surely their lives mean more than maximizing the productivity of dump trucks.