This puck-shaped object sits on your turntable’s spindle and helps improve sound quality. Hudson Hi-Fi Every product is carefully selected by our editors. If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. Learn more A record stabilizer (sometimes called a “turntable weight”) is a puck-shaped object that you place on your turntable’s spindle. Its job is to add extra weight so that a record lies as flat and still as possible. This helps the stylus read the vinyl more accurately. If you have a turntable and you’re looking for affordable ways to make it sound better, buying a record stabil ..read more

Why I simply can’t get enough of WESN’s Allman EDC pocket knife. WESN Every product is carefully selected by our editors. If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. Learn more I never thought of myself as a “knife guy.” Sure, I own dozens — and I even have a storage box to keep them all organized. But I never really felt like I fit the archetype. I like camping but I’m not a hardcore survivalist. The closest I’ve been to a battlefield is playing Call of Duty on my couch. I’m not a hunter, nor do I partake in martial arts training. I’m just … a guy who carries a knife around. The ..read more

Why I simply can’t get enough of WESN’s Allman EDC pocket knife. WESN Every product is carefully selected by our editors. If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. Learn more I never thought of myself as a “knife guy.” Sure, I own dozens — and I even have a storage box to keep them all organized. But I never really felt like I fit the archetype. I like camping but I’m not a hardcore survivalist. The closest I’ve been to a battlefield is playing Call of Duty on my couch. I’m not a hunter, nor do I partake in martial arts training. I’m just … a guy who carries a knife around. The ..read more

From the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms to the Rolex MilSub, here are history’s most iconic and hardwearing military watches. Photo by Hunter Kelley for Gear Patrol Ahh, the rarefied world of military watches. Often developed under contract, these were timepieces designed to handle particularly adverse physical conditions. And we do mean were; today’s special operator is far more likely to wear an off-the-shelf G-Shock than a mil-spec Rolex Submariner. Old-school military watches are a seemingly endless source of fascination to civilian watch collectors, despite their subtlety (or perhaps because of ..read more

Gear Patrol Studios The stylish and functional watch you’ve always wanted has finally arrived. Smartwatches entered the cultural mainstream about a decade ago, but their original drawbacks remain. Their batteries continue to struggle to get through a full day of use. And though we call them watches, most still look like miniaturized gadgets strapped to our wrists. The good news is that Citizen — a company with experience making the original wearable for over 100 years — has solved many of these issues with a handsome hybrid sport smartwatch you’ll actually be excited to wear. Citizen CZ Smar ..read more

Not every game-changing gadget is remembered the way it should be. Illustration by Eleni Debo for Gear Patrol Every foundational tech feature had to be introduced somewhere, but not every pioneering product gets the respect it deserves. These unsung innovators helped shape the tech world we know today. 1. The Pebble Smartwatch Illustration by Eleni Debo for Gear Patrol Year Released: 2012 What seems like eons ago, in 2012, Pebble had all the makings of an industry-shattering success. When the record-breaking $10.1 million Kickstarter campaign for the ill-fated e-ink smartwatch exceeded its ..read more

The Hestan NanoBond Titanium Ultimate 10pc Set might be the last cookware you ever buy. Hestan Welcome to Talking Points, a series that looks at what makes certain products worth talking about, brought to you by Gear Patrol Studios. A lot of cookware on the market today is not unlike fast fashion: Flashy trends (nonstick coatings) and low prices take priority above long-term durability and health and environmental concerns. Hestan, the Italian cookware brand trusted by professionals and home chefs worldwide, has bucked this trend since its inception, prioritizing quality and performance above ..read more

It’s not you. It’s the plastic. Well, technically, it’s still a bit of both. Ben Bowers for Gear Patrol Anyone who has used a generic desktop keyboard or laptop for long enough has eventually noticed this phenomenon; shiny spots begin to appear on some keys or even on specific areas of bigger keys like the spacebar. It’s aesthetic aberration well-understood by the keyboard enthusiast community. Still, the topic crops up in wider tech circles occasionally, as it did recently on Jon Gruber’s famed site Daring Fireball.  Based on the look of these spots, we naturally assume the worst a ..read more

Three summer-ready colorways bring a pop of personality to one of Leatherman’s longest standing collections. Leatherman Every product is carefully selected by our editors. If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. Learn more Leatherman takes a page out of its own book by adding a trio of new colorways to its Skeletool lineup. Just in time for summer, the reskinned Skeletool CX and KB multitools follow the ultra-popular Leatherman and Topo Designs collab from 2022 and bring a pop of personality to one of the brand’s longest standing collections. New Skeletool CX Colorways for 20 ..read more

This is one shootout where everyone easily recovers. Ben Emminger Every product is carefully selected by our editors. If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. Learn more Massages are commonplace for professional athletes like runners, cyclists and basketball players, but for the rest of us, they’re still kind of a luxury. The good news is, there are tools you can buy to mimic a massage — and they’re easy to use. Now, you don’t have to book an appointment to get the sweet, relaxing taps similar to a Swedish massage parlor. All you have to do is grab your (charged) massage gun ..read more