The growing trend in phones and devices is bluetooth. More accurately, a lack of a headphone jack forcing you into using bluetooth, or a dongle of some sort. This is not an option for some who have invested some time and money into getting a good set of wired headphones, and a dongle is… well, […]
Products Reviews
Rab Strata Flex jacket review….

Back to the review of outdoor jackets… much thought goes into the purchase of these jackets for me. I do not want to have tons of jackets that do the same thing, but I would like a few good quality jackets that do as much as they can. This time I was searching […]
The North Face Stretch Thermoball jacket review…

I like my outdoor gear… I will pay a premium if the product is worth it, and further, I’ll scout out the best deal I can on the product if I can save myself some money. This brings me to a direction in outdoor warmth… one that I prefer, but others may not (due to […]
Aukey USB Car Charger…
Are you the kind of person that likes using your phone in the car? I’m not talking about calls, or texting…. but how about for music, or Navigation. I love using Google’s Waze Navigation program… it is a crowd sourced routing app that lays over Google Maps. The thing chews power though… my car’s […]
Waterproof backpack from Aqua Quest…

Ok, I live in a pretty gloomy area of the world in the winter months. Does it really rain as much as they say? No… but it’s gray in the sky, and threatening to rain at any moment for a few months at a time. I have a few backpacks that I bring to and […]
So you like your coffee? A Kitchenaid Burr Coffee Grinder review…

I’m constantly barraged at work with people talking about how they love their Keurig system and how convenient it is… or their other pod type of coffee… or walking around with their Starbucks cup adorned with half a dozen little blurbs of their ‘recipe’ on it… but… do you REALLY love coffee? (I’m […]
Valentina Hot Sauce… Yum! (a review)

Ok, a first for me… a food product review. I’ve been eating spicy food quite a bit lately, and loving it as always… I’ve been on a huge Thai food kick, and lately Korean food too. Both can get fiery as hell, but sometimes, you’re eating your scrambled eggs in the morning […]
Polartec Neoshell fabric review…

The rainy season is almost upon us again, so I figured I would write a post about a fabric I’ve been using for a while in a jacket. Everyone knows the Gore-Tex family of products… I own a beautiful jacket made of Gore-Tex Pac-Lite through most of the body, and Gore-Tex Pro on the shoulders […]
Anker Powerport 5 USB-C Charger Review

Ok… first review. For travel purposes, dragging around a plug for all the USB devices (phone, watch, wife’s phone, wife’s watch, camera, laptop, whatever else…) was getting to be a pain. So, after some reading around and checking other people’s reviews, I decided to pick up this Anker USB charger. It has 4 regular […]
River rafting! Adventure time!

Quite some time ago, the wife purchased a Groupon for a river rafting adventure in Squamish with Canadian Outback Rafting Co. This entailed a drive to Squamish to be there by 8:30am. A brief orientation, and gear fitting, then piling into two buses and taking an hour and a half journey into the woods of […]