If you read my review of the Keyport Slide V.01, you’ll know that I was pretty taken with it. An elegant way to remove the fumble and jangle (hey wasn’t that a U2 album?) from your keys, it really felt like a step forward on the evolutionary scale of pocket garni. A truly excellent […]
Archives for September 2013
Clothing Arts Pickpocket-Proof Travel Shirt
Since I don’t count any pickpockets* among my otherwise scallywag friends (looking at you Jon and Jay), the veracity of pickpocket-proof is a difficult one to test. That being the case, I will review the Clothing Arts Pickpocket-Proof Shirt on being just that, a shirt. The lightweight fabric (“100% Nature-Like™ Nylon”) has a slightly synthetic […]
Vasque St. Elias GTX backpacking boots
My wife has had the exact same hiking boots ever since we first started seeing each other 15 years ago, a pair of Vasque Sundowners, which she has hiked well over a thousand miles in. During the same time period, I’ve gone through two pairs of boots and two pairs of low hikers, none of which […]