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JVC HANC250 High-Grade Noise-Cancelling Headphones

Date: March 30th, 2011 | No Comments

JVC HANC250 High-Grade Noise-Cancelling Headphones -

The word on the street is to go Bose when it comes to noise-cancelling headphones, but If you can’t quite afford to go with the Bose QuietComfort Noise Cancelling Headphones some of our readers suggest going with the JVC HANC250′s. At just over a hundred bucks, these are a steal compared to the $300 Bose headphones.

Touted as reducing up to 85% of background noise, the JV

Best Heart Rate Monitors

Date: March 2nd, 2011 | 1 Comment

Looking to improve your fitness level? Heart Rate Monitors are a great tool for monitoring your fitness progress and helping you stay in your target zone during workouts. Heart Rate Monitors measure and display your heart rate in real time giving you continuous feedback about your level of effort so you can adjust your level of intensity to get in your desired workout zone.

Whether you are a casual walker or veteran marathoner

Suunto M2 Heart Rate Monitor

Date: February 18th, 2011 | No Comments

Suunto M2 Heart Rate Monitor – pretty basic heart rate monitor

The Suuonto M2 Heart Rate Monitor is as basic as they get. If all you’re looking for is a watch that displays your heart rate with a few end of workout stats, the M2 might be perfect for you. If you’re looking for a watch that can tell you your speed, distance, and assorted workout stats, you won’t be happy with thi

Garmin Forerunner 110 GPS Heart Rate Monitor

Date: February 17th, 2011 | 3 Comments

Garmin Forerunner 110 GPS – entry-level GPS sports watch

The Garmin Forerunner 110 GPS is a great entry-level GPS sports watch. It comes in both a men’s and women’s version (and a less expensive version without heart rate functions). The watch is simple and easy to use and displays reliable and consistent distance, speed, and heart rate information.

Using GPS, the Forerunner 110 accurately records your pace, distance, and time. Data from each ru

Polar FT 40 Heart Rate Monitor

Date: February 16th, 2011 | 1 Comment

The Polar FT 40 heart rate monitor is a nice step up from the Polar FT4. The FT 40 goes beyond simply showing your heart rate and calories burned with its EnergyPointer function. During your training session, the EnergyPointer tells you the effect of your training – whether you’re improving fat burning or improving aerobic fitness and displays it graphically so you get instant feedback to help you reach your exercis

5 Ski Accessories You Probably Don’t Need, But Want

Date: January 17th, 2011 | 4 Comments

The Huffington Post recently put together an article about the most ridiculous and excessive ski accessories on the market with items like diamond encrusted skis and an uber expensive helmet with fake dreads to crazy wheeled contraptions that clip onto your skis so you don’t have to carry them. Read more

Power Traveler Powermonkey Solar Charger

Date: January 6th, 2011 | No Comments

Power Traveler Powermonkey Solar Charger – compact and portable travel solar charger

The Power Traveler Powermonkey is a solar powered charger for mobile phones, iPods, and PDAs. One of these babies would make a great gift for the techie traveler since it allows travelers to charge their electronic devices anywhere there is sunlight. On a cloudy day, you can charge from a USB port or an outlet.

The Powermonky looks just like

Solio Classic Solar Charger

Date: January 5th, 2011 | No Comments

Solio Classic Solar Charger – compact, portable solar charger

The Solio Classic Solar chargers is a super compact portable solar charger. The sleek design unfolds into a fan blade type shape to reveal three solar panels ready to collect the sun’s rays to power your portable electronic devices.

Solio claims that the Solio Classic charges over 3200 devices including cell phones, digital cameras, GPS units, and mp3 player. The Solio Classic includes adapters fo

Brunton Restore Portable Solar Power Device

Date: January 4th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Brunton Restore Portable Solar Power Device – portable solar iPod charger

The Brunton Restore Portable Solar Charger is not much bigger than an old school iPod and can charge your iPod, cell phone, or other portable electronic device as long as you’ve got some sunlight. The compact charging unit flips open to reveal two solar panels that turn the sun’s rays into power so you can keep listening to your tunes miles fro

12 Days of Travel Gear Giveaways: Win a Kenneth Cole Travel Watch and More!

Date: December 24th, 2010 | 48 Comments

And the winner of the 12 Days of Travel Gear Giveaways finale prize goes to lucky commenter #30 – Jay S.

Kenneth Cole makes some fabulous watches for travelers. The Digi-Touch collection features a world time function so that you can easily switch between your home time and any of the world’s 24 time zones. With fun Digi-Touch technology, you just need t