It’s all about compromise: I’ll go on this stupid rafting trip, but you have to let me bring my TV so I don’t miss a single Sponge Bob episode. The Chinavasion Waterproof 1GB Digital Video Player will let you catch all the laughs of Bikini Bottom while water sprays over the side of your raft [ more... ]

This guy made a Bamboo Mountain Bike Frame back in June of 2004 in his house. His last update in 2006 said he was still riding the bike without any problems, but since then no one’s heard from him. Build your own from the little bamboo plant you have growing in the kitchen and ride [ more... ]

Instead of eating pancakes while trying to cook the second course of dehydrated eggs on your Pocket Rocket Stove, fire up the Coleman Gemini Dual Burner Stove and put out a real meal. The Gemini Dual Fuel Stove lets you independently adjust the two burners, and it runs on white gas or unleaded fuel that [ more... ]

I thought that all the doping made the Tour de France a little more exciting this year—you had no idea who was going to win. It would have been great for Leipheimer if he’d known that Vinokourov was going to get kicked out so he could have concentrated on getting the lead instead of dogging [ more... ]

Leave the Swiss Army corkscrew at home and fill your backpack with Katadyn’s dehydrated red wine. This powdered red has an alcohol content for 9.27% and it goes wonderfully with any kind of dehydrated astronaut food. Katadyn also makes a mulled wine that can be heated up for arctic expeditions. The packs of red wine [ more... ]

Some new research from Rutgers University shows that mice that ingested caffeine and exercised showed an increase in destruction of skin cells damaged by the sun’s UV rays. Drinking coffee might actually reduce your chances of getting skin cancer. Compared with the control animals, those drinking caffeine had a 95 percent increase in apoptosis in [ more... ]

If you’ve been squeezing your triple-E wide feet into skinny Nike running shoes just to get your Nike+ gadget fix, you’ll be glad to see the Shoe Pouch. This $8 waterproof bag is sized to fit a Nike+ RFID chip so you can wear any shoes you want and still put running info on your [ more... ]

How could it take this long for the outdoor industry to produce a webbing belt that’s wide enough to actually use? Those Bison Belts that were so popular five years ago were the same size as climbing webbing, which may have been the point but they only work with those yoga, gusseted crotch, billowy sweat [ more... ]

Rafters Footwear will begin making their sandal outsoles from 25% recycled rubber and their polyester webbing straps from recycled drink bottles. Rafters gear is strictly low end, with their 82 styles of sandals ranging from $20 to $55. Rafters says they won’t raise the prices on the Chinese-made sandals—they hope they’ll do a greater volume [ more... ]

Avoid resort crowds by buying your own tropical island on eBay. This 225 acre island near Fiji is selling for only about $341,000, which is a small price to pay for an uncrowded break these days. You can make your own laws and issue your own money—maybe even host dog fighting tournaments.