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Take These Slick Journals For A Dip

Makr’s sketchbooks aren’t the type of girl that goes to the pool just to catch some rays in a fancy bikini. They’re water-resistant, so a little splash won’t hurt them. And they look great too.


Olympus TG-1 Tough Compact Camera Review: Meet The Perfect Summer Sidekick

Every summer as you pack your bags for the beach, gear up for a festival or saddle up for a barbecue, you look at your camera and think one of two things depending on what you own: it’s either too big and chunky to take, or it’s too small and fragile to expect to get back. Olympus has a fix for this in the form of the TG-1 Tough camera: the perfect summer sidekick.


Olympus Wants You To Hurt Its New Camera

Olympus has always brought its A-game when it comes to tough cameras, but the new, harder TG-2 Tough is begging for you to hurt it.


Can Panasonic’s A100 HD Action Cam Muscle In On GoPro’s Turf?

Panasonic claims its new wearable HD camcorder will be perfect for adrenaline junkies and recreation-seekers alike — but can it compete in a market that’s already dominated by GoPro?


Sony’s Waterproof Walkman: One Hour Playback From Three Minutes Of Charging

If workouts take you from pounding the pavement to plunging into the pool with little time to spare in between, Sony’s new one-piece Walkman might be of some interest to you.


Feel Free To Spill Whatever You Want On This Waterproof PC

You can be as reckless as you want with your bottle of Moutain Dew around Stealth’s new fanless WPC-525F computer. As the name implies it relies on its aluminium chassis as one large heatsink to dissipate high temperatures.


The Best Action Camera

It wasn’t so long ago that we rounded up the best action cameras and put them to the test. Just half a year later, and the biggies all have new versions out. They’re all better, but there’s only one best. Round Two: Fight!


Drift’s New Action Cam Packs In The Features

When we last took a look, the Drift HD came in last in our action camera battlemodo. It had a lot of features that we really liked, but image quality wasn’t up to snuff. The new Drift Ghost, however, promises even more features, not the least of which is a new set of optics.


The Best And Worst Gear For Nine Days In A Dust Storm

This year I acted as an embedded reporter at Burning Man — a place of extreme temperatures, high winds and white-out dust storms. The ultra-fine alkaline dust is hell on gear — so it should be a good opportunity to test a few rugged gadgets, right?


Contour+2 Review: Sweet Images, Sloppy Mounts

Think of an action cam, and the name GoPro probably comes to mind. But there are a lot of alternatives to consider, as a recent action cam Battlemodo proved. One brand, Contour, has always been just a step away from gaining GoPro-style notoriety. The recently announced Contour+2 might change that.


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