The first you will read on Magellan’s website about the eXplorist 310 is ”The Magellan eXplorist 310 GPS receiver comes packed with tons of helpful features and is ready to use right out of the box.” That was an intriguing statement to me as I feel that most companies say something like that about almost every product that they sell. So with that statement in mind I started testing the eXplorist 310 to check and see just what features this GPS came with.
Spring is here and we here at Open Air Life are excited to get out hiking. This guide is full of gear that will make your spring hiking a little bit better. We start this guide with some great shoes for our feet. After all our feet are what will carry us all those miles that we hike. We will also be putting out a shoe guide in the coming weeks of some of the new hiking shoes coming out spring 2012. We hope this guide will encourage and excite you to get out this spring and find a new hike.
Looking for a headlamp and overwhelmed by all the options? The Irix by Icon is a solution for those people who are looking for a headlamp that can be dialed in for a certain light output. This headlamp come loaded with features, one being the oversized dial on top of the light to easily control the output levels of the light from 5-35 lumens. The dial is even big enough to use while wearing gloves.
We have all heard about the problem with some plastic bottles having BPA in them. So to combat this, there have been several companies that have come out with glass bottles. Lifefactory is just one of these companies. But there are some unique things that Lifefactory has done with their bottles.
The rugged Eton Raptor Solar Charger/Radio is a jammed pack with features for the outdoor adventurer. This solar charger is built with many all-terrain guidance functions which include: compass, altimeter and barometer. This all done in a splash proof case that has a built in bottle opener for the post activity celebration.
I was very curious to what the Q Knot Pro could do when I received the package of them from the company. When I first saw the design and applications for the Q knot I was intrigued. The Q Knots are a multi-purpose reusable ties that are a great solution to keeping cords or other itemed bundled and secure.
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