The guys I work with fall into two camps. One camp shows up in whatever's clean that morning and deals with being uncomfortable all day. The other camp has figured out what works and sticks with it. I...
I've bought the wrong boots more times than I'd like to admit. Not wrong in any obvious way, but wrong for what I was actually doing. Tactical boots that made my feet ache after eight miles of hiking....
Marketing teams have turned fabric technology into an arms race of trademarked names and vague claims. Every brand has proprietary terminology for what are often similar materials doing similar things...
My first "tactical" jacket cost thirty-five dollars and lasted four months. The zipper separated, the seams at the shoulders started pulling apart, and the DWR coating washed off after the second clea...
I own eleven pairs of tactical pants. That's probably too many. But I've also thrown away at least that many more after they fell apart, ripped in places that shouldn't rip, or turned out to have pock...
I spent three years working search and rescue in Colorado before anyone bothered to explain layering to me properly. Before that, I just threw on whatever seemed warm enough and hoped for the best. So...