Runout’s Gear Of The Year Awards
December 27th, 2007
Inspired by The Gear Junkie’s Top 10 Gear of The Year Awards, I’ve compiled a list of my own favorite gear for urban cycling, camping, backpacking and climbing, all of which can be had for 25 of your hard-earned dollars or less. Here at GetOutdoors, we’re in touch with the proletariat. We like to keep it real. Real cheap.
10) Park Tool 3 Way Hex Wrench: $8.50. All you need in your commuter bag (besides a patch kit and a pump), unless you’re a bike mechanic.
9) Loaf of bread, peanut butter, jelly: About $10. Tastes more like food than any energy bar, won’t melt like a Snickers.
8 ) Gorilla Pod: $25.00. Quit trying to balance your point-and-shoot on rocks.
7) SKS Xtra Dry Rear Seatpost Fender: $11.94. How many more times are you going to curse that wet spot on the back of your pants?
6) Park Tool Glueless Patches: $2.50. As revolutionary as the Post-It Note.
5) Starbucks Doubleshot: $2.19. For overnight hikes, one of these beats lugging any sort of coffee setup you have now.
4) Army surplus webbing belt: $4.95. Inexpensive, tough, not bulky under your harness or your pack’s waistbelt.
3) Charmin Fresh Mates Flushable Wipes: $2.49. In lieu of a shower, just use these on your funky regions.
2) Space Pen: $20. Writes upside down, underwater, in freezing temperatures, on mermaids, etc.
1) Duct Tape: $1.34. A timeless classic.
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