The Gear Journal – Page 39 – Every Day Carry Gear & Gadgets

January 21, 2022

MA-1 Flight Jacket

Ryan

Clothing

Feels like everyone makes an MA-1 these days, but no one makes it better than Triple Aught Design. While I don’t own one, a buddy of mine does and the detail work and construction is unmatched. Sure, it costs damn near $300… But ya get what ya pay for. In my opinion, this is the best on the market.

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January 20, 2022

Suavs Legacy

Ryan

Clothing

Crazy comfortable shoes made out of recycled bottles… All that, and they still look somewhat timeless, no?

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January 19, 2022

Alpaka Hub Pouch

Ryan

Bags & Wallets

Alpaka has been killing it lately… They’ve introduced a number of new products and all of them have seemingly been a hit. In fact, they just dropped the Hub Pouch – a simple pocket organizer made out of X50 X-Pac.

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January 18, 2022

Yakoda Supply Square ‘Biners

Ryan

Bags & Wallets, Keychains, Other Gear

Square carabiners are actually far more practical for hanging and attaching things than traditional round carabiners. The thing is though, finding well made square examples is difficult. I’ve been looking for some to use as an attachment point for a homemade camera cube for months and have found nothing but trash in my search.

Recently, however, I was turned onto Yakoda Supply’s carabiners. My search is finally over. They are the right size, the right weight, they lock, and they are made like someone gave a shit. Perfect.

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January 14, 2022

Peak Design Mobile Mod

Ryan

Other Gear, Tech

So it’s no secret that I love the design team at Peak Design. Recently, they released a new line of mobile products – basically, phone cases that match to very secure mounts for things like cars, motorcycles, tripods, etc…

I bought a universal mount for review and testing and was really impressed. But, I didn’t really have a use for it as I have a RAM mount standard for all of my devices. If it doesn’t mount by 1″ ball, it’s just not for me.

Still, the Peak Design mount worked so well that I figured I should at least try to adapt it. Turns out, it’s an easy job… After about 5 minutes on the CNC router, I had an adaptor that allows me to use the PD mount with my RAM system.

I can’t recommend this enough.

More info on the Peak Design Mobile line here.

January 13, 2022

Leica M11

Ryan

Tech

Leica released their latest M-body today – the M11. Basic selling point is the new triple resolution sensor essentially allowing you to choose between high resolution 60mp files or lower resolution files (36 or 18mp) giving better high ISO performance.

This thing is undoubtedly capable of producing gorgeous images and will probably do so with perfect ergonomics and unmatched build quality, BUT… the biggest issue I have with modern digital M-bodies is inconsistent range finder calibration. In the past, I’ve found that M8, M9, and M10 rangefinders let me down over time.

Oh… and if you get one, go for silver – it’s the only color way made in traditional brass.

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January 12, 2022

Kyoto Black

Ryan

Clothing

This is pretty interesting. Reigning Champ has been working with a Japanese Dye house in an effort to perfect the black dye process on western materials. The result is a black with crazy depth and no blue. Apparently, this process took over a century to perfect and the dye includes all kinds of shit in it… Things like tea leaves and bark.

Crazy, no?

Details here.

January 11, 2022

CobraSleepers

Ryan

Clothing

The Brown Buffalo makes some of the best bags in the world. Their attention to detail is overdone and insane. And now, they are making a house a slipper?

I haven’t laid eyes on these yet, but I pretty much guarantee these are built like a brick shithouse… and do the job of a slip-on.

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