Thursday, October 2, 2014

The Gadgets and Gear We Couldn't Get Enough of in September

Josh Valcarcel/WIRED




Carefully crafted from hand-tamed elevation data, these little notebooks ($25 for a pack of three) feature beautiful iso-maps of Mars and islands around the world. WIRED readers helped decide which locations would be featured in this first collection of LatLon Notebooks from Analog. I got mine by backing the project on Kickstarter, but if you hurry, there may be a few left. And look for a new map-themed collection next year (I'm hoping for canyons!). -Betsy Mason


Josh Valcarcel/WIRED



The Grid STK ($35) is a vast improvement over the traditional old stick roller. It's made of water-resistant foam grooved to mimic the sensations you'd get from a massage therapist when you're rolling out your legs or back. The soft rubber handles provide a firm, comfortable grip for your torture session. It comes in two densities, in case you need a little extra oomph to get at some deep tissue. -Christina Bonnington



One of the best parts of our jobs here at WIRED is that we get to test all the new things as soon as they come out. But we often only get a few days to play with something before having to write about it. That can be difficult-getting a clear assessment of an object's worth when you have to crank out a written review in less than a week. Some products only show their true colors after several weeks, months, or years to experience them, live with them, play with them, and wear them. That's what we've gathered here-things we've been testing and love, or the stuff from our lives that we own and never want to let go. This is the gear we want to take everywhere. This is the stuff we want to cook breakfast for. These are the things we love.


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