Military Times GearScout » gadgets

iPhone 4 vs. .50 Cal (Hint: .50 cal wins)

Rob Curtis — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:12:48 +0000

Never get locked out again

Matthew Cox — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:00:43 +0000

Lost your key to the Connex? Serepick.com and Hardcase Custom Survival have come out with a handy new pair of custom lock picks that will open a padlock in seconds. The Bogota picks come in a set of two. Each pick is about as long as your index finger and toothpick thin. Both handles are [...]

iPhone Fun from Magpul

Stickman — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:00:14 +0000

Getting into something a little different than weapon design or components, Magpul has given us a new iPhone case in your choice of colors, as long as those choices are military colors. Think of Flat Dark Earth, Foliage Green, or basic black as new colors for your iPhone. Valentines day is right around the corner, [...]

Toughen up those downrange gadgets: Gorilla Glass

Rob Curtis — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:00:19 +0000

A few years back, one of our embeded staffers was dropped off outside an austere TOC. He unloaded his gear and went inside to meet his POC. When he came out a few minutes later, the sun was down and he couldn’t see his gear. As his eyes adjusted [...]

GearScout Spring Preview Extra- Gadgets

Rob Curtis — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:00:15 +0000

Surefire M300 Mini Scout Light N/A, $N/A Details are admittedly sketchy on this one. Surefire gave us a look at this little burner while we were at the ADS Warrior Expo in July. It’s half the size of the popular M600 Scout Light, runs at about 80 lumens for 1.3 hours on a single CR123. [...]

Garmin Foretrex 401 – Exclusive Gear Recon

Rob Curtis — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:00:41 +0000

The first-generation wrist-mounted GPS were all about recreation, and if you used one in the field or on missions, you noticed they came up a bit short. But now Garmin has taken the original and slimmed it down into sleeker, more powerful tool. GearScout got a final prototype to play with weeks before its release. [...]

New Garmin Oregon 550 Brings CameraGPS

Rob Curtis — Mon, 11 May 2009 03:51:33 +0000

Garmin just announced their new top of the line Oregon 550t handheld GPS unit. $600 buys a 3.2 megapixel camera (slightly better than cellphone quality), a 3D compass that display a direction without having to hold the unit level and a new sunlight-readable display. Other than that, you get the usual Oregon touch screen, preloaded [...]

Shot 09 – Sparkie and Wet Fire demonstrated

Sheila — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:22:52 +0000

Shot 09 – Knight’s “Bullet Flight” video

Sheila — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:21:21 +0000

Shot 09- Highgear in High Gear for Military Market

Rob Curtis — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 03:55:48 +0000

Highgear’s new Axis watch is clearly aimed for you, dear active-lifestyle military person. If it’s coyote color doesn’t grab you, the feature list will. It combines standard watch functions with four sensors in a low profile package with a negative LCD and a user changeable battery for $160. The watch sports an acrylic window and [...]

Shot 09 – Killer iPhone App

Matthew Cox — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 03:19:12 +0000

Knights Manufacturing Company has figured out how the iPhone can help snipers become more efficient at their deadly art. Yep. The ingenious iPhone, which can play videos, display pictures and text can now help snipers calculate their long range shots on the hightech touch screen. Knights Manufacturing Company recently created a shot calculator program to [...]

Universal Battery Pack Keeps You From Getting Bored, Ever

Rob Curtis — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:04:11 +0000

Brunton’s new Solo “Personal Power Plants” can keep you gadgets running for days on a single charge. Just plug it in for a few hours to fill it up, then plug your iPod in using the USB port, insert toothpicks in your eyelids and watch all of the Star Wars movies, twice, without interruption (except [...]