Gear

The long overdue rise of stylish travel clothing

June 19, 2014March 28, 2018 - by SnarkyNomad

There’s been a minor revolution brewing lately, in quiet corners and in hushed tones, of ideas once thought unspeakably blasphemous, denounced as heretical ravings of fanatic madmen, the likes of …

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Why merino wool socks make the best travel socks

June 9, 2014January 5, 2018 - by SnarkyNomad

As much as I would love to imagine myself as a stalwart and courageous swashbuckling voyager, sailing the seven seas with magnanimous adventures of legendary renown, I am in fact …

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Why cycling clothing is the new travel clothing

May 31, 2014August 25, 2015 - by SnarkyNomad

Over the years, I’ve never had as many options for high-quality travel clothing as I would have liked, and most of the time, it’s because there weren’t any. “Travel clothing” …

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The Tom Bihn Synapse: Probably the best laptop daypack for frequent flyers

May 12, 2014March 11, 2015 - by SnarkyNomad

There was a time, not long ago, when I would have considered the battle for the world’s best laptop daypack to be one of such insurmountable difficulty that debating such idealism …

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Rohan Jeans Plus make Levi’s look dumb

March 31, 2014August 11, 2015 - by SnarkyNomad

So a while back I shared some thoughts on the endless debate over whether or not to travel with jeans. They’re immensely comfortable, but incredibly bulky. They’re suitable for any …

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The Uniqlo Airism boxer brief, thoroughly reviewed

March 25, 2014May 13, 2017 - by SnarkyNomad

As many of you know, I am an insatiable gear junkie whose standards can never be reached with anything short of exquisite perfection. You’d think the reason for my constant …

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Why are women’s rain jackets so much more stylish than the men’s?

March 13, 2014January 7, 2018 - by SnarkyNomad

The glass ceiling has yet to infringe upon this realm. Apparently. As an obsessive travel junkie who’s trudged through near-freezing downpours because I might never be in Italy again and who lives …

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The toiletries list of an obsessive travel junkie

March 3, 2014January 6, 2018 - by SnarkyNomad

Cleanliness is next to… No. You know what? Cleanliness doesn’t need to be next to anything, because cleanliness is pretty darn good as it is. Do you have any idea …

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The one problem no Lifestraw review ever mentions

February 8, 2014January 5, 2018 - by SnarkyNomad

Update! As a result of this review, Eartheasy, the North American distributor of the Lifestraw, sent me a few products to try out, and I appreciate when a company is …

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Travel jeans, my imaginary best friend

February 5, 2014March 3, 2019 - by SnarkyNomad

For the last decade or so, I have spent a stupid amount of time tracking down high-quality travel gear, digging through mountains of insufficient nonsense in an attempt to find …