Fuego Element Grill
This is exactly what we’d expect to see if you sat down a former Director of Industrial Design from Apple and told him to design a grill. In fact, that’s exactly what Fuego did. With the help of Robert Brunner, they created the ultimate grill for city-dwellers, or those that simply want a great looking (and performing) grill. Underneath the elegant exterior, the element packs a punch. It has two independent flame rings, designed to output up to 15,000 BTU’s per hour. To hold your grillables, there’s a 346 square inch cast iron cooking grill that can also be switched out for a pizza stone or a griddle. They even tied in a swing-out work tray on the Element 01 and Element 02. Feugo Element Grill ($450-$650)
Piquadro Helmet
Japanese racer, American muscle, Italian wonderbike, British steed, or even just a scooter, whatever you’re riding, make sure to protect your head. If you want a great way to stylishly protect your dome while riding your bike, check out the new Piquadro leather helmet. Italian designers combined modern materials with a classic look to invent this new open face helmet. Being safe just got cooler. Piquadro Helmet ($400)
Pentax Optio W80 Digital Camera
Whether your adventures take you where it’s cold, wet, high above the ground, or through the dustbowl, the Pentax Optio W80 has you covered. This point and shoot is dustproof, waterproof, coldproof, and shockproof. It features a 12.1 megapixel sensor, as well as a wide-angle lens with 5x internal optical zoom (which means no moving parts) to help you capture great images near or far. The Optio can also shoot 720p high-def video and features an interesting new Digital Wide function that allows you to take 2 photos to mimic a 21mm wide-angle lens. Drop it, dunk it, freeze it, just don’t leave it at home. Pentax Optio W80 ($300 or less)
Design Within Reach Water Pitcher
Leave it to DWR to create a great looking and highly functional water pitcher. The charcoal water pitcher uses louseki stones and Binchotan charcoal to create filtered, mineral rich water. The charcoal also acts as a deodorizer, helping you to have a little less funk in your water. Each set of charcoal and stones lasts up to six months, and when you do replace them, they have zero landfill impact unlike their plastic-based brethren. DWR Water Pitcher ($85)
OluKai Hiapo
OluKai is a brand grounded in great comfortable footwear for an ocean-based lifestyle. Their name describes it all; Olu means Comfort and Kai means Ocean. The Hiapo sandal is the piece that started it all. It is a full-grain leather sandal with pigskin lining for both comfort and durability. The design features laser-etched Moko art on the footbed, as well as hand-stitched detailing. Even if you’re not near the ocean, these sandals will carry you where you want to go. OluKai Hiapo ($100)
Gerber Epic
The Gerber Epic is one of Gerber’s upcoming knives due for a February 2010 release. It represents one of Gerber’s attempts to modernize their knife lineup, and by all accounts, they’ve succeeded. It’s 3.5″ blunt point blade is ready for any camp or backcountry task, and it’s innovative locking sheath allows the knife to be attached right-handed or left-handed, in either a point-up or point-down configuration. Oh yeah, it has a bottle opener built into the handle, too. Gerber Epic ($TBA)
Sailor Jerry Pin Up Girl Matches
Lighters are overrated. Next time fire is needed, pull out your box of pin up girl matches and get to work. Classy (and classic) artwork on the box is tasteful and vintage, and the matches feature black heads, which besides looking cool can also be lit with a high-power red laser. Sailor Jerry Pin Up Girl Matches ($2)
Nirvana – Live at Reading Festival
Yes, Yes, Y-E-S it’s almost here! Nirvana’s legendary performance at the 1992 Reading Festival has been bootlegged till you could puke a coat hanger. Finally, the real thing is being released to fans who have the option of buying the deluxe CD/DVD or CD-only and DVD-only versions on November 2nd. On November 16th, a double 12-inch vinyl version will be made available. In the immortal words of Barney Stinson this is going to be Legen (wait for it) (wait for it) Dary! ($15-$29)
Henry Rollins – A Mad Dash
Rollins is back again with another awesome account of his travel and personal experiences. A follow up to A Preferred Blur, Rollins takes right off from where he left with some of his most memorable experiences in A Mad Dash . We love sifting though the memories of one of the most interesting spoken word and music artists of our time!
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Ok, so you need an awesome game to tide you over until 11/10/09 when Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 arrives huh? Well look no further than Uncharted 2: Among Thieves on the Playstation 3. This sequel once again allows you to become treasure hunter Nathan Drake; this time in search of Marco Polo’s lost treasure. With this third person adventure-shooter, Naughty Dog really drives the experience with very little down time which makes the game very hard to stop playing. The amount of visual detail in each scene plus the musical score are a beautiful assault on the senses. The multi-player element is addictive and flushed out, and you will be playing it for a long time after the single player as there is really nothing else like it on the PS3. ($59)
