The fourth generation of Fiorino will be built in Turkey and will be available at the begining of 2008. With its cousins from Peugeot (Bipper) and Citroën (Némo), it will fill a ten-years old gap in little urban vans (the Fiorino Mk III, the Peugeot 205 Fourgon and the Citroën C15 were replaced by much […]

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Made in borosilicate glass, this little and handy coffee maker is frugal and nomad. All you need to make an excellente coffee is some almost-boiling water, quality coffee (of course), four minutes and two hands to activate the mechanism.

This model provides threes cup (a third of liter) and is about twenty cm high and […]

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The new Hyper (also available with serrated black blade) is a new design from CLB. Blade is 7 cm long, and is made of 440C steel, when right handle is made of G10. It weights about 100 grams.

The Red variation of the Rescom was called by a lot of customers, since safety workers don’t care […]

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A low-cost alternative to Benchmade ERT-1, the ResCom designed by Chad Los Banos for Böker or the rather similar Benchmade RescueHook, the Fox ERTool is made of 420 stainless steel and comes with a kydex sheath.

It’s available in two colours, black & military green. The sheath allow to kind of carrying, clipped to a […]

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Brunton offers a pair of chopsticks for eating outside (but cleanly) made of stainless steel and bamboo.
It’s weights less than 30 grams (1.6 oz) and lenght is about 8 cm (3.45 inches).
Retail price is $ 24.
Buy it at Brunton’s
Technorati Tags: Brunton, FlipSticks, chopsticks, food, edc, travel

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The Quicksilver Cuba is one of the newest offers from the watches line for surfers, and I think she’s really beautiful.

Available in black, golden or silver.
stainless steel case
stainless steel screw down case back
stainless steel bracelet with locking deployment butterfly buckle
faceted reinforced mineral crystal
3 hand quartz analog movement with date
10 ATM
Buy it at Islandsurf for $ […]

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Not really a revolution in the domain of the penlight, but more something like getting near perfection, this new generation is a good all-around little flashlight, providing 24 lumens for seven hours running on two AAAs batteries through a regulated circuit.

Like most new generations, it’s a bit wider than the old ones, but that’s […]

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Caran d’Ache 849 is one of my favourite ballpen, and while being very affordable, can still compare with pens ten times its price.
The 849 “Original” is a limited edition of the 1969 vintage model, with a special finish looking like old raw metal.
It comes loaded with a blue ink, medium Goliath, cartridge and packed […]

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The Zebra Light H50-Q5 comes with the very last Cree LED type.
With its extreme light weight, high brightness, long runtime and floody beam pattern, the H50-Q5 headlamp is the perfect choice for camping, hiking, task lighting as well as indoor use.
It’s one of the most ingenious and polyvalent headlight of today, and probably one of […]

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The Soldier from Victorinox is the official Swiss Army Knife (until 2007, at least and with its Wenger’s cousin) and is one of the best EDC knife available today.
Compact, sturdy, very classy and dressy, it got a slighty buffier blade than its celluloid’s brothers from the Officier series. The selection of tools is very well […]

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