The Loadout Room
Professional Gear Reviews
I’m a very basic guy. I like to keep things simple. For example, my favorite wristwatch is a Seiko 5. It doesn’t have any doo-dads or special features, except a 50 year-old technology that rewinds the watch as you wear it. My friends and coworkers have huge digital watches that have an altimeter, multiple alarms, […]
After spending more than 4 years waking up in Iraq, Evan Hafer now wakes up to the dark silence of his Salt Lake City neighborhood. Before anyone else rises, he’s, raised his heart rate and made himself a cup of coffee better than anything most of us will ever taste. That’s because Hafer knows coffee, […]
There are a few companies and individuals that I follow because their mindset falls in line with how I think, what I believe, and what I stand for. Dynamis Alliance is one of those companies on my short list. The founder and owner, Dom Raso, is a former Navy SEAL giving him the experience to […]
At SHOW Show this year I happened by the YETI Coolers booth. After some conversation about how I’m planning a move to Austin, where YETI (and TTAG) is HQ’d, and how I haven’t yet figured out if I’m too poor or just too cheap to buy YETI’s undeniably awesome-albeit-expensive wares, I was awarded a free YETI […]
Okay, if you want to find a great way to have fun and let your head explode, try flipping a tractor tire. Gyms all around the world are just recently finding out what power lifters, strong men, and many garage fitness aficionados have known for decades; flipping heavy tires is one of the best exercises […]
As a dog owner I try to take Loki (meet him here) on all my outdoor activities. Eventually I hope to use him as a bird dog (maybe even this year). However, for now I am just happy to give him as much exposure to as many outdoor activities as possible. Awhile ago I wrote […]
Normally I would go into lengthy detail about an item that I would talk about in the Loadout Room. The Gatorz sunglasses with polarized lens are probably the best sunglasses that I have owned in my 47 years in existence. During my 14 years as a Navy SEAL, I really only wore Oakley sunglasses, but […]
Recently I received a Comms Check from one of our readers (Mike Pyryt). He was wondering what we thought of ZORE, a gun storage start-up company on Indiegogo. Too be honest I had thought this was going to lead to what was already on the market; big safe, small safe, weapon mount safe, etc. Instead, I […]
I was initially going to review the Bravo personally but a week after receiving the jacket I signed an exclusive with Massif so I wanted to make sure the jacket got a fair unbiased review. That said, I did wear it for a week and fucking loved it. I had a hard time letting it […]
I’ve been wearing the Arc’Teryx Alpha jacket for months now and can give this piece of kit The Loadout Room seal of approval. It’s a high-dollar item, but worth every penny if you need high performance gear. The Alpha jacket is a wind/rain jacket, not a thermal jacket, and as such it wears well over […]
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