Trail Running Gear Highlights from ORWM '10
January 27, 2010 by Bryon Powell · 3 Comments
An overview of the on the headlamps, hydration products, trekking poles, GPS watches, and snowshoes that caught iRunFar’s attention at the 2010 Outdoor Retailer Winter Market.
Mountain Hardwear Fluid 10 Pack Review
November 9, 2009 by Allison Pattillo · 2 Comments
Inov-8 Race Pro 22 (and Inov-8 Shoulder Strap Bottle Holders) Review
June 15, 2009 by Meghan Hicks · 5 Comments
With this review, I feel as if I am revealing the location of an endangered animal, what could be perceived as both a documentation of an important scientific occurrence and a callous expose. While I’m aware that my gear-review subject, the Inov-8 Race Pro 22 backpack, is a widely available inanimate object, I still think [...]
MdS Gear: Pack and Sleep System
April 13, 2009 by Bryon Powell · 13 Comments
Anyone who has run a self-sufficient stage race knows that the contents of your backpack become the foundation of your world throughout the week. Need to take care of a problem? A solution had better be in the pack, because if it’s not there, you’re SOL. Fortunately, my 25 liters of supplies were more than [...]
Nathan HPL #020 Review
October 15, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 18 Comments
Nathan Sports‘ HPL #020 is easily my favorite hydration pack. It’s become such an essential part of my gear over the past year that I just assumed that I had reviewed it. Not so. I fell in love with the HPL 020 when I first laid my eyes on it at the Cascade Crest 100 [...]
GoMotion LiteVest and LiteBelt Preview
March 19, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 9 Comments
New outdoor and running products are always hitting the market, but it’s rare when I learn of a new product and think “why didn’t I think of that!” Such was the case when a friend emailed me about the new GoMotion packs, as he’d had the very same thought. I wonder if a similar email [...]


