Tomas Rautio

A driveway is the hardest part of a property to cover well. A doorbell camera reaches about the width of the path to the front porch, and everything past that – the far end where a car reverses in, the kerb where a parcel gets dropped, the wide apron where a driveway-in is backing up … Read more

The best trailer hitches for SUVs are vehicle-specific Class 3 receiver hitches rated at or below your SUV’s tow rating. That is the short answer, and it is the one most roundups get wrong by recommending a hitch bigger than the vehicle can pull. The hitch is only the last link in a chain that … Read more

Short answer: the best air bikes for HIIT workouts are the ones with a belt drivetrain, a wide base that stays planted at maximum effort, and a console that can run intervals without you touching a phone. An air bike raises heart rate faster than any other cardio machine because the moving handles pull in … Read more

Choosing the best sleeping bags for cold weather camping is mostly a fight against one number on a label: the temperature rating. I have spent the last two winter seasons putting bags through late-season nights in the Rockies, damp coastal forest and sub-zero campgrounds in the Midwest, and the pattern that repeated every time was … Read more

If you want one machine that works while you type, the UREVO Smart 11% Incline Walking Pad (B0HG98DQCP) is our best under-desk treadmill of — it holds a 43-pound frame you can slide under a desk in seconds, rates 4.5 stars across 3396 owner reviews, and its 15-inch belt is wide enough to type on … Read more

Yes, treadmills are fine in apartments — the question is never the machine, it is floor vibration reaching the unit below. I have spent the last six weeks working through compact foldable treadmills in a 480 sq ft studio with a downstairs neighbour I had to keep happy, and the best foldable treadmills for apartments … Read more

The best inflatable sleeping pads for backpacking right now are the Sleepingo Ultralight Sleeping Mat if you want the lightest carry weight, the Gear Doctors ApolloAir 5.2 if you plan to sleep on frozen ground, and the TREKOLOGY UL80 if you are a side sleeper who bottoms out on anything thinner than four inches. That … Read more

The best portable camping toilets for van life fall into three families: a lined bucket with an absorbent top, a sealed chemical cassette with a hand-pump flush, and a dry unit that separates liquids from solids. There is no single winner, because a weekend campervan and a full-time winter boondocker have almost opposite requirements. I … Read more

A portable camping shower is a compact, self-contained kit that lets you wash outdoors by storing water and letting gravity feed it through a hose, or by using a foot, hand, or rechargeable electric pump to draw water from any bucket, jug, or campground spigot. On a road trip that is the difference between a … Read more

Choosing the best headlamps for night hiking comes down to one number that most marketing ignores: how much light you need at a realistic walking brightness, not at the turbo setting. We spent weeks walking trails after dark with all ten lamps in this guide, comparing beam shape, runtime at real settings, fit over hours, … Read more