Gear Reviews

Best shooting eye and ear protection

Required safety equipment for anyone with a gun. Read more

Expert teachers explain how to pick your first gun and offer 30 of the top models across multiple categories. Read more

Roundup of the best hardware to make your door harder to break down. Read more

Intro guide to the best types of lights to put around the outside of your home. Read more

If you want cameras without an entire alarm system. Read more

Beginner's guide to picking a complete home alarm system. Read more

Intro guide to the best types of burglar bars for your home's ground-level windows. Read more

Intro guide to the best types of window locks and bars to secure your home. Read more

Tips for easy add-ons or complete replacements. Read more

Cheap, light, small, and easy to use: throw some of these portable purifiers in all of your kits. Read more

We spent 34 hours researching and testing the best water containers for your basic home emergency supply. Read more

A quality tarp is a critical part of any go-bag. So we spent 53 hours researching over 50 tarps and field reviewing the top 22. Read more

Want to add a tent to your go-bags for better shelter? Here's the top picks. Read more

We bought and tested over 20 popular paracords, performing load, abrasion, and damp tests to pick the best survival cordage. Read more

See our list of the top 23 bushcraft and tactical tomahawks. Read more