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Milwaukee Rover Pivoting Flood Light 2114
There are flashlights, and there are flood lights, and for most of the history of portable illumination, the distinction between the two has been clear and absolute. A flashlight casts a beam—a directed, focused shaft of light designed to illuminate a specific point, to throw...
Dickies Pro 3-in-1 Integrated Outerwear System
Being a fairly avid outdoor guy makes it so that I have not only experienced climate change in real time but also the realities of staying dry and warm for survival. The environmental conditions can range greatly here in North America from sweltering heat and...
Ruger Knives Expands Lineup with CRKT
There are brand partnerships that make immediate, intuitive sense—collaborations where the two companies' identities align so perfectly that you wonder why the partnership did not happen years earlier. The Ruger Knives by CRKT collection is one of those collaborations. Ruger, the iconic American firearms manufacturer,...
Milwaukee Women's Heated Softshell Jacket 232B-21S Review
Even for Florida, we did not expect it to be so cold so soon. Thankfully, I had the Milwaukee Women's Heated Softshell Jacket to keep me warm in a shell that is tough enough to deal with carrying and setting 16‑inch by 16‑inch pavers. The...
Makita Cordless/Corded Work Light DML811
There is a particular anxiety that accompanies the use of cordless tools in a professional setting, and it is an anxiety that is nowhere more acute than with cordless lighting. A cordless drill can slow down as its battery depletes; a cordless saw can gradually...
Kershaw Leek BlackWash 1660BLKW Review
There are certain knives that transcend the usual cycle of product releases, reviews, and eventual obsolescence. They become icons. The Kershaw Leek, designed by Ken Onion and introduced well over a decade ago, is one of those knives. It has been reviewed countless times, praised...
Appleton Baymaster LED High Bay Light From Emerson
The high bay light fixture occupies a peculiar and largely unglamorous corner of the industrial world. It hangs, largely ignored, thirty or forty feet above the factory floor, the warehouse aisle, the wastewater treatment basin, the chemical plant catwalk. It is switched on before the...
Bosch 420 Lumen 18V LED Worklight GLI18V-420B
There are times when what you need from a work light is not maximum brightness, not extended run time, not Bluetooth connectivity or a daisy‑chain port or a tripod mount. What you need is simplicity itself: a small, lightweight, durable light that clips onto a...
Milwaukee Axis Heated Jacket Layering System
We are already big fans of Milwaukee's Axis Heated Jacket, so I jumped at the chance to take a closer look at the layering systems now available. Living in Central Florida and spending most of my time in the Southeast, I did not really need...
Dickies Pro Cordura – Military Grade Workwear
Dickies is already well‑known around the industry for creating affordable workwear that stands up to tough job site conditions. But now that Cordura is showing up in the latest Dickies Pro line, it is getting a bit tougher. As the end of summer gives way...