Subscribe to Outside Magazine
advertisement
2009 Winter Buyer's Guide
View the entire 300-plus collection of must-have gear items tailor-made for your adventurous lifestyle. PLUS: A special section on womens gear.
Gear Guy

Today's Question
What set of walkie-talkies should I get for a three-month trip on Hawaii’s Big Island? answer

Who makes the best three-season one-person condensation-free tent? answer

Gear Girl

Today's Question
What's the best sleeping bag for a side sleeper? answer

What’s the best hybrid bike under $1,000? answer

Workbench

Skin Care

Gear Upgrade

Make a Ski Sling

User Reviews

User Reviews

Browse Outdoor Gear

Online Favorites

Special Issues

Photo Galleries

save this page print this page email this page
  • share this page

Outside Magazine December 2004

2004 Holiday Gift Guide
The New Right Stuff
Silicon

Gold | Steel | Wood | Leather | Plastic | Titanium | Wool | Silicon | Carbon

2004 Holiday Gift Guide
(Mark Wiens)

(A) With rubberized corners and shockproof innards, GOVIDEO's OFF-ROAD DVD player can handle even Texas-scale turbulence. $250; 800-736-7679, www.govideo.com (B) OAKLEY's THUMP elegantly tucks a 256MB digital music player—holding about four hours' worth of tunes—into a pair of sport-ready shades. $495; 800-431-1439, www.oakley.com (C) BUSHNELL's NIGHTHAWK takes the clunk factor out of night-vision gear with 14 infrared diodes coupled with a swiveling LCD view screen. $200; 800-423-3537, www.bushnell.com

(D) MOTOROLA's globe-roaming RAZR V3 cell phone offers the slender profile of a credit card, plus a nickel-plated, chemically etched keypad. $350; 866-289-6686, www.motorola.com (E) The OLYMPUS STYLUS VERVE is the iMac of digicams—choose red, orange, blue, silver, titanium, or basic black. $350; 888-553-4448, www.oylmpusamerica.com (F) Uplink to Elvis—or just his dedicated satellite-radio station—with the XACT XTR1 STREAM JOCKEY receiver. Requires $50 docking station and antenna. $100; 866-466-9228, www.getxact.com (G) The all-in-one PDA comes of age in the HEWLETT-PACKARD IPAQ POCKET PC H6315, which combines digital camera, cell phone, and Web browser—then drops it all neatly in your shirt pocket. $600; 888-999-4747, www.hp.com (H) Get your fix on the grid in seconds via GARMIN's ETREX LEGEND C, a handheld, high-res, full-color GPS genie. $375; 800-800-1020, www.garmin.com


Next Page: Carbon

Gold | Steel | Wood | Leather | Plastic | Titanium | Wool | Silicon | Carbon

 Subscribe to Outside and get a FREE Gift!
 Give the gift of Outside Magazine!
 Subscribe to Outside Online's free weekly e-mail newsletter featuring gear reviews, fitness advice, galleries, podcasts, and more.