Jim Kinkade Wuben asked me to review the X4. I was like sure, what is it? For those of you wondering what the Wuben X4 is, follow along as I chaotically unbox it. For those of you rabid Wuben flashlight fans, please don’t spoil the surprise for everyone else.
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Hey, hipster, forget fixie bikes. It’s all about fixie blades. BladeHQ sent me this Cold Steel SRK-C to check out. If you want one for yourself, click here on this affiliate link.
Love me G-Shock. Love me Cordura band. Hate me Negative LCD. Simple as.
But when the GD010CE-5 dropped I found I had to make an exception to my Negative LCD boycott. How bad could the negative screen really be since the GD010 has big, beefy segments? That was the burning question.
G-Shock took 6 watch models, upgraded the module, and released them for pre-order in Japan. Among those models is the “Walter,” the DW-5900. Huge news for G-Shock OG’s! What a way to start 2026!
According to G-Central, the models getting a “U” suffix to their model numbers are the following:
I, a man, bought one of those Japanese daily planners like chicks on TikTok obsess over. But I, a man, will tell you about the Midori Hibino without a 20 minute backstory. Buy a Midori Hibino for yourself by clicking on this affiliate link.
So I ended up buying a G-Shock GA-B010. If you want one too click here on this affiliate link. It comes in three colors, has Tough Solar charging, a step counter, and Bluetooth connectivity to your phone’s Casio Watches app!
I know that last point may not be a selling point to some of you luddites!
If you are my brother immediately stop reading! In this video I unbox your gift!
With that warning out of the way, the rest of youse can keep watching me chaotically unbox the gaudy gold G-Shock GA-100GB. And if you want to buy one for *your* brother click on this affiliate link here.
Boker made a knife for corn lovers, the KalashniCOB. This year they made a knife for mini-corn lovers, the Mini KalashniCOB. BladeHQ sent me one for review, so that’s what I did, together with my ever present can of corn!
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Rite in the Rain Mini Bolt-Action pens are the perfect size to fit in any pocket and fit in any hand. That makes them highly optimized as an every day carry option for those of us who’s job gets us outside and on the go!
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First there was the Casio AE1500. Then Casio brought forth the AE1600. Can you guess what’s next? If you said Casio AE1700 you’re correct. But if you imagined the AE1700 looked like its predecessors you’d be wrong. Casio has drawn on the Seiko digital Tuna for their AE1700.