Outside magazine announced today the Summer 2010 winners of the Gear of the Year awards, featured in the Outside Spring/Summer Buyer’s Guide, on newsstands May 4th.




After some six months of field-testing literally thousands of products, the Outside staff is once again excited to unveil its favorite 315 favorite products. All told, our testers and editors spent several months in the field testing this year’s top sleeping bags, tents, shells, trail shoes, and packs in more than a dozen states. Our Boulder, Colorado–based trail- and road-running shoe testers logged several hundred miles both on- and off-road, while our team of 20-plus pro and amateur racers once again hammered 50 road and mountain bikes during our week-long test in Tuscon, Arizona.






And the winners in the 14 Gear of the Year categories are…
Road Bike - Gary Fisher Cronus
Mountain Bike - Santa Cruz Blur LT Carbon SPX
Camera - Pentax W90
Sunglasses - Costa del Mar Fisch
Luggage - Osprey Sojourn 25"/60 L
Adventure Tech - HTC Nexus One phone
Road Running shoe - Scott Makani II
Trail Running shoe - The North Face Single Track
Sleeping Bags - Montbell Ultralight Super Stretch Spiral Down Hugger #1
Shells - Marmot Super Mica
Hiking shoes - Patagonia Drifter
Tents - REI Half Dome 2
Packs - Black Diamond Infinity 50
Boats - Emotion Comet

The Outside Spring/Summer Buyer's Guide not only highlights the very best in adventure gear, from sports equipment, tools, and gadgets to footwear, outerwear, and sunglasses, but also calls out the best values in each class. This year’s issue contains over two dozen Killer Values—as well as 185 products under $150—in everything from mountain-bike shoes to waterproof cameras. Organized according to sport and activity, the Spring/Summer Buyer's Guide is the ultimate resource for product reviews, technology, news, and tips.

Now in its 15th year, our annual Spring/Summer Buyer’s reaches over 1.3 million frequent gear purchasers. It will be on newsstands all summer, from May 4th to October 5th.


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