If you’re coming from a sport like whitewater rafting, jet skiing or kayaking where it’s common to wear a life jacket or personal floatation device (PFD) you may be wondering why don’t surfers wear life jackets? While life jackets can help you float and prevent drowning there are actually some very good reasons why surfers […]
While not extremely common, head injuries do happen in surfing from either hitting a reef, rock, sand bed or getting hit in the head by a board. With so many other sports like skating and kite surfing embracing helmets as a norm why don’t surfers wear helmets more often? Surfers rarely wear helmets when surfing […]
Sometimes when you’re diving, surfing or doing some other water sport or activity your wetsuit just isn’t keeping you warm enough and you find yourself getting extremely cold. You may not want to upgrade to a newer thicker warmer wetsuit right now and want to know what to wear under a wetsuit for warmth. While […]
When looking for ways to say warm in cold water you’re likely going to be looking at both wetsuits and dry suits. If you’ve never worn a wetsuit before it can be confusing as to how they work and you may want to know if wetsuits keep you dry or not? Wetsuits do NOT keep […]
Coolers are so well made these days that they typically keep meats and other foods fresher much longer than they did just a decade ago. Still, there are limits to what they can do and if you leave food too long it can get warm or go off. Raw meat is especially sensitive and you […]
Dry Ice (or frozen carbon dioxide) turns into gas as it heats up. This can build up a lot of pressure over time. But will dry ice cause a Yeti cooler to explode? And if so how can you keep dry ice in your Yeti cooler and avoid having it explode, warp or break when […]
It sucks to buy an expensive Hydro Flask only to find out that your Hydro Flask lid is leaking. It kind of defeats the purpose of having a water bottle if the lid doesn’t close properly and it leaks water everywhere. So why is your Hydro Flask lid leaking? What exactly is causing your lid […]
The Ember Mug is a fancy (and expensive) cup that works to keep coffee at exactly the right hot drinking temperature for hours at a time. But how does the Ember Mug work to keep coffee hot? What is the technology behind this cup, where does it work well, and what are it’s limitations? The […]
You might have seen someone do it, read about it or maybe done it yourself and put a paper towel over your food in the microwave. But why do we put a paper towel over food in the microwave? What are the benefits of doing this, why is it so common and how can you […]
Dry ice is much colder than regular ice and doesn’t get wet as it melts but most people seem to use regular ice in their cooler. Is dry ice better than regular ice in a cooler? Or is regular ice better? And what should you use in your cooler? Well the answer is…it depends. Dry […]
