Category: Buying Guide
August 6, 2026After 30 days of filming with the Hero 13 Black on hiking trails, river trips, and weekend skate sessions, one thing became painfully clear. The camera eats batteries like nobody's business. Shooting 5.3K at 60fps will drain a single Enduro pack in under an hour, leaving you scrambling for a spare. That is exactly why…
August 6, 2026Your GoPro Hero 13 is built for the gnarliest conditions, but the two screens and that giant lens are still glass. I've cracked more GoPro displays than I care to admit during surf sessions, ski runs, and muddy trail rides. After three months of testing seven different screen protectors for GoPro Hero 13, I can…
August 6, 2026I dropped my first GoPro into a kayak paddle splash two summers ago and learned an expensive lesson. After burning through three silicone sleeves and one flooded battery, our team at Kayak Cambria spent 90 days testing every case we could find for the Hero 13.The GoPro Hero 13 is waterproof to about 10 meters…
August 6, 2026I still remember the day my buddy's 19-foot skiff drifted toward rocky breakwater near Cambria, fog rolling in thick enough to hide the cliffs. We had no chartplotter running, no working horn, and his cell phone had zero bars.His old handheld VHF radio - the one he kept stuffed under the console "just in case"…
August 6, 2026When cell service drops out on a backcountry trail or a lonely stretch of highway, a CB radio becomes your lifeline. I have spent months testing the best CB radios across trucking routes, off-road trails, and remote camping trips to find which models actually deliver on their promises.Our team compared 10 of the most popular…
August 6, 2026When I started kayaking the tidal sloughs near Morro Bay, I quickly learned that cell coverage vanishes the moment you round a headland. After one close call with fog and an outgoing tide, I picked up my first handheld ham radio. Months later, I switched to a DMR handheld and discovered something remarkable: I could…
August 6, 2026If you've ever tried to talk on a GMRS radio across a mountain ridge, deep canyon, or a stretch of farmland and lost the signal halfway through, you already know why the best GMRS repeaters matter.Our team has spent the last three months testing six of the top GMRS repeater systems on the market in…
August 6, 2026When cell service drops out on a backcountry trail or remote farm, a reliable GMRS mobile radio becomes your lifeline. Our team spent months testing eight of the most popular GMRS mobile radios on the market, mounting them in trucks, UTVs, and base station setups to find out which ones actually deliver on their promises.GMRS…
August 6, 2026When my crew planned a 5-day Sierra backpacking trip last fall, our phones turned useless the moment we crossed the 9,000-foot ridge. Cell bars vanished, group chats stalled, and I started thinking about what happens when someone twists an ankle two miles down the trail. That trip is exactly why I started hunting for the…
August 6, 2026If you have ever watched a pristine RC shell shatter on the first big jump, you already know why choosing the right body matters. The body is the first thing to absorb impact, the thing everyone sees, and one of the cheapest ways to make an old rig feel brand new again.Our team spent weeks…