Test, Touch, Learn and Shop at the Stocked Product Marketplace in NYC

Day One of our two-day event, Stocked, is a marketplace designed to give you the chance to discover products and hear the stories that surround them. It’s an opportunity to test, touch and even buy these unique products (and enjoy some great food and drink, of course). Thanks to a series of fun how-to sessions throughout the day, you can learn new skills that make these products even more meaningful — and after 12 PM, it’s completely open to the public.

What: The Stocked Produce Marketplace
Where: Classic Car Club Manhattan
When: Saturday, September 28 from 12:00 PM-4:00 PM (with early access to ticketholders)

Classes and Workshops

Active Recovery Session with NBA Performance Coach Bar Malik
Presented by Ladder

Guided dynamic mobility exercises, restoration movements, stretching and Ladder smoothies during cooldown. Limited space available (registration exclusive to Stocked ticketholders).

The Principles of Packing
With Topo Designs
Everything you need — from tips to gear — to pack for your next trip like a pro, led by the experts at Topo Designs.

Pocket Knife Pencil Sharpening
Presented by The James Brand
No pencil sharpener? No problem. Learn how to sharpen a pencil on the fly with your favorite pocketknife by The James Brand.

Cast-Iron Care
Presented by Le Creuset
Learn how to care for your precious cast-iron cookware with special guests from Le Creuset.

Knife Sharpening 101
With Best Made Co.
How to take care of and sharpen a pocketknife — and all the tools you need to do it — with an expert from Best Made Co.

Make a Bed Like a Cadet
Presented by Faribault Woolen Mill Co.
Learn to make a bed in tidy military-style, just like cadets learn to do, with Faribault Woolen Mill Co.

Beer Tasting
By Brooklyn Brewery
Enjoy a complimentary beer tasting with Brooklyn Brewery, while supplies last.

Shop Brands in the Product Marketplace

Here’s Everything That’s Happening at Our Biggest Event of the Year

We’re bringing Gear Patrol’s mission to life this September 27-28 with our first two-day event called Stocked: A Product Culture Conference, at Classic Car Club Manhattan, and you’re invited to join us. Here’s what to expect on Day One, with more to be revealed soon. Get your tickets while they last.

Here’s what you get access to with a ticket to Stocked.

Live Programming and Panel Discussions

Who’s This For? Designing Products for People
Top designers cover how product designers think, how users interact with a product, and how their needs and desires play into the final design.

The Story Behind One Game-Changing Product
What it takes to be an innovator, to work without asking permission and to create products that change the game.

How to Spot the Next Collectible
What it takes to create — and spot— collectible products that span time.

Including special guests from Herman Miller, OXO, Hill City and the MoMA Design Store.

Headline Speaker: Chris Burkard

Chris shares stories about his essential pieces of kit, items that he cannot live without and the personal meaning behind each object’s importance.

Hear from Gear Patrol Editors

Head to Head Review
Two Gear Patrol editors go head to head with two competing products. Which one comes out on top?

Collab: Real or Fake?
Vans x Harry Potter? Supreme x Pyrex? Off-White x Delta? Editors explore the shifting and sometimes surprising world of product collaborations.

Kind of Obsessed
Editors share what they’re into now, and reveal some of their favorite products to be released this year.

First Impressions
A never-before-seen episode of First Impressions, Gear Patrol’s popular semi-weekly, product-focused YouTube show.

Why Is This Thing So Expensive?
A live filming of This Week In Gear that explores expensive products that are actually worth the price tag.

Product Demos and Shopping

Visit stations to touch, feel and test products from:

Coffee Breaks & Experiential Activations

• How to Choose the Right Leather Boots
  Goodyear welt? Quebec Eyestays? Learn the terms to know and what makes a great boot.
• How to Properly Change your Watch Strap
  Ever wonder how to change the strap on your watch? Learn how from Gear Patrol editors.
• Gear Patrol Watch Photography Photo Booth
  Our photographers will snap your watch and send it to you in real-time, ready to be posted and shared.
• Gear Personalization with Billykirk
  Meet Chris Bray, co-founder of Billykirk, and get our gift to you personalized onsite.

Gifts and Giveaways

A curated check-in pouch with everything you need for Stocked, and a gift bag on your way out with gear from:

Throughout the day, attendees will be randomly selected to win some gear, with the prizes revealed onsite.

Happy Hour

Drinks, light bites and music.

Discover the Gear that Inspires Chris Burkard at Stocked 2019

At Gear Patrol Stocked, our editors, partners and special guests will be diving into their favorite products and exploring the stories that surround them. We’re excited to announce that adventure photographer and documentarian Chris Burkard will be headlining the first day of Stocked to share the stories behind the gear he can’t live without.

Get your tickets while they last to gain access to Chris’ talk — and a host of others — on the first day of this robust two-day event.

More Info on Stocked

Where: Classic Car Club Manhattan
When: September 27, 9:00 AM-6:00 PM | September 28, 11:00 AM-4:00 PM
Ticketing Details: Tickets grant full-day access to programming, gear personalization, workshops, gifts and giveaways, happy hour and more on day one. They also grant priority access to fitness classes, product drops and more on day two, which is open to non-ticketed attendees after 11:00 AM.

Amazon Prime Day 2019: Your Guide to the Best Deals

Don’t miss the deals: sign up for the Gear Patrol Deals Newsletter to receive our deal announcements and product picks directly in your inbox.

What is Amazon Prime Day?

Just like the holidays, the birthday you’re dreading and the Super Bowl, Amazon Prime Day comes merely once a year. Similar to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Prime Day is a chance to save tons of money on a plethora of products — massive discounts and savings are the name of the game. There are so many deals that it’s tough for one person to sift through them all. Which is why we’re here, to let you know about the best sales we find all throughout Prime Day 2019, in real-time. So bookmark this page and get ready to save.

When is Prime Day?

For 2019, Amazon has decided to run Prime Day for a full 48 hours starting on Monday, July 15 at 12 a.m. PST (3 a.m. EST) and running through 11:59 PST (2:59 a.m. EST) on Tuesday, July 16.

Do you have to be an Amazon Prime member?

This may seem obvious, but to take advantage of all the incredible Prime Day deals you must be an Amazon Prime member. A full-year membership costs $119. If you only plan on shopping discounts for Prime Day, it’s probably not worth it — unless you’re a Taylor Swift fan and also want to watch her exclusive Prime Music concert on July 10 on Prime Video. But if you plan on utilizing the other Prime features (like year-round free two-day shipping, Prime Video, Prime Music and more), then it’s definitely worth signing up. If you’re a student you can even get a discount on a Prime membership: sign up for a six-month free trial plus 50 percent off of a yearly membership if you decide to buy.

Prime Day tips

Setting up price alerts is a huge help that can be fairly easily done. It will also help you sift through the mind-numbing amount of sales that Amazon churns out for Prime Day. Using a website like Camelcamelcamel is a free and simple to way import your Amazon wishlist and get notifications when your items go below the price alert you’ve set. Making price alerts is one of the best ways to plan in advance for Prime Day.

Keep in mind, there are also other deals to be had across the web during July 15 and 16. Target just recently announced its own Target Deal Day for the same dates that don’t require any membership. Other big box stores and retail websites like Best Buy, Walmart and more offer up sometimes better deals on the same day(s) as Prime Day as well.

Have a plan. It can be overwhelming seeing so many sales happening all at once. So having a wishlist for what you are actually in the market for can be a key to not realizing you’ve spent way over your budget at the end of the two days of Prime Day.

Trust us. We sift through products and deals all day long to deliver you the ones you can’t miss. And it’s our duty to make sure if it’s worthwhile, you’ll hear from us about it. Bookmark this page and keep checking back for updates and more information.

Early Prime Day Deals

Toshiba HD 43-Inch Fire TV Edition Smart TV

$120 off this Toshiba TV that will sync with all your other Amazon smart products.

myQ Smart Garage Hub + Amazon Cloud Calm (Key Edition) Kit

The cheapest this smart home device has ever been.

Note: Purchasing products through our links may earn us a portion of the sale, which supports our editorial team’s mission. Learn more here.

Launching Saturday: This Week In Gear, the New Show for Enthusiasts

We’re excited to announce Gear Patrol’s first video series: This Week In Gear, the ultimate news show for gear enthusiasts.

As the definitive executive briefing on what’s new in product culture, every week we’ll be talking shop about the latest and best gear, from outdoor & fitness, automotive and tech to home, style, grooming and watches. Hosted by Editor-in-Chief Eric Yang, every episode will feature insights from Gear Patrol staff experts as well as field tests, interviews, buying advice and beyond.

New episodes of This Week In Gear drop on Gear Patrol and Flipboard every Saturday beginning this Saturday, April 6.

You’re Invited to Preview Rare Watches and Sip Rare Whiskey at Phillips Auction House

Cyber Monday 2018: Your Guide to the Best Deals

Don’t miss the deals: sign up for the Gear Patrol Deals Newsletter to receive our deal announcements and product picks directly in your inbox. You can also follow our Deals Twitter account for up-to-the-moment deal news through Cyber Monday.

What is Cyber Monday? Unlike Black Friday, whose origins can be traced back nearly half a century, Cyber Monday is a relatively new phenomenon. Initially started in 2005 as a simple promotional scheme to increase holiday sales for an early e-commerce site, it has since ballooned into a multi-billion dollar retail event that rivals Black Friday. And for good reason. On the last Monday of November, every year online retailers big and small roll out really competitive deals for holiday shoppers. Of course, with any event of this size, half the battle is just finding out what is on sale where. So to help our readers our we’re dedicating Cyber Monday to sifting through all of the sales to pick out the best of the best.

When is Cyber Monday? This year Cyber Monday will be Monday, November 26th.

Japanese Whiskey

Take 10 percent off on whiskeys ranging from under $100 to well over $1,000 when you use code CYBERWEEKEND. Nikka’s From the Barrel and caught our eye, as did Yamazaki’s 12-year single malt.

Every Amazon Smart Speaker

Take up to 50% off on some of the smartest speakers out there.

L.L. Bean Moccasins

These cozy classics are just $60 a pop today.

The Grovemade Desktop Collection

Upgrade your home or office desktop for 20% off thanks to this great deal from Grovemade.

Save Big on Google Products

Google is offering a suite of deals ranging from cheaper phone cases to hundreds of dollars off smart-home products.

Note: Purchasing products through our links may earn us a portion of the sale, which supports our editorial team’s mission. Learn more here.

Black Friday 2018: Your Guide to the Best Deals

Don’t miss the deals: sign up for the Gear Patrol Deals Newsletter to receive our deal announcements and product picks directly in your inbox. You can also follow our Deals Twitter account for up-to-the-moment deal news through Black Friday.

What is Black Friday? The official kick-off to the holiday shopping season, Black Friday is when both online and brick & mortar retailers make steep cuts on their inventory in an attempt to get foot traffic in their stores and full shopping carts online. Depending on who you ask, you’ll get different answers for why we all call the fourth Friday of November Black Friday. According to some, it’s a reference to a relatively obscure gold market crash in the mid-to-late 1800. Others will say that the name has stuck because it is when retailers go from operating ‘in the red’ (at a loss), to being ‘in the black’ for the year. Whatever the reason, the end result is the same, this is the time of the year that there are more deals than what you can shake a stick at. So, to help navigate you, dear reader, through this morass of savings and one-time-offers, we’ve combed the web for the best Black Friday deals available.

When is Black Friday? Black Friday lands on Friday, November 23rd. But that isn’t the only major sales event of the season. The following Monday will feature tons of deals from tech companies and online retailers.

Early Black Friday Deals

Life Elements CBD Products

Take up to 20 percent off CBD grooming products.

Burrow Furniture

Take up to $500 off.

Instant Pot

Save $100 on INstant Pot Duo 8-Quart 7-in-1 programmabl pressure cooker at Kohls.

Boarding Pass NYC

Get 25% off site wide at Boarding Pass NYC.

Note: Purchasing products through our links may earn us a portion of the sale, which supports our editorial team’s mission. Learn more here.

Win: The mophie charge stream wireless suite

mophie has partnered with Gear Patrol to give you the chance to win the entire charge stream wireless family of accessories.

The mophie wireless charge stream ecosytem lets you charge your smartphone at home, in your car, at the office or even when you’re traveling. Most are optimized for Samsung and Apple fast charge, so you’re getting the fastest charge your device can take.

The entire suite includes the charge stream pad+ ($60), the travel kit with pad mini ($50), the charge stream vent mount ($70), the desk stand ($70), the powerstation wireless ($80) and the powerstation wireless XL ($100).

With a wide range of wireless products, mophie makes it so you’re never far from a full charge and ready to go.

Win: A Pair of the TRVL LITE Shoes from TOMS

TOMS has partnered with Gear Patrol to give you the chance to be one of five people to win a new pair of shoes perfect for fall weather.

Fall means that your wardrobe needs versatility. In terms of footwear, the TRVL LITE from TOMS offers just that — it can be dressed down or up, has lightweight durability, has superior cushioning and a wave-patterned tread provides grip and traction that is much needed when wet leaves are on the ground. Five lucky winners have the chance to win a pair of the TRVL LITE: the Camo Canvas TRVL LITE Low, the Birch Canvas TRVL LITE Low, the Muscat TRVL LITE Low, the Black Canvas TRVL LITE Low and the Military Olive Camo Canvas TRVL LITE High.

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