Author: Jack Bogart

Since it made its debut in 2019, the Kia Seltos has become the Korean carmaker’s second-best-selling product line worldwide. Kia’s ambitions are even bigger with the launch of the second-generation SUV — especially in the U.S. market. Here it goes up against competitors like the Subaru Crosstrek, Toyota Corolla Cross, and Mazda CX-30. It helps to have a completely new look, both inside and out. But there’s a lot more to like about the 2027 Kia Seltos, as GearJunkie discovered during a visit to South Korea for a first drive. At a time when fuel prices are hovering near record…

Tampa, Florida, SOF Week, 19 May – Beretta Defence Technologies UK (BDT UK) has signed an exclusive agreement with the London Proof House, the UK’s statutory authority for the testing and safety certifications of small arms, to provide the advanced testing and proofing for the rifles it is putting forward to replace the current SA80 as part of Project GRAYBURN.   The agreement will mean that, should BDT UK win Project GRAYBURN, the London Proof House will provide all weapon proofing to ensure either the Beretta NARP or Sako ARG40 is ready for frontline service. The decision to sign the exclusive agreement is part…

Field watches are among the most popular watch styles, especially for outdoor enthusiasts. They trace their roots back to military necessity. That mother of invention led to a style of watches that can be both understated and luxurious, refined and utilitarian. I love field watches. Among my collection, field watches are the timepieces that often accompany my most treasured adventures. They’re affordable, functional, and can stand up to the abuse that wilderness, mountains, and weather can throw at a tool that remains strapped to my wrist. In this roundup, I focus on field watches that can handle real-world abuse. The…

Bradford Washburn, one of climbing’s most iconic photographers and cartographers, lost something in 1937. During an expedition to summit Mount Lucania in the Yukon, Washburn’s team was caught in a fierce and unexpected blizzard. The team had to hastily pack up camp, load into their plane, and flee before the weather pinned them down in a dangerous situation. In the pandemonium, Washburn’s large-format aerial camera and gear, which held weeks’ worth of unprocessed photos, were left behind. The items were never recovered, and no one ever went looking for them. Until 8 decades later, when professional skier Griffin Post caught wind…

“There he is, in the neighbors’ trash again,” I groaned to my wife about our yellow lab. He’d just run half a mile to the nearest neighbor to investigate their trash. Frustrated by his insistence on leaving our property, I ordered the SpotOn NOVA GPS Fence, and he hasn’t left since (as long as I remember to put the collar on him). He’s a different dog, thanks to this GPS fence. We have two labs, a chocolate and a yellow. The yellow generally leads our chocolate lab off of our 60 acres for hours at a time. It’s typically not…

Professional athletes from around the world are about to descend on Las Vegas for the most intriguing and controversial sports competition of the year. The Enhanced Games are taking place at Resorts World on Sunday, May 24, to test the “enhanced” limits of human potential. Competitors will engage in swimming, track and field, and weight lifting, and the vast majority will be juiced on a cocktail of performance-enhancing drugs. The Enhanced Games have been making headlines, stirring conversation, and igniting arguments since the concept was first announced in 2023. Now, 3 years later, it’s finally happening, and anyone with a…

Support us! GearJunkie may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn More Over the last several years, I’ve come to really appreciate heavy pans for camp cooking. And while I have a full range of cast iron in my kitchen, the pan that lives in my truck is carbon steel. Specifically, I’ve been using a 12-inch Made In carbon steel pan for several years. It’s awesome. That carbon steel pan has cooked easily 100 meals in the wilderness. It’s tough as nails, heavy enough to hold heat evenly, but not so heavy as to be ungainly…

Liong Mah has a Kickstarter success on his hands with the SFD, or Small Field Duty. The SFD is a 2026 refresh of a popular LMD piece, with a new lock and a proven, popular blade steel registering among the changes. The Field Duty model has been a part of Mah’s offerings since 2019, when it debuted in its original, full-size form. Mah has always enjoyed larger blades and the first Field Duty dropped with an impressive 3.75-inch drop point. In 2020, he returned to the design to create a smaller sequel, the Field Duty EDC, which scaled the blade…

The heir to a multibillion-dollar retail business was arrested this week in connection with his father’s death. In 2024, Jonathan Andic was hiking with his father, Isak, in the Montserrat Mountains near Barcelona, Spain, when Isak fell down a steep embankment, tumbling 300 feet. The 71-year-old founder of fast-fashion retailer Mango died at the scene. Initially, his death was investigated as an accident. But in 2025, police announced that the case had become a homicide investigation. Jonathan, the primary heir to his father’s business fortune, was singled out as a suspect. He was the only one with his father when he fell,…

2026 SOF Week Welcome to the annual Wreck-It Ralph Convention! Please join us as we endeavour to cover the massive Special Operations Forces Week event sponsored by the Global SOF Foundation. This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 19th, 2026 at 16:00 and is filed under Admin. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed. Read the full article here