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Support us! GearJunkie may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn More While some brands are just starting to use Muscovy down in insulated products, Zenbivy has been doing it for years. But the brand claims its latest rollouts take the power of Muscovy fill even further. Going into 2026, Zenbivy will offer two new ultralight Muscovy technologies, which it says represent “the future of Muscovy Down.” Muscovy down, for those unfamiliar, is a type of insulation derived from the Muscovy duck. Muscovy plumes are uniquely “clingy,” so they clump and hold together very well. It…

This article was first published in 2014 and I thought it would be a great way to kick off the new year. I just realized that many of my readers have no idea what Objective Force Warrior or its follow-on, Future Force Warrior are all about and I’m afraid some may think it’s something new. Objective Force Warrior was one of many Soldier Modernization Programs which trace their way back to Soldier Integrated Protective Ensemble in the early 90s to 21st Century Land Warrior to simply Land Warrior and then OFW in the early 00s. You could go on for…

I remember when the original Benelli Nova was introduced way back around the year 2000. I’d been hunting ducks with Benelli’s Super Black Eagle since it was released about eight years earlier, and so I was a fan of the company in general, but I didn’t much care for its futuristic-looking polymer pump. One of my hunting buddies bought one, and though I didn’t tell him, it just felt cheap to me, like plastic sliding against plastic whenever I worked its action. Very light for any shotgun, much less one capable of shooting 3.5-inch magnum loads, it also kicked like…

Kudos to the Marine Corps for consolidating the training for the raid expansion of attritable drones across the force. Last week they released MARADMIN, “Approved Training Requirements for Small Unmanned Aerial Systems” which announces six courses open to all Marines: Basic Drone Operator (BD-O) Course: “Provide the foundational skills required to assemble, maintain and operate both full-acro and stabilized non-lethal drones in an operational environment.” Attack Drone Operator (AD-O) Course: “Provide the foundational skills required to tactically employ lethal attack drones.” Attack Drone Leader (AD-L) Course: “Provide the instructional understanding of Fire Support Plan integration, threat assessment, system capabilities and…

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If a lethal threat ever forces you to draw your gun, you need to focus on hitting center mass of the available target.As it has been wisely pointed out by numerous firearms instructors, the purpose of shooting is hitting. However, hitting is not just about directing your bullet so it impacts the target—it’s about placing your bullet on the correct spot on the target.For example, if you’re shooting at a bull’s-eye target, the goal is not to just hit the bull, it’s to hit the center of the bull’s-eye. But, in a real-world scenario where you would need to shoot…

Paul C. Darley Continues as CEO and Chairman, Ensuring Strong Leadership, Continuity and Seamless Transition Paul C. Darley Itasca, IL, December 31, 2025 – W.S. Darley & Co., a leading provider of firefighting, emergency, and defense equipment, is proud to announce a decade-long succession plan with the appointment of Lee Wise as its new President effective January 1, 2026. Lee Wise succeeds Paul C. Darley, who has served in the role for 30 years. Lee will continue to report to Paul in his on-going roles as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, guiding the company’s strategic vision and long-term…

Weber, Leatherman, Buck. Anytime I come across a storied brand that never surrendered its reputation for manufacturing quality to bean counters’ “death by a thousand cuts,” my heart warms by a few degrees. You’ve heard the term “Buck knife” before. It’s a household name, after all. Buck is the name of the company, founded in 1947, and the Buck 110 Folding Hunter Knife ($65) is the knife that gave birth to the term “Buck knife” in 1964. Now the design is ubiquitous, widely imitated and copied by countless knife manufacturers at all price points. Buck wanted to accomplish two things…

Growing up in Hurricane Alley in North Carolina, I’ve heard the emergency alert warning tone crackle to life on a weather radio more times than I could count. Midland has always been my weather radio of choice, but I always gravitated toward the simpler models. When my editor dangled the prospect of reviewing the new Midland ER310PRO Emergency Weather Radio ($100), which launched this November, I was wary. The company tacked “Pro” onto the end of the existing ER310’s name. And it didn’t look all that different. My skepticism hardened even before it arrived on my doorstep. Would it just…

Like many runners with a shoe fixation, my closet is overflowing with footwear. I have waterproof trail runners, breezy road runners, carbon-plated racers, and nimble, breathable mountain scalers. But what about shoes for liminal terrain — those runs that take you from your front door along pavement to a wooded trail to a gravel path and back again? For that kind of outing, I’ve been employing the KEEN Roam. Earlier this summer, the cult favorite footwear brand KEEN, best known for its do-it-all sandals, released its first trail runner. The Seek was designed to be a robust shoe for rough…