Peak Design’s Modular Camera Straps

A camera sling and hand strap with quick connecting links for swapping straps on the move

As any photographer that’s been around the block before will attest, few things are as irritating as equipment getting in the way of a shot, whether it’s restrictive straps or just poorly designed attachment points that take too much time to adjust. San Francisco’s Peak Design aims to tackle the issue with their soon-to-be-shipped Kickstarter-funded products. Touting two straps with a modular connecting system, Peak …

Off-the-Grid With goTenna

A sleek solution to network failure when deep in the wilderness or simply stuck at crowded festivals

Sometimes, when you most need phone reception to fire off an essential text, it’s not there. When you find yourself stuck deep in the backcountry miles from a signal or in a crowd of dazed festival goers when the network can’t handle the massive amount of traffic, it’s time to go off the grid. Launching today, the goTenna pairs with smartphones via BluetoothLE to allows …

STM’s Drifter Laptop Backpack

This design from the Australian company offers dual sleeves for tablet and computer, detachable raincover and more

Unsatisfied with the limited options for laptop bags, Ethan Nyholm ended up wrapping his computer in bubble wrap and tucking it into a sports backpack for his daily commute through the scenic Bondi area of Sydney, Australia. Later, he co-founded STM bags to build bags that fully protected electronics while suiting his on-the-go lifestyle. Recently testing out the Drifter Laptop Backpack we found it to …