Category: Gear & Technology

I recently put a poll up on my Planet Doug YouTube Channel asked people which they preferred: A lot of people might not even be aware that I have a second Planet Doug YouTube channel. And I do. I created the Behind the Scenes channel because it felt odd to…

I think if I had stumbled across this Click Stand in a bicycle shop, I would have purchased one years ago. It seems like a no-brainer, and this video demonstrates very clearly how it works and shows its advantages. I think the only reason I haven’t tried one out is…

More and more, I find myself having long conversations with an AI. I chat with ChatGPT, with Grok, and with DeepSeek for the most part. The conversation could start with a simple question from me. Or it could begin with an observation about something I’ve noticed in the world. We…

The other day, I was on the hunt for some Isopropyl Alcohol. I’d done some research on how to remove some sticky residue on the floor of my tent, and the Internet told me that Isopropyl Alcohol could do the trick. And I learned that only this type of alcohol…

The tool in the picture is a chain breaker. It’s used to “break” a link in your bicycle chain so you can remove the chain and repair it or clean it or replace it and then put the chain back on the bicycle and reconnect the link. I was thinking…

I was watching a video from a new YouTube travel vlogger I’ve started following, and I noticed something interesting. I noticed that as she was setting up her Nature Hike tent, an advertisement for that exact tent showed up on a small bar across the bottom of the video. You…

There has been a flood of new wireless microphones hitting the market as of late. And Rode has added to that flood with an intriguing new product they call the RØDE Wireless Micro Camera Kit. It’s a new version of the original Rode Wireless Micro and includes two small microphone…

I did another thumbnail test for a YouTube video, and the results are a bit interesting this time. The picture of a plate of food from Keng Nam Hai food court performed the worst at 26.8%. In a way, that surprises me because food videos are so popular on YouTube….