Category: Gear & Technology

It’s been a long time, but we suddenly have an announcement from GoPro about new products. When they didn’t release a GoPro Hero 14 last year, I assumed that meant they were working on something big, and they needed more time to get it together. And it looks like my…

I’ve had an ongoing problem with tent (and other) material becoming sticky and gooey in a short amount of time in the heat of Southeast Asia. I don’t really know what is going on, but I think modern tentmakers focus on using really thin material so the tent is as…

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…