Gadgets for a terrific cause!

Get yourself one of these. And if you can, get a box of them to sell at work or your club. It's a keyring with a token that works on shopping trolleys and some gym lockers (in lieu of $1 and $2 coins). Put it on your car keys and never be without a coin when it's needed. I've gone into a supermarket heaps of times without a coin for the trolley, and resorted to putting everything into baskets and looking pathetic trying to carry 10kg+ around as I do the weekly shop. Get one of these and problem solved.

But the most important thing is that through buying these, you'll be contributing much needed funds towards a wonderful foundation that directly helps women with breast cancer. Throw in a few $1 and $2 donations at the same time, you won't be needing them anymore for the trolley.

McGrathFoundation

WISHLIST

I want these!





Maybe for yoga in the winter, to keep my toes warmer. And when the price comes down too...

ONE FOR THE GIRLS...

If you're a bloke, stop reading this post now. No really, cause if you do read on, you'll likely wish you hadn't later.

I have been growing more annoyed about the price of those certain products one needs to buy every month as a woman. Add to it, knowing you're adding to the cotton/cardboard/etc, landfill, all around environmental impact these products contribute to. I recently remembered a product I came across once in the US but was reluctant to buy at the time. So I went about an online search for it, found it on rei.com. But I must admit I bought it via a retailer on ebay.com as the product and postage were cheaper. A neat little package arrived in the mail soon after, and at my next time to try it, did so. Without going into specifics, it gets the tick of approval and am happy to recommend it to others. I have even used it cycling and wasn't any more uncomfortable for it. It is a little pricy, but if it goes the distance, I should break even after 5 months.

My next female specific product on it's way in the post as we speak, is this beauty. Sani-Fem I'm looking forward to it making life easier out cycling and hikeing. I'm a sadist for getting de-hydrated on adventures through not drinking for the in-convenience of a regular girls bush squat. Review to come.

I thought I'd start a public inventory of all my odd and unique and hard to find gadgets which I buy and have collected over the years for cycling, hiking and skiing, and for a few other odd uses. I'll provide a bit of info and review of the products briefly and also include where to buy it if it's still available. I consider myself a miminalist when it comes to my gear, but more than happy to cart along gadgets which contribute to making the experience easier or better.

So my first blog might as well be about the last thing I bought. My husbands long hours on the bike mean for the bikers arm tan, you know, the one when shirtless, he looks like he's still wearing a white t-shirt on tanned arms. Not even the winter months these days see the tan vanish. So with sunscreen on exposed arms insifficiant in the summer, along came these beauties!




White Arm Coolers (not warmers)! Claimed to be cooler than wearing nothing in the heat. From De Soto, and tri-athlon equipment and clothing company. So I bought these straight from the US, on teamestrogen.com and Greg gave them a go on a 200km+ riding weekend. He reports back that they were nice and cool, and he never felt the warm March alpine sun on his arms. No sunscreen either, no sunburnt arms. Seems good so far. Let the tan fade begin.