One of the biggest barriers that people face when considering buying a cold plunge is the price. If you’re looking for a full-featured cold plunge tub with a chiller, you can expect to pay anywhere from $3,000 to over $10,000. Some of the plunges we’ve reviewed charge $2,500 or more just for the chiller. Which is why the most common question I’m asked as GearJunkie’s resident “cold plunge guy” is if there’s an affordable cold plunge that’s any good. My answer is always the Polar Dive PRO Cold Plunge ($899). While I was skeptical at first, after a few months…
Look, guns in schools might not be an automatically awful thing, but when those guns are in the hands of students instead of responsible adults, there’s a problem. That’s one of the few things we can all seem to agree on. And while AI is being looked at in a lot of places to detect firearms, the technology isn’t without its problems. I mean, at least one system thought a bag of Doritos was a gun.They might be banging, but that doesn’t make them a firearm.Yet in Gulf Breeze, Florida, police there are looking at…
When you injure a section of your body, it will take some time to regain your full capabilities. You can, however, work with other muscle groups and body parts that are not injured, depending on the severity of your injury. While some detraining is expected in the injured area, you have no reason to get completely deconditioned in other areas of fitness. Here is a question from a reader who says he broke his arm and has a cast below the elbow:I broke my arm a few days ago. What advice do you have to not go crazy with this…
Hey, concealed carrier… looking for a holster for your carry gun? Not a problem, you say. But… what if you have a light on that piece? You know, like one ot these: Streamlight TLR-7, TLR-7X, TLR-7 HLX Streamlight TLR-7 Sub, TLR-7 Sub X, TLR-7 Sub HLX Streamlight TLR-1, TLR-1 HLX Streamlight TLR-8 Sub SureFire X300 Crimson Trace Rail Master CMR-206 Nightstick TCM-550XL, TCM-10 You may have had a bit of trouble finding a holster that fits. Well, Crossbreed felt your pain, and now I can write about the new holster they just released… the LightGuard. What’s Different One could excuse…
Ounces equal pounds, and pounds equal pain: A phrase that rings true with most backcountry hunters. In other words, we want our gear to be as lightweight and compressible as possible without giving up too much functionality or comfort. The folks at SITKA Gear are very familiar with living out of a backpack, and in light of the beginning phrase, created the MicroDown Hooded Jacket. It’s micro in size, but macro in warmth — a perfect combo for a backpack hunter. In short: Hunters looking for a compressible lightweight insulation piece will be pleased with the MicroDown Jacket from SITKA.…
MSG Earl Plumlee, a Medal of Honor recipient, said that a new law delivering a major increase to living recipients’ pensions “balances the scale” between those who served the United States honorably both in service and out of it.The United States’ highest heroes will reap the benefits from Monetary Enhancement for Distinguished Active Legends, or MEDAL Act, approved by Congress and signed Monday by President Donald Trump. It creates a new formula that increases monthly payments from $1,489.73 to $5,625. Annually, that equates to roughly $67,500 in annual honorarium—about a four-fold increase from the current annual special pension of $16,880.76.The…
That magical time of year is right around the corner, as heralded by too-early decorations and pre-Thanksgiving Christmas carols. Need a few ideas on what to get the Gun Guy (or gal) in your life? Here’s a few items that have been the highlight of my last year in reviewing. Drill Index Shooting Cards Too often, range sessions devolve into an unfocused shooting session with less training value than expected. Never get caught out at a loss for training ideas with the original Drill Index. 64 drills with standards printed out on 2.75″x4.75″ heavy varnished cards, full of different ways…
This article originally appeared on The Inertia. It would be tough to find a ski resort on the planet where people without helmets outnumber those wearing them. It’s one of the single largest shifts in safety adopted by everyday skiers and snowboarders in the last 30 years. It’s not just a safety trend that the masses got on board with. However, in Italy, helmets are now actually required by law for everyone. As of Nov. 1, 2025, all skiers, snowboarders, and even tobogganers in Italy are required to wear CE-certified helmets (Conformité Européenne), which certifies that a product has met EU health and…
Lewiston, Maine, isn’t a place most of us had heard about before the mass shooting there. Maine isn’t a highly populated state, so it’s not really the center of attention for most of us. Yet the Lewiston shooting changed a lot there. While the state had been pretty pro-gun despite being deeply blue, it has embraced a number of anti-gun measures in the aftermath.None of those, however, seemed to do much to stop the alleged actions of a city council member-elect in Lewiston, who is not having the best year ever.Iman Osman, 36, who was…
Lockheed Martin has opened its $17 million, 17,000-square-foot Hypersonics System Integration Lab on its Huntsville campus.The integration facility will bring together advanced test equipment, simulation tools and an integration environment under one roof. The new facility will shorten development cycles and fielding higher performance systems for the U.S. Army.The facility was completed in one year.“Lockheed Martin’s commitment to North Alabama is stronger than ever, and this new facility is a clear demonstration of that dedication,” said Jim Romero, vice president of Hypersonic Strike Weapon Systems for Lockheed Martin Space. “Built to house advanced engineering and integration capabilities, it will play…
Analyst Greg Mannarino says that the United States is in an epic 150-year job crisis. “They are admitting that we are losing jobs,” he said, quoting Reuters. We have all felt the sting of inflation lately, and Mannarino says this is only the beginning. The Labor Department’s September jobs report, released on Thursday after being delayed by the government shutdown, is unlikely to tip the scales in one direction. Small businesses are shedding jobs. “They are dying,” Mannarino said. The Federal Reserve is also likely to cut interest rates as the job market flails. The Fed is also said to…
It’s hard to take flat-Earthers seriously — but maybe we should at least acknowledge them. In a hilarious new marketing stunt, the CEO of Columbia pokes fun at those who believe the Earth is not round, but is, in fact, a flat construction with edges. Tim Boyle actually makes a proposition for those who believe in this strange view of the universe: Prove it. Anyone who can reach the “edge of the Earth” and take a photo will win “everything owned by Columbia.” And no — metaphorical versions of this proposition won’t pass muster. “‘The Edge of the Earth’ is…
I was highly intrigued by my colleague Tom Knighton’s earlier post about Four Boxes Diner’s Mark Smith and his theory that the DOJ’s ongoing defense of the National Firearms Act may just be a ploy to get an NFA case before the Supreme Court, at which point the Trump administration would reverse course and suddenly decline to defend the statute. You can check out Smith’s argument below, but I have to say I’m glad that Smith is still willing to entertain the possibility that there isn’t a secret reason why Attorney General Pam Bondi is fighting…
This year’s Small Business Saturday on Nov. 29 meant a little more to artist and business owner Everett Carter. Carter, a Vietnam War veteran, was selling some of his art on a day when Americans are encouraged to support small entrepreneurs and shop local. However, Carter’s displays at Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment in Huntsville, Alabama, carry a deeper meaning than just paint on canvas. They’re depictions of memories – both painful and joyous – of Carter’s time in Vietnam.Carter paints a story of sacrifice, surviving war when many of his buddies did not, and how old wounds can heal through…
The new 1 million-plus figure for monthly gun sales has continued through November, marking the fourth straight month with over 1 million background checks since the single sub-million month in July. Most readers will remember that prior to July, when the number dipped below 1 million, the previous streak of 1 million-plus background checks had lasted nearly six years. The November 2025 National Shooting Sports Foundation-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,408,230is an increase from 1,299,312 in October, but represented a 7% decrease from last November’s total of 1,514,773. For comparison, the unadjusted November 2025 FBI…
During the bloody battle for Hurtgen Forest in late 1944, a 23-year-old German lieutenant heard a wounded American soldier crying for help in a minefield. Lt. Friedrich Lengfeld ordered his men not to shoot any American medics who might try to rescue the man. When no help came after hours of listening to the man’s cries, Lengfeld led his own medics into the minefield to save him.The decision would lead to Lengfeld’s death. The American soldier’s identity remains unknown. Fifty years later, American veterans erected what may be the only U.S. monument honoring a German soldier from World War II.…
Erika Kirk has offered up what some folks will undoubtably consider a controversial take on our right to keep and bear arms: she still supports the Second Amendment after her husband’s assassination. We’re so used to the media elevating the voices of victims of violence and their loved ones who embrace and advocate for more gun control that it’s easy to forget (or never acknowledge in the first place) that not everyone who suffers the loss of a spouse, child, sibling, or friend to a murderer believe that guns are the problem or that gun…
This article was originally published by Connor O’Keeffe at The Mises Institute. Trump’s political opponents in the Democratic Party and establishment media trotted out a new line of attack on his administration over the weekend. It began after the Washington Post ran a story on Friday about the first strike against what the Pentagon claims were drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean back on September 2. According to what the Post claims are seven sources with insider knowledge of the operation, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an explicit order to “kill everybody.” An initial missile strike blew the boat apart, destroyed the cargo, and killed most of…
The Department of Justice hasn’t been as great on guns as many of us might like. Sure, it’s far better than any previous DOJ that any of us can remember, but we wanted better. The NSSF is happy enough, but plenty of people aren’t.However, what if some of what seems to be anti-gun movement is something else? What if it’s setting the stage for some pro-gun shenanigans?Could the Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) protection of the National Firearms Act (NFA) in Silencer Shop v BATF be a tactical move to bring the case to the…
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