The best Gear Reviews newsletters

Gear & Grit reviews cycling tech such as trainers, smart trainer software and bike computers with a practical, real-world focus aimed at time-pressed riders. Each issue pairs product breakdowns with notes on training usefulness and endurance-related thinking.

A weekly-ish personal newsletter from Kyle covering outdoor and travel culture, with pieces on AI-generated fake gear reviewers, a first-person race report from the UTMR Mischabel 60k, and commentary on US public-land policy like river permit lotteries. The writing is conversational and opinionated, with some firsthand detail, though the excerpts lean on links and recaps in places.

Evan Bartlett's personal site covers his gear obsessions, including a multi-part series on finding the perfect everyday screwdriver and his travel setups for filming kitesurfing. Readers get practical, first-person notes on cameras, lenses, and accessories shaped by his specific constraints like small apartments and salt-water shooting.

Personal, first-person essays about outdoor gear, firearms, fishing and weekend life, told through anecdotes and hands-on experience. Readers get casual product impressions and stories rather than formal reviews.

A personal blog by a cyclist covering bikepacking gear reviews and reflections on bikes and possessions. Readers get hands-on product impressions and personal stories from long-distance riding.

A parent-travel blog sharing practical reviews and visit guides for Colorado and Disney, including tips on admission prices, getting there, and traveling with toddlers. Readers get concrete logistics, cost breakdowns and honest product reviews aimed at families.

A weekly newsletter from the 6MM BADGER airsoft YouTube channel covering gas blowback rifle builds, gear news, and the creator's own app and music releases. Readers get a roundup of the week's videos, community comments, industry events, and sponsor offers.

A short product-review newsletter from a self-described shooter recommending flashlights, optics and laser sights, mostly through embedded purchase links. Each issue is brief, with little more than a title, a sentence or two and images linking to stores.

OutdoorDistractions is a new outdoor gear and recreation site by Thomas Gambill that promises research-based recommendations for getting people out of doors. The only available issue is a placeholder announcing that the site is still being set up, so the content itself cannot yet be judged.