Gear Guide: Part Two Page 2 of 2

Gadgets for Moviemakers and Nature Lovers

Nature Lovers

How to Spot Them: Hard as it is to believe, not every Mac user wants to spend every waking hour in front of his or her Mac. Instead, they’d rather take the time for occasional trips out into the forest primeval—equipped with just a few gadgets to remind them of the comforts of home, of course.

Why We Picked These Gifts: The gear listed below will help Mac users appreciate the great outdoors without forcing them to sacrifice too much of the tech gadgetry waiting for them back indoors.

What You’ll Spend: $63 to $535.

Other Ideas: Before your nature-loving Mac user departs on the next trek into the wilderness, perhaps you should invest in a few Mac-compatible topographical maps from National Geographic’s Topo State series. It certainly beats relying on a trail of bread crumbs to find your way back home.

Thanks for the Memory

No longer must your Swiss Army Knife be reserved for carving walking sticks or trimming tent ropes. The SwissMemory is a pocket knife with a blade, a nail file, a screwdriver, scissors, a ballpoint pen, and 64MB or 128MB of removable USB flash storage. It also comes in a version without the pointy objects that cause problems at airports.—JONATHAN SEFF

64MB, $63; 128MB, $81; Victorinox

Charge!

Some outdoor types are minimalists who like to see how little they can carry into the woods. But for the rest of us, there*#8217;s the Solar Jacket (pictured above) from ScottEvest. Its thirty pockets are designed to hold cell phones, PDAs, iPods, and other mobile devices. But the really cool part is the array of solar panels on the jacket’s back, which let you keep all your USB-compatible gadgets juiced—as long as the sun is shining. If the Solar Jacket is too geeky (or pricey) for you, check out the Voltaic, a backpack with built-in solar panels that also carries and charges your gadgets.—DAN MILLER

Solar Jacket, $535; ScottEvest; Voltaic, $229; Voltaic Systems

Hotheaded

Headphones? Hat? With Burton’s Headphone Beanie, you no longer have to choose when venturing out into the cold. Featuring a pair of headphones integrated into its earflaps, as well as an inline volume control for the times when your iPod is stuck deep inside your jacket or pack, the Headphone Beanie lets you enjoy your tunes—no matter the weather—while you—re speeding down the slopes or just waiting at the bus stop.—DAN FRAKES

$40; Burton