Smartwatches

Somewhere around mile eleven, your phone dies. Or it doesn’t die, exactly — it’s just buried under three layers of fleece because you didn’t want to stop and dig it out when the trail forked. This is the moment a wrist-mounted GPS earns its keep, and it’s also the moment most people start seriously comparing … Read more

Somewhere around mile nine of a fogged-in ridge walk, your phone’s battery icon turns red and the trail markers disappear into a gray soup. That’s the exact moment a good GPS watch for hiking stops being a gadget and starts being gear you actually depend on. The category has exploded over the last two years … Read more