The Grey NATO – 193 – Great Summer Gear (Watches, Clothes, EDC, and More)

For those of us on the northern side of the planet, Summer is just around the corner so the TGN boys thought it would be fun to take a look at the gear that allows us all to get the most out of the warm season. Taking a head-to-toe approach, Jason and James offer up their picks for everything from hats and sunglasses, to watches, shoes, great summer drinks, and even some of their favorite EDC (that’s “everyday carry”).

Jason’s summer gear.

It’s a long, gear-heavy episode – just look at all those links – but be sure to stay in the mix for a Final Notes that’ll have you adding some intrigue to your Netflix queue as you question how much you really have to spend to get a good tool.

James’ summer gear.

Click here if you want to play episode 193 from your browser – thanks so much for listening.

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4:14 Defender Folding side step 
7:00 Snow Peak Titanium Sake Bottle 
8:58 5.11 Rush 24 Bag 
11:03 Jason’s Doxa T-Graph 
13:40 Doxa T-Graph backstory
14:17 Bremont Supermarine S302 
14:57 Rubber NATO 
20:57 Jason’s Marine Corps-issued Boonie hat
22:26 Triple Aught Design Field Cap 
24:15 Pedro & Tailor Hat 
25:55 Persol Calligrapher sunglasses
26:12 Ray-Ban Round Metal 
27:06 Knockaround sunglasses 
29:13 Randolph Engineering aviators 
31:05 Warby Parker Hatcher 
33:13 Standard-H Avant T
34:55 Mack Weldon Vesper Polo 
35:44 Vollebak Planet Earth Shirt 
38:25 Men’s Guide shirt UPF 2.0 
40:04 Cotton or Linen shorts 
40:55 Duer Live Free Adventure Pants 
43:04 686 Anything Pants 
45:49 Triple Aught Design Paladin shorts
46:32 Orlebar Brown
48:40 Lululemon Pace Breaker 7 shorts 
50:12 Birkenstock EVA sandals 
52:15 Blundstones
52:25 Palladium Pampa Hi Woodlin 
54:35 Topo 3-Day Briefcase 
54:56 Timbuk2 Classic Messenger Bag 
55:52 Patagonia Blackhole 25 
58:30 Topo x Gear Patrol Backpack Tote 
59:50 The Observer Collection Tango 
1:01:16 Cross carry (fanny pack) ideas
1:02:18 Mountainsmith lumbar packs 
1:03:15 Peak Design Everyday Sling 
1:04:30 Bellroy Hide & Seek Bifold wallet 
1:05:20 877 Workshop Keychain 
1:05:55 Giant Mouse Ace Riv Folding Knife 
1:07:27 Finch Cimarron 
1:07:30 Benchmade Minigrip 
1:07:55 Cantonment Kerchief
1:08:32 Observer Collection Whiskey Wallet 
1:09:20 Muyshondt Aeon Turned Titanium 
1:13:41 Hydroflask bottles 
1:15:42 Venn Brewing 
1:16:20 Untitled Art Chocolate Milk Stout (NA) beer 
1:18:37 Collective Arts
1:18:40 33 Acres 
1:19:10 Partake IPA (NA) 
1:21:10 Tornek-Rayville TR660
1:21:40 Vertex Aqualion  
1:23:59 Operation Mincemeat (trailer, Netflix) 
1:25:40 Tool Party from Donut Media 

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