Gear Institute Announces the Best Outdoor Gear of 2014
Expert testers select Best in Class in 45 outdoor product categories
SANTA FE, N.M., Dec. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gear Institute, the nation's largest web-based network of expert outdoor gear testers, announces the winners of the prestigious "Gear Institute Best in Class Awards," honoring the best outdoor products to hit the market in 2014.
The Best in Class distinction was awarded to 45 outdoor products that achieved the highest Gear Institute Rating in their category. This year, the Gear Institute tested 362 products in more than 45 categories—from skiing to running to fishing—using objective testing criteria, head-to-head testing, and laboratory data.
"We strive to conduct the most trustworthy and credible field testing of outdoor products for consumers," said Gear Institute Co-founder and Executive Editor Justin Nyberg. "Our expert team tests products head-to-head against each other, and bases our awards on pure performance in the field—nothing else."
The Gear Institute Rating is increasingly recognized as the most dependable, transparent, and consumer-friendly online rating system for outdoor gear. The rating is a numerical score that evaluates a product's overall performance based upon selected objective criteria, allowing consumers to directly compare the performance, value and durability of similar outdoor gear products at a glance.
Here is a sampling of the Best in Class Award Winners for 2014:
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For a full listing of the Best in Class Awards of 2014, please visit: http://www.gearinstitute.com/best-in-class-2014
More about Gear Institute:
Gear Institute is an online network of the best outdoor gear testers in America, dedicated to providing consumers with the most credible, objective, and helpful gear reviews and advice on the web. Guides, veteran product testers, and top-level outdoor athletes put each product through extensive field testing against comparable products to provide gear buyers with clear, trustworthy, consumer-friendly comparisons of high-performance outdoor gear. To learn more, visit: www.gearinstitute.com
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SOURCE Gear Institute
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