Zombie Apocalypse Gear

The 2010 issue of Outside Magazine’s Gear of the Year is available.  Although it’s been some time since my last outdoor excursion, I always purchase this issue, if nothing but to covet each of the GOTY category winners. 

One thing I’ve always found lacking in these types of gear issues is the item’s functionality during an infestation of flesh-eating corpses.  And since my letters the various publications have gone unheeded, I decided to pull together my own brief list a few weeks ago, in coordination with Uncrate:

It was a fun list to pull together, and required the full use of the myriad collection of catalogs I recieve that probably put me on more than one government watch list.  Thanks go to the guys at Uncrate for pulling together the collage and agreeing to the joint effort.

Check out the full listing and description of the items here on Uncrate.

Defensive Equipment

While your weapons are the key to offensive attacks against the walking dead, defensive equipment and clothing play an essential part of protecting those areas of your body most vulnerable to a ghoul’s attack. There are many items you can utilize in your every-day attire that will stack the odds in your favor during close combat encounters. If you can add some of the items to your defensive arsenal, you’ll make yourself a much more formidable opponent when facing the undead.

Defensive equipment also plays an integral role in protecting those loved ones who, for whatever reason, may not be able to engage in combat, but will still face hostile situations against the living dead. The protection they have may provide critical seconds for them to avoid infection, evade their attacker, and escape.