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When it comes to survival gear, you can be pretty sure everything has been tested in a clinical, standardized setting to make sure performance is up to snuff before the products get real-world testing. For example, the National Institute of Justice has exacting standards when it comes to testing and certifying the bulletproof (bullet-resistant, actually) gear that protects officers on the street and soldiers overseas.
Storyboard Podcast: Episode 16
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On the other hand, the lab rarely replicates conditions in the real world, so for the March issue of Wired, we tested some of the toughest gear out there to see if it could withstand an extreme testing regiment from our product reviewers.
In this week’s Storyboard podcast, associate editor Joe Brown and contributing editor Mat Honan discuss unloading clips of bullets into body armor, getting lost (and found) in subzero weather in Tahoe National Forest, and siccing a zoo’s most destructive animals on bear-resistant gear.
Photograph by Brian Finke
