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Summer Gear Guide 2008
This is how we picked the 40-some products to test for the summer gear guide: We thought not like editors, but like you. We're boaters. Like you, we'll be wearing sunglasses this summer. We'll also be slipping on some nautical shoes over bare feet, cleaning a boat on Saturday evening and using lots of sunscreen. Sounds pretty simple, until you see all the cutting-edge choices out there.



Featured Gear
Sunlighter

Sunlighter

A cigar torch costs about $60 and lasts for about 12 cigars before its solid-state igniter wears out or it needs to be refueled. The Sunlighter works better -- practically forever -- and even with a little haze over the sun. It comes with a cigarette holder and a 50-ring cigar holder, letting the sun's rays focus on the stogie. We aimed it at the sun and lit up in about three seconds. It took longer to get it puff-ready, but it...

 
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