There is something quietly satisfying about washing clothes the way people did long before electricity reached every household. A washboard, a sturdy stick, or even a flat river stone can clean a shirt just as well as a machine, and in many cases it does the job using a fraction of the water and none of the electricity. If you have ever stood in front of your washing machine wondering whether there is a gentler way to handle a small load, the answer is yes, and you may find there is no need to wait for a full drum before…

We put ForgeLine Solutions Performance Fieldwear to the test.Those who have served—particularly in the SOF community—look upon ForgeLine Solutions fondly. The apparel born of Patagonia’s Lost Arrow Project served with recognition from Kabal to Kandahar and Baghdad to Balad.Whether deployed for firefights, room clearings or intelligence-gathering operations, the clothing proved to be a durable, engineered asset that worked seamlessly to help high-risk missions come to fruition. That’s a hell of a pedigree, one that the company aims to carry on now in a civilian role.Launched earlier this year, the ForgeLine Performance Fieldwear aims to extend high performance to Joes—the everyday…