Outdoor

First unveiled at CEDIA 2010, Sonance announced on Friday that they are now shipping the new 70V Sonance Landscape Series system, consisting of two-way satellite speakers and an in-ground subwoofer. The Sonance Landscape Series has been designed with a long life UV material to withstand extreme weather.

The new two-way satellite speakers, the LS67SAT and LS47SAT, feature 0.75" integrated tweeters and power handling up to 25 watts at 70V. The LS67SAT incorporates a 6.0" woofer and the LS47SAT a 3.5" woofer. A variety of accessories featuring ¾" NEC threading are available for outdoor mounting schemes – tree mounts, 19" and 9" ground stakes, and surface mount.

The LS10SUB In-Ground Subwoofer features a 10" woofer and 100 watts of power handling at 70V. The subwoofer enclosure material has been designed to either be buried or left exposed. A brown canopy is included to blend into the landscape.Read more

The temperature is (finally!) cooling down. Time to go outside and relax on the deck or throw the perfect outdoor party. In either case, music is a must. Klipsch has a new wireless speaker that lets you listen to music just about anywhere. The Klipsch AudioRock is compact, portable and features a durable, weatherized enclosure…that, you guessed it…looks like a rock.

The AudioRock is an add-on speaker to the Klipsch LightSpeaker system. It features a built-in wireless receiver that syncs up with the LightSpeaker's 2.4GHz wireless transmitter. You can connect two music sources (i.e. iPod, PC or TV) to the transmitter, as well as have two listening zones. And, you don't need to plug the AudioRock into a power source because it comes with a rechargeable lithium battery pack that provides up to eight hours of listening (when fully charged). Read more

Whether you spend your Labor Day at the pool or outside grilling your favorite food, it's not as much fun if you don't have music to entertain you and your guests, right? Grace Digital Audio has a new family of weatherproof wireless speaker systems that let you do just that. The three systems, all available now at www.GraceDigitalAudio.com, are the Rock Speaker, Schooner II, and Mini-Bullets II.

Using Grace Digital's universal transmitter along with an MP3, mobile phone, stereo system, computer or CD player, you can send music wirelessly to multiple Grace Digital devices. Up to 10 accessory speakers can be added to each system. Have a Rock Speaker in the backyard, Schooner II on the porch and Mini-Bullets II by the grill or in the kitchen, all playing as one sound system. Each wireless speaker system meets international weatherproofing standards, and has an operating range of over 150 feet. Read more

Garmin just announced two new touchscreen handheld GPS devices – the Oregon 550 and Oregon 550t. These are not your average GPS units. Weighing only 6.8 ounces, they are waterproof, feature a 3-axis compass and include a built-in 3.2 megapixel autofocus digital camera that automatically geotags images.

Along with automatically geotagging each photo with the location of where it was taken, the digital camera in the Oregon 550 features a 4x digital zoom and allows you to take and view pictures in landscape or portrait mode. It also includes 850 MB of internal memory. Need even more memory? The 550 has a microSD card slot for more storage of photos and mapping. Your pictures can also be stored and shared online. Simply connect the device via USB, go to my.Garmin.com, then upload and store the photos on Picasa for all your friends to see. Read more

This new mower from Neuton (model CE6.2) mows, trims, edges and is an all battery powered lawn mower. When the weather starts to warm up, these are the weekends when you, your neighbors, and anyone who owns a lawn starts the process of making sure their lawn mower is ready for the season. If you are concerned that your lawn mower emits more carbon dioxide than your car does in a month (my assumption), then you should look into this mower.

The Neuton Mower is easy to start and weighs half the weight of the typical lawn mower the same size. One of the benefits that this lawn mower has (and your neighbors will like) is the noise. There is very little noise compared to the gas equivalent lawn mower. My neighbor has an electric lawn mower, and he chases a cord through his lawn every weekend. He has actually cut the cord accidentally several times!

The best part about this lawn mower is there is no middleman to profit from the sale to you. You deal directly with the manufacturer. This is why they offer the 6-month risk free trial. The Neuton CE6.2 is currently on sale for $489 and shipping is free.

Go ahead and give it a try… www.neutonpower.com

Zebralight makes amazing little flashlights and headlamps.

With the included accessories the H60 can be used in other ways than a headlamp. The lanyard or pocket clip makes it easy to use as a task light. It has 3 click modes, but each mode can be memorized to one of two levels. These levels go from a High mode at 190 lumens down to the Low mode that can run continuously up to 26 days. And not just with a spot, it has an 80 degree smooth flood beam.

Zebralight uses the great Cree LED's to drive this bright little light. The H60 requires one 18650 size battery and is OK with it being a rechargeable.

The price for the Zebralight H60 is $79. Check it out, or if you would rather one that uses a single AA battery, the Zebralight H50-Q5 Headlamp at $49 is an awesome light too.