Our NO BS Gear Review Guarantee

No fluff. No paid placements. 

Just the truth from the ridge.

Here’s how every piece of gear earns (or loses) our respect:

We Buy It or Build It Ourselves

No freebies, no sponsor scripts. 

If a company sends something, we disclose it and still beat the hell out of it like everything else.

We Use It Like It’s the Only Thing Between Us and Trouble

• 72-hour field tests in real weather (rain, snow, wind that’ll rip a cheap tent in half)

• Deliberate abuse: dropped, dragged, soaked, frozen, overloaded

• Actual emergencies when possible (power outages, search & rescue call-outs, remote hunting trips)

We Rate It Straight

• 10/10 – I’d trust my kid’s life with it. Zero excuses.

• 7-9/10 – Solid performer, minor gripes spelled out plain.

• Below 7 – It failed when it mattered. We tell you exactly how and why.

Long-Term Updates

Most reviews get a 6-month and 1-year follow-up. 

Gear that falls apart after light use gets called out loud.

You See Everything
Full video proof: the cuts, the failures, the wins. No 30-second TikTok glamour shots—real time, real dirt, real storms.

If we say it’s ridge-ready, it’s because we’ve already put it through worse than you ever want to face.

If we say walk away, save your money and your skin.

That’s the IronRidge guarantee.

Tested hard. Reviewed harder.

Endure the ridge. Rise unbreakable.