Outside Magazine Feature on DC Rainmaker

[kurto]

I'm sure some of you here get geeked out by Ray's reviews on DC Rainmaker. If you haven't seen it yet, you should check out this profile from Outside a couple months back: https://www.outsideonline.com/2288226/conjure-storm

[sparky33]

A good read about the man behind the reviews.

You can't help but suspect that he operates in his own unique way after reading his typical reviews. Maybe he's a bit of thorn in the side of gear makers, but I like that he is objective and thorough. He takes readers into every detail of a product, and makes apt comparisons with other products too. This is so helpful to would be consumers.
He surely serves as a thorough de facto beta tester as well - in my experience, thorough third-party beta testers are invaluable to improving a product.

[old fat man]

Very nice article. Sadly, the author died shortly after completing the piece. Ray wrote a nice piece about his experience with Andrew and his sadness upon hearing about the author's death

https://goo.gl/r4fKbc

[kurto]

Very nice article. Sadly, the author died shortly after completing the piece. Ray wrote a nice piece about his experience with Andrew and his sadness upon hearing about the author's death

https://goo.gl/r4fKbc

Damn. I didn't know that and am not sure how I missed it. He was a helluva writer, and it seems that Andrew was a pretty awesome guy. I loved his work, and I'll miss his voice.

[weaponsgrade]

Nice read and interesting guy. I didn't know his background. Impressive. I read his blog every now and then. The product reviews are like novels.

Sad to hear about the passing of the author.

[CSTRider]

It's both tragic and ironic that Andy Tilin also authored a great 2015 Outside article "Bikes vs cars: the deadly war nobody's winning (https://www.outsideonline.com/1930211/bikes-vs-cars-deadly-war-nobodys-winning)".

Just a sad loss for his family and our community.