I think most people are fixated on stuff, rather than what it is the stuff is supposed to help one do.
You have the correct. Lots of cool stuff out there, but it does depend on your objectives and expected scenarios. I have a 45 mile walk home from work - hard to think of a scenario where Iwould have to walk ALL of it, but if I do it's likely to be before the end of the world (I don't expect us to go from current environment to Mad Max in less than say 48hours ;-) )