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A Better Way to Bring the Shade
By Cool Material
Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors
Outdoors
Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors

From the right axe to the perfect sipping whiskey and a proper outdoor speaker, a night under the stars awaits.

By Beau Hayhoe
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington
Outdoors
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington

A three-day ride along former railways takes you through the Cascades and all the way into Seattle.

By Brandon Withrow
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Black Book: 14 Products Our Editors Loved in July 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in July 2026.

By Cool Material
Gear
The Everyday Blade Is the World’s Smallest Folding Utility Knife

As Korcraft, the team behind the Everyday Blade, likes to point out, the best pocket knife is the one you're carrying. So while that multi-blade behemoth can handle a lot of tasks, it's so frustrating to carry around that it eventually finds its way into a drawer in your garage…

By Mike Newman
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The 8 Best Pocket Knives for Camping

You already know by now that we’re huge EDC guys, and some of our favorite EDC items include quality blades and pocket knives. But at the end of the day, we’re all about function over form. A knife might be beautiful and rugged, but what can it do for us?…

By Maxwell Barna
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8 Good-Looking Citronella Candles for Your Next BBQ

Not hanging out outside during the summer would be like not putting the top down on a convertible (coincidentally, also in the summer). It’s the whole point of the thing, so do it. Unless you’re plagued by mosquitoes. In which case, we recommend a citronella candle. It’ll be hard to…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Gear
This Pop-Up Tent Concept Will Fit on Almost Any Car

Sebastian Maluska is a product designer out of the prestigious ÉCAL (Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne) design school in Renens, Switzerland, who set about redesigning the rooftop car tent. As he told Dezeen, "I spend a lot of time outside doing sport like skiing and surfing. It is always nice to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
McLean Metalworks Hammock Mount

One of our many life goals is to own a home with two trees perfectly spaced for a hammock. Yeah, we could go standing unit, but those eat up so much space. The only issue we foresee with said dream is how much we'll miss our hammock when we're on…

By Mike Newman
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