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The latest innovations, performance reviews, and buying guides for everything from athletic apparel and footwear to fitness trackers and sporting accessories.

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Win $1,000 Worth of Gear From Iron & Resin
By John A. Paradiso
The Best Products of the Week: Buck Mason x J. Press, Apple M4 Mac Mini, and More
Gear
The Best Products of the Week: Buck Mason x J. Press, Apple M4 Mac Mini, and More

Including Ratio's smallest, most efficient coffee brewer.

By John A. Paradiso
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Gear
Black Book: 12 Products Our Editors Loved in October 2024

These are the best things we tested this month—from a tandem shower system to WhistlePig's annual Boss Hog whiskey.

By John A. Paradiso
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Gear
The Best EDC Gifts for 2024

Never leave the house empty-handed. These are the best EDC gifts for the 2024 holiday season.

By John A. Paradiso
Gear
Lifesaver Liberty Water Bottle

Fancy water non-disposable water bottles are everywhere, made by just about everyone. But can they do more than just hydrate you post-workout? What about one that could actually save your life when the shit goes down or when you just happen to be distanced from a water source? Lifesaver Liberty…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
Standard Manual “Parks” Coffee Table Book

Just because you and your kids may not have been to one of our country's breathtaking national parks doesn't mean you can't experience some of it in an analog fashion. The new book "Parks - From Pictures To Words: Persuasion and the National Parks" covers the artwork from the National…

By Amos Kwon
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Gear
Nocs Binoculars

Whether you're watching birds, studying insects, scoping out the planes flying over or just creeping on the neighbors, everyone reading this needs a great pair of binoculars because you never know when you're going to need to zoom in on some action. For all those situations, and the ones you…

By Ben Dahl
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Sports
Nissan ProPilot Self-Driving Golf Ball

Nissan's new Skyline is equipped with various driving assistants, route-driving, high-precision map data and the ability to overtake, branch and take exits--a technology they called ProPilot 2.0. In order to show off what the technology is capable of, Nissan used it as the starting point to build... The ProPilot Golf…

By Ben Dahl
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Cameras
Rama Works Built near Bomb-Proof Canisters for Your Film

Ever since we first set eyes on one of their products, we knew each one of the items in Rama Works diverse portfolio of wares well-built, sleek and unconventional. From the M60-A keyboard to the RW01 car, to PC cases and wallets, everything they make has a unique sense of…

By Ben Dahl
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