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

Shibumi Reinvented Beach Shade. Now It’s Coming for the Pop-Up Tent.

By Cool Material
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Black Book: 12 Products Our Editors Loved in September 2026

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

By Cool Material
The Best Presidents Cup Merch Has a Chicago Dog On It The Best Presidents Cup Merch Has a Chicago Dog On It
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The Best Presidents Cup Merch Has a Chicago Dog On It

B. Draddy’s limited-edition collection brings vintage style and a little Chicago flavor to Medinah.

By Cool Material
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Aoku K3 EDC Kit

Everyday carry gear that's at the ready makes life easier (and oftentimes safer) because a good system can help deploy tools faster and hopefully with single-handed execution. The Aoku K3 is just such an EDC system that just so happens to be Dark Knight matte black, which seriously ups the…

By Amos Kwon
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Convoy Leather Watch Pouch

Traveling with a fine watch can be precarious. Sometimes a four-finger watch roll is too much, and you don't want to just wrap a single spare watch into a t-shirt or handkerchief lest it falls out and hits the floor. Plus, that's just plain plebeian. Convoy's Watch Pouch classes up…

By Amos Kwon
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Benchmade’s Tengu Flipper Knife Is an EDC Essential

Benchmade Knife Company is one of the most accomplished, storied, reputable and dare we say it, best pocket knife brands out there for good reason--they make knives that can stand up to the apocalypse while still being attractive and downright functional. Their most recent creation--the 601 Tengu Flipper--is still a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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TUMI Merge Recycled Nylon Luggage

Tumi isn't abandoning their famous ballistic nylon luggage construction, but they're taking a more earth-friendly approach with their new Merge line of rolling bags that uses post-industrial recycled nylon and recycled plastic bottles that add the kind of toughness the brand is known for. The line ranges from a wheeled…

By Amos Kwon
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Nanobook 2.0 Is the Toughest Notebook Out There

You already know we're huge fans of pocket notebooks for keeping track of to-do lists, important reminders and random sketches. There's been more than one occasion when we've accidentally gotten our current notebook wet, dirty, sweaty or cut. That won't happen with Nanobook 2.0 because it's basically indestructible. With a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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