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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
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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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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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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
ElevenD Folding Hook Multi-Tool

With its blades and drivers and wrenches and scissors and saws and other tools, the multi-tool is an essential part of the everyday carry. There are a lot of great everyday carry multi-tools on the market, but none of the existing ones are like the ElevenD Folding Hook Multi-Tool you…

By Ben Dahl
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The Splitter Cooking Multi-Utensil

Full Windsor, an outdoor accessories brand out of Los Angeles, released The Muncher not long ago and with it gave us all the perfect tool for chowing down around the campfire. But how do you get your food to your plate so you can chow down by the campfire? The…

By Mike Newman
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Bomber & Company B-2 Blitz Pocket Knife

Bomber & Company continues to crush Kickstarter funding goals left and right. The latest creation, the B-2 Blitz pocket knife, is another in a long line of crowdfunding success stories. The company started with queues from their B-2 Nano Blade, which they described as "the world's smallest tactical pocket knife,"…

By Ben Dahl
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This Panasonic Flashlight Uses Any Battery You Have

It's a fact of life that you always have random batteries on hand but never the kind you need. Remote requires AAs? Cool, here are two AAAs and a D. Happens all the time. That's why the Panasonic Any-Battery LED Flashlight is so cool. As the name suggests, it accepts…

By Mike Newman
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Inside: Biltsharp – The Studio Whose Knives Sell Out in Minutes

It's a mad dash to the checkout when Biltsharp releases a new knife. The Philadelphia-based workshop run by Adam Balkovic puts out a very limited number of knives each month, and, despite price tags that can reach $2,000, they sell fast. We visited the studio and talked to Balkovic about the…

By Mike Newman
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