Skip to Content
Gear & Tech
Travel
Watches
Fashion
Lifestyle
Guides
steals

Get the Cool Material Newsletter

Insider recommendations, the best deals, and the most unique products & experiences, delivered right to your inbox.

Subcribe

Gear

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

These $228 Vintage NFL Hoodies Aren’t for Fair-Weather Fans
Gear
These $228 Vintage NFL Hoodies Aren’t for Fair-Weather Fans
By Lanny Fuller
1
Gear
We Did a Little Sole Searching for Pickup Season

Your basketball shoes might be ready for the court. But are your feet?

By Cool Material
1
Gear
A Better Way to Bring the Shade

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

By Cool Material
1
Gear
VESSEL Solved One of the Most Annoying Things About Your Golf Bag

The new Player VI Series gives every club its own space and rethinks the golf bag from top to bottom.

By Cool Material
Gear
Mark II Everlasting Mechanical Pencil

We're all familiar with the stereotypical mechanical pencil, but you don't have to settle for the black, plastic option when you have the Mark II handmade everlasting mechanical pencil. Designed and built by Nicholas Hemingway as a follow-up to the successful Kickstarter of the Mark I, Mark II is even…

By Cooper Fleishman
mark-ii-everlasting-mechanical-pencil
Gear
Firebiner Is an EDC Survival Carabiner

The average carabiner might be really good at holding your keys, but the Firebiner is an EDC survival carabiner that does so much more. Opposite the relatively standard wire gate you'll find a bottle opener and tiny utility blade capable of cracking open your favorite beverage, cutting paracord, fishing line…

By Cooper Fleishman
firebiner
Features
Hands-On: Away Luggage

Our trip to Paris a few weeks back was simply superb. It was a quick four days away from the office, but in that time, we saw and did a lot. Part of conquering our packed itinerary meant frequently moving and being on the go—with all our stuff in tow.…

By Maxwell Barna
away-luggage
Gear
The Bar Blade

You'll find a flat metal bottle opener in the back pocket of bartenders all over the world—The Bar Blade is the upgraded version of that. By combining a laser cut metal bottle opener with hand-sewn Horween leather, The Bar Blade is equal parts modern technology and vintage craftsmanship. Whether you're…

By Cooper Fleishman
leather-bar-key-1
Gear
Best Made Brass Stash Boxes

If you have problems keeping track of tiny supplies in your bag or desk, Best Made brass stash boxes are the perfect solution. Available in three sizes (Cap, Snuff, and Tinder), each box is designed to be as durable as every other part of your EDC thanks to the C260…

By Cooper Fleishman
best-made-brass-stash-boxes