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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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Black Book: 10 Products Our Editors Loved in April 2026
By Cool Material
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Why The Field Watch Is The Ultimate Spring Watch

The military classic is a remarkable addition to your EDC this season, and these are a few of our favorites.

By Beau Hayhoe
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

Run season is here. Act accordingly.

By Cool Material
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The Vacay Shave

One of the most wholesome corners of the internet taught me to love shaving again.

By Lanny Fuller
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Maglite XL100 LED Flashlight

A flashlight’s one of those things a guy won’t realize he needs until it’s too late like the latest version of Flash for a fantasy football draft or ping pong balls for a round of beer pong.  If you’re reading this and realizing you need one you'd be wise to…

By Mike Newman
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Nite Ize 18” Gear Tie

If there was a race to see which guy could untie his extension cords the fastest you could probably drive to a store twenty minutes away, buy a new extension cord, drive back and still win the competition.  The truth is, we usually keep our extension cords in a cardboard…

By Mike Newman
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Accessories
Ignoble Cora Rucksack

Army rucksacks are cool, but they're also camo and designed to carry Army supplies. Unless you're actually enlisted, the camouflaged utilitarianism isn't something you're going to want to lug around every day. What if there was a version designed with the same focus on utilitarianism, but geared for you and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Clothing
Upgraded Black Book

The Black Book was revolutionary, but so was the iPhone and that doesn't stop Apple from upgrading it continuously. So we decided to work some new bells and whistles into Black Book v.2. For starters, there are a slew of new places for you to shop, but that's not all.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Health
PockeTweez Tweezers

As much as we’d love to say the main reason we need a good set of tweezers is to remove the countless splinters we get from building decks and sheds all day, the truth of the matter is we’ll probably use them most often for grooming.  That’s not a feminine…

By Mike Newman
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