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Power Up & Save This Black Friday with the BLUETTI AC180 Power Station
By Cool Material
The Best Products of the Week: Casio Calculator Watch, WhistlePig PiggyBank Rye Gold Edition, and More
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The Best Products of the Week: Casio Calculator Watch, WhistlePig PiggyBank Rye Gold Edition, and More

Including The James Brand's newest EDC pen.

By John A. Paradiso
The Best Bags, Suitcases, and Duffels for Holiday Travel
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The Best Bags, Suitcases, and Duffels for Holiday Travel

From sizable backpacks to compact carry-ons, these are the best options for quick trips.

By John A. Paradiso
The Best Products of the Week: The James Brand × Timex Automatic GMT, Leica’s New Projector, and More
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The Best Products of the Week: The James Brand × Timex Automatic GMT, Leica’s New Projector, and More

Including a Red Wing x Steve McQueen boot collaboration.

By John A. Paradiso
Gear
The James Brand Cambro Tray Set is Your New Bedside Companion

It's hard to reinvent the wheel, much less make a tray exciting, but The James Brand's Cambro Tray Set may have just succeeded. Tapping Southern California-based Cambro (the traymakers of prisons and schools alike), The James Brand injected a bit of style into an otherwise blank slate to make one…

By Brett Braley
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Gear
Vermont-Based Startup Wasted Wants to Revolutionize the Way You ”Go” On-The-Go

If you're anything like us, there is no world where taking a shit in a 5'x5'x7' plastic rectangle can be considered anything other than degenerate, but when you gotta go, you gotta go. That's what Porta Potties are for, and startup Wasted* wants to change the way you think about…

By Ben Dahl
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Entertainment
This Folding, Multi-Use Cart Is the Best Way to Get Your Stuff Home

We've pulled the trigger on quite a few different fire arms at the range, but we've never consider ourselves hunters. That said, survival skills 101 is up there on our to-do list--not just because of Last of Us, but that was a great refresher why we're doing it--so we wanted…

By Ben Dahl
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The 5 Best Japanese Pocket Knives You Can Buy on Amazon

There are plenty of options to choose from when it comes to pocket knives. The choices are seemingly endless when you factor in the different types of pocket knife blades and styles. Do you want a fixed blade or a folding pocket knife? Do you want to spend a whole…

By Ben Dahl
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The James Brand Bright Collection

We've long been fans of The James Brand. The EDC knife makers typically a favor an understated and minimalist design but every now and then have shown a flare for maximalism. Now they've ditched the grays and blacks for vibrancy with the newly released Bright Collection. This new release features…

By John A. Paradiso
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