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Gear

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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Gear
An Ode To Kapital, One of the Coolest Brands in Japanese Menswear
By Beau Hayhoe
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Gear
Black Book: 10 Products Our Editors Loved in April 2026

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

By Cool Material
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Gear
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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Gear
The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

Run season is here. Act accordingly.

By Cool Material
Food
Boxsal Cardboard Picnic Boxes

There are a number of reasons guys love picnics: looking at women running, working on your tan (hopefully that's just what you tell her so you can look at women), and getting drunk in the middle of the day. The problem of course is the fact that when you're done…

By Cooper Fleishman
Boxsal Cardboard Picnic Boxes
Gear
Logic Lodge’s Sportsman’s Grill

Several years ago one of our editors, on an alpine camping trip, decided to make a fire and grill some food.  We won't go into details, but some lessons learned that day were 1) don't make a fire at 2 in the morning after downing six beers, 2) sleeping bags…

By Wylie Overstreet
Logic Lodges Sportsmans Grill
Accessories
Mnmur Inner Tube Bags and Wallets

We're always impressed when people take old, thrown-out objects and turn them into new, cool things.   Take Mnmur's line of messenger bags, wallets, and accessories, for instance.  They're all made from discarded bike inner tubes, and they win points with us for both their unique look and MacGuyver ingenuity.…

By Wylie Overstreet
Mnmur Inner Tube Bags and Wallets
Accessories
Tumi Vapor Luggage

Men are like Tootsie Pops - hard on the outside and soft on the inside. Through no fault of our own we have developed hard - almost exoskeleton like - exteriors to protect ourselves from all the bullshit we're forced to deal with on a daily basis. The Tumi Vapor…

By Cooper Fleishman
Tumi Vapor Luggage
Entertainment
Moxy Creative’s World Cup Beers Poster

For many Americans, the World Cup means one thing: absolutely nothing. But for many others who have embraced the world's most popular sport, it means something else entirely: a passable reason to be drunk at 6:55am. Also, a damn good time watching some damn fine sport. And while Ghana ended…

By Wylie Overstreet
Moxy Creatives World Cup Beers Poster