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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
Accessories
Frost River Old No. 7 Pack

Triplets. Stooges. AC/DC chords. Good things come in threes and leather straps are no different. One or two brass buckle leather straps on a pack just isn't good enough when you can have three. Yeah, this Frost River pack looks great and is made in the US but what really…

By Cooper Fleishman
Frost River Old No 7 Pack
Accessories
CRKT Eat ‘N Tool

When socioeconomic foundations of our world topple like the emaciated Jenga tower they are and civilization is plunged into chaos and ruin, and also more chaos, only those with the foresight for survival will remain.  And by "foresight of survival" we mean "sweet combo camping tools you can keep on…

By Wylie Overstreet
CRKT Eat N Tool
Home
Ryobi Tek4 4V Infrared Thermometer

The Ryobi Tek4 infared thermometer is one of those things that combines many innate joys of the male mind.  It looks like a laser gun, you get to "shoot" it at anything and everything, and it supplies random information at the press of a button. Moreover, you can shoot it…

By Wylie Overstreet
Ryobi Tek4 4V Infrared Thermometer
Drinks
Drinique Knuckle Bottle Opener

Combining brass knuckles and a bottle opener is either a recipe for pure excellence or absolute destruction. Unfortunately, because they're "technically" a deadly weapon opening a beer with that dude's face probably isn't going to fly with the cops. But in the event that it does happen (we're not pointing…

By Cooper Fleishman
Drinique Knuckle Bottle Opener
Drinks
Slang Flask

We appreciate Urban Outfitter's Slang Flask for its candor. Let's be honest for a second. When you use a flask, you're drinking. And when you're drinking--if you're like us--you're kind of an asshole. That's truth in advertising right there. Besides, way we see it, at least you're an honest asshole. And that's…

By Wylie Overstreet
Slang Flask