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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
Audio
Etón Soulra iPod Speakers

A day at the beach is best accompanied by music, but battery-powered iPod speakers die too quickly and sound like a kazoo. So Eton decided to make the Soulra, a set that endlessly powers good speakers with a giant, spherical, thermonuclear fusion bomb. Some folks call it "The Sun", but…

By Wylie Overstreet
Eton Soulra iPod Speakers
Accessories
Stanley & Sons Bags

It always catches our eye when someone is sticking to the tradition of constructing quality products in one-off quantities. Yes, these bags by Stanley and Sons are not cheap: you'd think that by "waxed cotton cloth" they mean "waxed cotten dyed with platinum dust and washed in unicorn tears". But…

By Wylie Overstreet
Stanley Sons Bags
Food
The Sportula

For men, there is little - if anything - more important than the sacred art of preparing meat by way of fire. Your badass barbecue may be charcoal or natural gas or propane but you learned how to cook with tinder so that's less important than the rules. The woman…

By Cooper Fleishman
sportula
Accessories
Reiter8 Recycled Sail Wallets

Screaming "I'm on a boat" and having an excuse to wear your beer pong polo and boat shoes aren't the only reasons sailing is awesome. As if bikinis aren't enough, you get awesome tattoo ideas, wind in your face, and even get to be a little green. Reiter8 (see what…

By Cooper Fleishman
Reiter8 Recycled Sail Wallets
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Victorinox Swiss Army Swisstool Spirit X

It's not the size of the boat, it's the motion of the ocean. False. In this one instance though, bigger isn't what you want. The Victorinox Swiss Army Swisstool Spirit X is only 3.25" long, but it's the best 3.25" ever. This is due - in no small part -…

By Cooper Fleishman
Victorinox Swiss Army Swisstool Spirit X