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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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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
Gear
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
Gear
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
Gear
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
1952 Topps Mickey Mantle Baseball Card

Over the past couple of years, there's been a noticeable increase in the value of retro collectibles and memorabilia. From classic video games to movie props, we've seen these knick-knacks and vintage ephemera fetch record sales at auction. While the baseball card craze has faded away, a recent Heritage Auction…

By John A. Paradiso
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Accessories
Huckberry x Peak Design X-Pac Travel Backpack

Huckberry has teamed up with Peak Design for a custom-built backpack made for long-term travel. Designed to withstand just about any condition, the X-Pac Travel Backpack is compact yet durable thanks to the DWR-coated X-Pac construction. The simple silhouette belies the impressive storage options within this travel backpack. You'll find…

By John A. Paradiso
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Food
Dometic Cool-Ice Beer Cooler

The newly released Dometic Cool-Ice Insulation Box looks less like a beer cooler and more like an upgrade box you might come across in a video game. The rigid square body seems a touch out of place amidst the current cooler market that tends to have the slightest curvature in…

By John A. Paradiso
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Gear
Montblanc Reintroduces The Baby Pens from the 1910s and ’20s

Historic pen brand Montblanc’s rich history means that we’re treated with heritage designs from the vault every once in a while. The Baby model comes from a silhouette that was popular in the 1910s and ’20s, which was early days for the company, but thick in the Golden Age of…

By Brett Braley
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Fashion
Sixty Years of James Bond Live Auction

Call off the dogs, dammit. All our money is going here. EON Productions of Bond films fame is launching the 007 auction of all auctions. This fall, EON and Christie's will put up 25 lots for auction that celebrate 60 years of James Bond awesomeness. They include costumes, props, watches,…

By Amos Kwon
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