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Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors
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Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors
By Beau Hayhoe
This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000 This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000
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This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000

The $800 Nodus Sector Deep Damascus combines 500-meter dive credentials with a one-of-a-kind Damascus steel bezel.

By Amos Kwon
It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter

These 5 lighters turn a disposable necessity into a piece of EDC you’ll actually want to carry.

By Beau Hayhoe
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What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

By Lanny Fuller
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Pumpkin Gutter

You can have your gift giving and fireworks, leave us with the glory of Halloween. Why? Well, there are plenty of reasons (most involving the lack of non-slutty female costumes), one being the creepy decor. What can we say, we like to scare the neighborhood kids—it's one of our favorite pastimes. So when…

By Mike Newman
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Craftsman AssureLink Garage Door Openers

We know, we know, it's a garage door opener. Traditionally, garage door openers fit in the same category as everything Ron Popeil has ever made - set it and forget it. In the case of a garage door, it's actually install it and forget it, but that's not the point.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Rockwell RK2516K

You'll one day reach the point where it is no longer feasible to park your car in the garage. Sure you wanted that roomy space for your ride, but the tools, bikes and mounds of sawdust have render that option out of the question. If you're slowly trying to chop away at…

By Mike Newman
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Midori Brass Pencil

Unlike the word processing programs (let's just lump Excel and Powerpoint in here for argument's sake too) you use to finalize reports, write memos and tally sales, real life doesn't have an undo button. You might be able to ctrl+z your way into that promotion, but it won't unsend an…

By Cooper Fleishman
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L-Boxx 1 Storage Case

A guy's toolbox is in pristine condition for approximately two weeks after it is purchased. After that, it resembles a kitchen junk-drawer of loose screws, nails, power tools, hand tools and random things you didn't even realize you owned ("When did I get a digital level?").  In hopes of rectifying…

By Mike Newman
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