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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
By Beau Hayhoe
The Cool Shop The Cool Shop
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The Cool Shop

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

By Lanny Fuller
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Our Favorite Finds From Bespoke Post’s Fourth of July Sale

Up to 50% off. These are the pieces we'd grab before they're gone.

By Cool Material
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The Iconic REEF Fanning Sandal Just Hit Legal Drinking Age

Four new models join the family of clever, beach-bum approved sandals featuring a bottle opener in the sole

By Beau Hayhoe
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Custom Lighter Branding Iron

There's a lot of cool things you can do with a lighter. You can light a cigarette, start a forest fire and even keep your glaucoma at bay. After cancer this and Smokey the bear that - plus the whole legalization issue if you don't live on the coast -…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Orvis Knife-Making Kit

After much discussion, we ultimately decided that Bear Grylls is relatively manly - if for no reason other than the fact he's got a Gerber knife named after him. We also decided that the really manly men are the ones without camera crews. You know, the ones who make their…

By Cooper Fleishman
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686 Toolbelts

If you've heard of the skate/snowboarding/technical apparel company 686, you're probably wondering what they're doing making toolbelts. Slow your roll Bob Vila; we're not talking about that kind of toolbelt. The latest invention from the guys at 686 could very well be the most important piece of equipment in your…

By Cooper Fleishman
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SURLY Jethro Tule Bottle Opener

You could slap a bottle opener on just about anything and make it better – a belt buckle, TV remote, baby stroller – but most of the time it’s more for a laugh than anything else.  When you’re doing some real work, however, and you’ve got your toolset out, having…

By Mike Newman
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Dyson DC26 “City” Vacuum

Right now you're probably pondering why there's a vacuum on Cool Material. But this is no ordinary vacuum, it's a Dyson. Actually, it isn't even the usual bagless, triple-quadruple-mega-fusion Dyson you were used to seeing back when you still watched television with commercials. The Dyson DC26 "City" kind of looks…

By Cooper Fleishman
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