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Guides

Our curated collection of buying guides tailored for gifting, hobbies and beyond.

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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides
By Cool Material
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A Women’s Gift Guide: From Girlhood to Grandmas

By Kaitlyn Rosati
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How to Give the Gift of Pappy This Year (Even If You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Bottle)

You don’t need a rare hookup to gift a piece of bourbon history.

By Cool Material
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My Girlfriend Loves Design, So I Got Her an Arc Alarm Clock from NanuElectrics

Useful can be beautiful. The best gifts are.

By Johnny Motley
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The 16 Best Everyday Carry Gifts You Can Give This Year

Everyday Carry, or “EDC,” has made its way into the popular lexicon over the last few years.  As it has, guys have decided to care more and more about the quality of those items they carry on a daily basis. There’s a desire for durable wallets, finely crafted writing instruments,…

By Mike Newman
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The 10 Best Gifts for the Super Rich

We don’t expect you to buy anything on this list. This is a list of things we can gape at with open mouths since no one in their right minds would look at something with that many numbers after the dollar sign and think, “Yes, this is an acceptable price…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The 12 Best Gifts for the Guy Who Likes to Stay in Shape

Fitness and the holidays don’t really jive. You’d have to run from coast to coast to burn off all those cookies, cocktails, and honey-baked hams you’re about to consume. So, for the guy who likes to stay fit, this time of year is when they kick it into overdrive. That…

By Mike Newman
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The 12 Best Gifts You Can Give to the Food Lover

Everyone likes food. That’s not exactly a secret. But if you have someone on your list who loves food, this is the gift guide you’re looking for. We’re talking about the guy with a sous vide, who lined up for a Cronut, and who sharpens his Wusthof knives regularly. If…

By Mike Newman
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The 13 Best Gifts for Book Lovers

It’s surprising to some people when they find out that there are those who legitimately enjoy getting and giving books as gifts instead of treating them like reliable Christmas backup plans. But often, those people can be harder to shop for, since they’re deep enough in the medium that you…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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