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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides

From style and home goods to EDC and food and drink, we rounded up the coolest gifts of the year.

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Looks Like a Teddy, Wears Like a Grizzly
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The Watch That Proves Toughness Has Always Been a Kind of Elegance
Our Picks

Featured Stories

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Sports
The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

Pack your bags...

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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.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery
By Travis Haley
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Outdoors
The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It
By Lola Méndez
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Sports
The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

Pack your bags...

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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.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery

Check out our CM product review of the hottest product in wellness right now: the Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot. Spoiler alert -- it’s a gamechanger!

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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It

They've explored 10,000 miles together. Here are their essentials.

Steals

The best deals and offers on the web

Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

Must-Reads

Our team’s top picks

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Feeling the Burn

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
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The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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Watches
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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50
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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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Watches
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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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I Went Down a Nixon Watch Rabbit Hole. Here Are the 4 Most Surprising Details I Found

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Outdoors
MoonBikes Stardust Electric Snow Bike

In our opinion, there is almost no greater sense of freedom than what you experience tearing up the open road on two wheels. This is obviously problematic when the ground is covered is covered in snow, but MoonBikes aims to make that sense of open air exploration possible even through…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
‘Back to the Future’ Delorean Haynes Workshop Manual

When it comes to repairing your car, there's no better way to do it than following the instructions in a Haynes Manual. But what happens if you're driving a highly-modified vehicle like the DeLorean Time Machine from Back to the Future? As it turns out, you still fix the problems…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Urwerk Stormtrooper-Inspired EMC TimeHunter

If you're a die-hard watch fan and also happen to love Star Wars Stormtroopers' black-and-white colorway, you'd have to either settle for gimmicky watches or upgrade to the $2,700 Oris Aquis Stormtrooper dive watch. However, now there's a new Stormtrooper king-of-the-hill that trumps all, this $129,000 Urkwerk EMC has been…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Himalaya “Spectre” Land Rover Defender 110

Nothing will replace the original Land Rover Defender. Basic, brawny, and built like a tank, it's a legend in off-roading. Himalaya has taken the 4-door 110 and made it all Bruce-Wayne-ee. The Spectre has gained a short bed thanks to some body modifications and is clad in gunmetal gray with…

By Amos Kwon
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Audio
Syng Cell Alpha Smart Speakers

If you're looking for the best-of-the-best when it comes to an integrated home audio experience, there aren't many better options than what's available from former Apple, HomePod and Nest engineers / designers. Which brings us to the Syng Cell Alpha Smart Speakers you see here. The company, founded by guys…

By Cooper Fleishman
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