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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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Outdoors
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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Sports
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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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Drinks
Drinks

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
Watches

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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Features

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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Sports
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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Watches
Watches

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

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Watches
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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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Food
At Home: Turn Your Gas Grill into a Pizza Oven with This Kit

Since many of us are still home, we decided to do some digging to find useful products to help stay productive, occupied, entertained and fit while you’re At Home. We've been spending a lot more time outdoors as of late because socially distanced backyard gatherings are one the easiest ways…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Misc
Beastie Boys Music Album

The Beastie Boys are legends in music industry, and their work spans generations. Compiled as a companion to their documentary (Beastie Boys Story) and their memoir (Beastie Boys Book), the album consists of 20 songs including hits such as “Brass Monkey,” “Fight for Your Right,” “Paul Revere,” “No Sleep Till…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Steal: Get up to 85% off over 500 Watches at Nordstrom Rack

Finding a good deal at Nordstrom Rack is a regularly common occurrence, but they've outdone even themselves with their current watch sale. For the foreseeable future, you can get up to 85% off over 500 different watches from more than a few of our favorite brands. Nixon. Timex. Citizen. Hamilton.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Scout Kenai Camper

Newly launched Scout makes some of the coolest truck bed campers around, and they've just unveiled their latest and greatest. The big Kenai is the third model by Scout, and it can sleep 4-6 people without the need for a full trailer. Although it might seem pricey at almost $24K,…

By Amos Kwon
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Food
These Drink Ring Holders Are Made from Spent Beer Grains

The production of anything--beer included--results in a plethora of spent materials and wasted energy... regardless of how in-tune brands are with their production methods. Making beer inevitably results in the creation of spent grain that can be used for things like Beer Grain Granola Bars, making whiskey like what Cooper…

By Cooper Fleishman
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