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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
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Featured Stories

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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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.

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The best deals and offers on the web

Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

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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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Levi’s Latest 502 Jeans Are Made with Recycled Denim Fabric

If we could only wear a single brand of jeans for the rest of our lives, we'd happily be wearing Levi's. Levi's WellThread Collection produces version of the same iconic Levi's numbers you already love, but they're made to be low-impact and completely recyclable. The latest piece added to the…

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Save up to 90% off Almost 7,000 Items at Nordstrom Rack

It's no secret that Nordstrom Rack is just one big collection of items that didn't sell at, or were returned to, Nordstrom. You love the clothing, shoes, bags, watches and everything else that Nordstrom expertly curates regularly, so it's even better when you can get those same goods at a…

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Nike’s Iconic Challenger Silhouette Is Coming Back in 2020

hen it comes to sneakers, most of us live and die by the Swoosh with very few exceptions. There's never been a better time to back the Nike brand because they've been re-releasing some of their tried-and-true stalwarts from the archives with modern archives. Case in point--the new Nike Challenger…

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Chickenshit Is the Social Drinking Card Game You Play with Strangers

There's nothing like a good drinking game enjoyed with friends. Honestly, we're bored with all the traditional options. Enter Chickenshit, the social drinking (optional) card game where you do challengers for points with the help of complete strangers. Draw a card, and if you get a challenge, you have 3…

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At Home: Get a Real First Aid Kit from MyMedic

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. If you grew up anything like we did, it was instilled in you from a very young age that you need…

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