Skip to Content
Gear & Tech
Travel
Watches
Fashion
Lifestyle
Guides
steals

Get the Cool Material Newsletter

Insider recommendations, the best deals, and the most unique products & experiences, delivered right to your inbox.

Subcribe
What We're Buying
1

The American Watchmaker Rebuilding a Lost Craft

Weiss Watch Co. is doing things a bit (or quite a lot) differently with its remarkable USA-made timepieces.

1
Lifestyle
The Golf Round That Built a Bourbon Empire
1
partner
The Rise of Prediction Culture
Our Picks

Featured Stories

1
Travel
Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

1
What We're Buying
Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

1
Lifestyle
The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
By Cool Material
1
Features
The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now
By Lanny Fuller
1
Travel
Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

1
What We're Buying
Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

1
Lifestyle
The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music

Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

1
Features
The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now

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

1
1
Partner
Partner

Feeling the Burn

1
2
Sports
Sports

The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
3
Drinks
Drinks

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle

1
4
Partner
Partner

Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

1
5
Partner
Partner

The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

1
6
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
7
Features
Features

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

1
8
Sports
Sports

The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

1
9
Watches
Watches

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

1
10
Watches
Watches

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

From Our Partners

The Latest

Videos
‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ Official Trailer

As soon as the Dun Dun Dun from the Mission Impossible soundtrack starts playing, you're immediately hooked... regardless of the fact that it's the sixth installment of agent Ethan Hunt doing some completely ridiculous shit that is in no way possible for any human being. And really, that's kind of…

By Cooper Fleishman
mission-impossible-fallout-trailer
Misc
The ‘Beastie Boys Book’ Is Finally Happening

There's a lot of music that can get turned on in the office that will make you wish you had a headphones only policy. Throwing on anything from Beastie Boys will always be ok in our offices. So ever since they hinted there was an upcoming book about their rise…

By Cooper Fleishman
Beastie-Boys-Book-Is-Finally-Happening-new
Features
The Complete Guide to Cutting Your Own Hair

We’ve finally closed the book on what seemed like a never-ending winter. Good. Riddance. With warm weather consistently filling the 10-day, it’s officially the season of activity, both professionally and socially, meaning it’s time to pay extra attention to how you’re presenting yourself. This year, allow us to suggest another…

By Mike Newman
Complete-Guide-to-Cutting-Your-Own-Hair-header-2
Features
Writer’s Retreats That Let You Work in Peace and Quiet

When it comes right down to it, none of us can get any serious work done with all the distractions and digital trappings of the modern world. You should just be able to turn off notifications on your phone and skip the trip into the office to avoid all the…

By Cooper Fleishman
Writers-Retreats-That-Let-You-Work-in-Peace-and-Quiet-Header
Transportation
Mil-Spec Automotive Hummer H1 Launch Edition

When it comes to the best vehicles to survive the zombie apocalypse, few would argue with the selection of an original Hummer. It's built to go just about anywhere and rugged enough to survive the trip, but it's also stylish in its own right. Mil-Spec Automotive, a small studio outside…

By Cooper Fleishman
Mil-Spec-Automotive-Hummer-H1-Launch-Edition-1