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I Took This Backpack on a Solo Trip and Haven’t Stopped Using It Since

What started as a backpack for a solo trip to Lisbon quickly became my favorite carry-on, weekend bag, and daily companion.

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The Golf Round That Built a Bourbon Empire
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The Rise of Prediction Culture
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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.

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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.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now
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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now

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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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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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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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Porsche Just Launched a Subscription Service for Cars

We have a hard time believing we'd get sick of owning a Porsche. That said, everything loses its luster after a while and even owners of pricey sports cars want to drive something else. Porsche hears you, and now they've launched a subscription service to help. Porsche Passport is a…

By Mike Newman
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Madballs are Back

If you're of a certain age, there are a couple things you couldn't do as a kid. You couldn't bring home a pack of Garbage Pail Kids trading cards, you couldn't watch Married With Children, and, for some inexplicable reason, you couldn't be spotted with Madballs. Well, mom and dad, we're…

By Mike Newman
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Every Beer We Drank at the Great American Beer Festival, Ranked

The Great American Beer Festival is the beer festival of beer festivals. With close to 1,000 breweries in attendance, each pouring at least a couple beers, it's impossible to taste all the glorious suds. Still, we tried. Or, at least we tried to track down the most unique, sought after,…

By Mike Newman
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The Best Face Washes You Won’t Find at the Grocery Store

We don't want to make any of you reading this feel old, but the time when we could safely ignore a skincare regimen has passed. It's time to get serious about taking care of your skin before all the wrinkles and the bags under your eyes become something you can't…

By Cooper Fleishman
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PowerRay Underwater Drone

Drones are great for getting unique, bird's-eye view photos and videos. But fly that drone into the water and all you'll be left with is a $1,000 paperweight. That is, of course, unless your drone is PowerRay. PowerRay, from PowerVision, is an underwater drone ideal for fishermen or adventurers. With…

By Mike Newman
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