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

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.

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

Transportation
Gonzo Motorcycles Nimbus Type C ‘Odin’s Fury’

If your first impression of the Gonzo Motorcycles Nimbus Type C "Odin's Fury" concept is that it looks like it was designed and purpose built to crush straight line drags, you're absolutely on the money. Even though the bike doesn't bear much resemblance to the donor Nimbus Type C it's…

By Cooper Fleishman
Gonzo-Motorcycles-Nimbus-Type-C-Odins-Fury-1
Tech
Bose SoundSport Free Wireless Earbuds Are Perfect for Workouts

Bose has long been a leader in the performance audio market, and now they've finally tackled something that has alluded other makers—working out without wires. The new Bose SoundSport Free wireless earbuds are perfect for workouts. The biggest issue we've had when using truly wireless earbuds for a workout is that…

By Cooper Fleishman
Bose-SoundSport-Free-Wireless-Earbuds-Are-Perfect-for-Workouts-1
Entertainment
The Shows We’re Most Excited for This Fall

Fall is here, which means there’s a ton of new TV premiering, all of it vying for the public’s attention. And to the credit of whoever’s approving all these new shows, a lot of the series premiering this season have us excited. There are enough crime dramas, sitcoms, Netflix and…

By Dillon McLaughlin
The-Shows-Were-Most-Excited-for-This-Fall-Header
Transportation
Suzuki E-Survivor Concept

Blending the style of an old Suzuki Samurai or Jimny with something out of a sci-fi film, Suzuki is set to show off their e-Survivor concept at the 45th Tokyo Motor Show next month. The all-electric vehicle shares similar stylistic traits to past Suzuki off-road vehicles, including the rounded headlights…

By Mike Newman
Suzuki-E-Survivor-Concept-1
Entertainment
Ballpoint Pen Portraits on Vintage Maps and Stationary

You'd never know by looking at his ballpoint pen portraits on vintage maps and stationary, but London-based artist Mark Powell originally enrolled in art school purely by accident. After years of everything from having nowhere to live to a course tutor telling him he was a terrible artist, he graduated…

By Cooper Fleishman
Ballpoint-Pen-Portraits-on-Vintage-Maps-and-Stationary