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
Travel
1

America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

Williamsburg pairs championship courses with centuries of American history, making for one memorable long weekend.

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

Fashion
Clarks Trigenic Evo Sneakers

Since it was unveiled almost seven decades ago at the Chicago Shoe Fair the Clarks Desert Boot has become one of the most iconic wardrobe staples any man can have in his collection, so it's easy to forget that the company produces a few other models worth checking out. Wallabees…

By Cooper Fleishman
Clarks-Trigenic-Evo-Sneakers-new
Travel
Helicopter Glamping Is Now a Thing in Scotland

Pack your bags and book your airfare because Helicopter Glamping is now a thing in Scotland. On the Mains Farm Wigwams' Campsite in the Carse of Stirling you'll find a decommissioned Royal Navy Sea King helicopter that was picked up at auction by one enterprising couple and turned into an…

By Cooper Fleishman
Helicopter-Glamping-6
Fashion
Best Board Shorts for Your End-of-Summer Vacation

It's hot as hell outside. It's next to unbearable in the office even with the air-conditioning on full blast. Turn off your notifications. Disable your e-mail or set an out-of-office response. Pack up the family and the essentials to head out for a last minute, end of season vacation in…

By Cooper Fleishman
best-board-shorts-1
Features
A Few Days with Altos Tequila, from Arandas to Mexico City

The minute we got the itinerary for our trip to Mexico with the folks from Altos Tequila, we knew it was going to be memorable. Three days, from Arandas (North, in Jalisco) to Mexico City, with a bunch of fun stuff packed in between. We’d be hitting one of Mexico…

By Maxwell Barna
A-Few-Days-with-Altos-Tequila-from-Arandas-to-Mexico-City
Gear
Elevate Your S’mores With the Grubstick S’more Kit

Grubstick, described as the "world's first telescoping roasting stick," is a patented stick with an extending arm that's going to elevate your s'mores. The various iterations of the Grubstick S'more Kit contain the extending handle and a collection of attachable devices suitable for cooking everything from s'mores and dogs to…

By Cooper Fleishman
Grubstick-Smore-Kit