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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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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.

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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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3D Floor Plans of Your Favorite TV Shows

Drawbotics is an international real estate marketing firm that does everything from virtual home stagings to photo re-touching, but their coolest products are 3D models of interiors an exteriors. A few months back, their love for binge-watching led them to create 3D floor plans of your favorite TV shows. The Office.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Pacific Shaving Co. Single-Use Shaving Cream Minis

Pacific Shaving Co. is improving on their collection of innovative and effective shaving products with new single-use shaving cream minis. The concentrated, convenient and waste-free pods give you instant lather in the palm of your hand when you add just a little bit of water. Think of them like those individual-use…

By Cooper Fleishman
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7 Self-Defense Flashlights That Will Keep You Safe

Different situations call for different gear. And different gear can mean all the difference between survival and not survival. A tactical flashlight is so much more than something you use to see into the engine bay of a broken down truck, or use while bandaging that leaky sink. It’s a…

By Maxwell Barna
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Gear
The Vessel Wallet Has a Built-In Stash Compartment

Vessel is a slim, minimalist wallet made with aircraft-grade aluminum and chock-full of cool features you won't find on any other wallets. For starters, the Vessel Wallet has a built-in stash compartment. The small storage tray slides out from either side and has enough room to protect your receipts, pills,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Scoop Lets You Watch Unreleased Movies at Home

If you're one of the many people who feel like you could make movies better than Hollywood, Scoop streaming service, which gives you access to advanced movie screenings in return for feedback, may give you the opportunity to prove that. Focus groups can have a sizable impact on unreleased movies.…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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