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Cotter Keychain

There was a day, many years ago, when someone decided to adopt the standard climbing carabiner as a keychain. Practically, it made a lot of sense. But not long after, belt loops everywhere had the simple device hanging from them. If you’re looking for something a little sharper that isn’t…

By Mike Newman
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Melina Is a Tent You Can Wear as a Backpack

Designed to give wearers the ability to create their own personal space in an urban environment, David Shatz's Melina is a backpack that transforms into a single person tent using a clever accordion-style folding mechanism. Details about the project are scarce, but we do know that it was produced "under…

By Cooper Fleishman
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AT&T’s Buy One, Get One Free Samsung Smartphone Sale

That smartphone you carry around has become your defacto camera. It can handle your Instagram shots, Snapchat videos, and thousands of other pictures you take. For those serious about their photography, the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, with their dual-pixel camera and 200 GB of expandable memory, can't be beat. Even better,…

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Maple Syrup and Hot Sauce Aged in Pappy Van Winkle Barrels

Hunting down a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle is often a fruitless endeavor. If you yearn for that sweet, bourbon-y goodness but can't find a bottle, there are other ways to get it. Take these offerings from Pappy & Company, for example. Both their Bourbon Barrel-Aged Pure Maple Syrup and…

By Mike Newman
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ManCan 128 Personal Keg System

Trust us when we tell you that we love being able to remove delicious, larger quantities of beer from our favorite microbreweries than what's available in cans or bottles, but growlers have problems of their own. They're not pressurized. Most of them are made of glass. They only hold four…

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