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

Black Book: 12 Products Our Editors Loved in September 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in September 2026.

1
partner
How to Serve Great Cocktails Without Missing Your Own Party
Our Picks

Featured Stories

What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary
Videos
What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary

Consider this your homework before You Can See Everything arrives October 16.

The Cool Shop The Cool Shop
What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Travel
Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
By Lanny Fuller
5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back
Guides
5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back
By Cool Material
What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary
What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary
Videos
What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary

Consider this your homework before You Can See Everything arrives October 16.

The Cool Shop
The Cool Shop
What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Travel
Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival

Bourbon has never been bigger. And somehow, it still has secrets.

5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back
Guides
5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back

Hosting is a laborious and often thankless task. Be a better house guest with one of these gifts that go beyond the cliché bottle of wine.

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
Travel
Travel

Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door
The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door
2
Lifestyle
Lifestyle

The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door

Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
3
Lifestyle
Lifestyle

Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide

Wears My Beer: Duluth Trading Co. x Miller High Life Collection
Wears My Beer: Duluth Trading Co. x Miller High Life Collection
4
What We're Buying
What We're Buying

Wears My Beer: Duluth Trading Co. x Miller High Life Collection

Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
5
Travel
Travel

Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival

Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
6
Travel
Travel

Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000
This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000
7
Watches
Watches

This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000

Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
8
Lifestyle
Lifestyle

Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide

Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
9
Travel
Travel

Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta

1
10
What We're Buying
What We're Buying

The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy

From Our Partners

The Latest

Tech
You Can Pre-Order Oculus Rift Tomorrow

When we first heard of the Oculus Rift, Obama was still in his first term, Linsanity was just a misspelled word, and we hand't yet tasted a Cronut. Now, many years later, we can finally get our hands on the groundbreaking virtual reality headset. Almost. That's right, pre-orders for Oculus…

By Mike Newman
oculusrift
Tech
Boomstick Makes Any Pair of Headphones Sound Better

As much as we love a great pair of cans for listening to music or taking conference calls at home or work, traveling with large, over-ear headphones on a daily basis is kind of a pain in the ass. On the flip side, most earbuds or other headphones that we…

By Cooper Fleishman
boomstick1
Gear
Cocoon’s GRID-IT Backpack Organizes All Your Gear

In case you're not familiar with Cocoon's GRID-IT system, it's essentially a series of interconnected and overlapping straps designed to stretch and hold an entire trip worth of gear in an organized fashion. One GRID-IT will hold a camera, portable hard drive, chargers, tools, cords, plugs and batteries in an…

By Cooper Fleishman
cocooninnovationstechbackpack3
Fashion
Ray-Ban Clubround Sunglasses

Ray-Ban has been making iconic glasses for over half a century. While they might be best known for the Wayfarer and Aviator styles, the Clubmaster is another timeless silhouette that's been making waves ever since it was introduced. Ray-Ban's newest release, Clubround, takes the classic Clubmaster and updates it with…

By Cooper Fleishman
raybanclubroundsunglasses1
Gear
Readyman Wilderness Survival Card

With over 73 years of special operations experience, it's safe to say that the guys behind Readyman know a thing or two about what it takes to survive in the wilderness. They've poured the things they've learned from their experiences and SERE (Survive, Evade, Resist, Escape) training into one credit…

By Cooper Fleishman
readymanwildernessurvivalcard