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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter

It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter

These 5 lighters turn a disposable necessity into a piece of EDC you’ll actually want to carry.

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Travel
The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway
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Travel
Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture
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We Found the Good Stuff

Our latest favorites for your closet, home, wrist, and everywhere else.

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Black Book: 14 Products Our Editors Loved in July 2026

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

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What We're Buying
7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop
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Lifestyle
The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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We Found the Good Stuff

Our latest favorites for your closet, home, wrist, and everywhere else.

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Watches
Black Book: 14 Products Our Editors Loved in July 2026

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

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What We're Buying
7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop

For the beach, the lake, the trail, and wherever you like disappearing to on summer weekends.

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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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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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What We're Buying

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

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Sports
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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What We're Buying

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

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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

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What We're Buying

The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

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The Hotel Redefining Charleston Charm

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Lifestyle
Lifestyle

Wild Turkey’s New ‘Cheesy Gold Foil’ Release Is a Tribute To a Collector’s Classic

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Steampunk Lighter

Everyone knows about that one kind of refillable lighter with the sweet clicking sound, the lifelong durability and the windproofing. This is not that lighter, but it's a good alternative if you're looking for something with a retro / vintage / steampunk style. The metal lighter is slightly taller than…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
Star Wars x Nixon Boba Fett A-10 Backpack

Nixon's Star Wars Collection featured a bunch of watches based on Dark Side characters that were equal parts Star Wars and Nixon while still being both stylish and functional. There are some new additions to the collection, including this A-10 Backpack that would probably have been used by the most…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Converse All Star M-65 Chuck Taylors

If we're being completely honest, we thought we had seen every possible iteration of Converse's infamous Chuck Taylor hi-tops. And then we saw these new M-65s. Equal parts M-65 field jacket and standard Converse Chuck Taylor Hi, these shoes completely change the game. An olive, navy or black canvas upper…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
OKA Charred Wood Tumbler Enhances a Whiskey’s Flavor

Whiskey is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash that is typically aged in wooden casks generally made of charred white oak. We're not going to waste time going into details about grain varieties, the distillation process or brands because we all know whiskey is delicious. OKA, created…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
5 Books That Will Give You a Case of Wanderlust

Late at night, when you’re in bed and your eyes are closed, what is that little voice in the back of your head saying? What, in this wide and open world, calls out to you? Is it a starry night sky, peeking in through the trees above, looking down on…

By Maxwell Barna
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