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In case you don't remember the brand Everyman, they're the guys that brought us the EDC Key Knife & Bottle Opener. It's a fantastically useful little gadget that does exactly what the name implies and nothing more. That same level of design simplicity and quality construction has been applied to…

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The car buying experience is pretty awful. You spend most of it waiting for the salesperson to finish making copies. By the time you leave, you're not even that excited about the new car you just bought. A better—or at least quicker—process can be had with Carvana. The company just introduced a…

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The guys over at Gear Patrol kinda have a thing for adventure. So much so, in fact, that their adventure coverage has now spilled out of their site and onto the printed page. The first issue of their magazine takes readers to stops around the U.S., Canada, Chile, and Norway, as the crew takes…

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