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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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The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway
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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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7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop
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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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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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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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The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

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The Hotel Redefining Charleston Charm

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

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This Mercedes-Benz Self-Driving Concept Was Sent from the Future

When autonomous autos actually become a reality, what will we do in our cars? Well, perhaps a better question will be: what won't we do in our cars? The Mercedes-Benz F 015 Luxury in Motion research car boasts a cabin that's more like a lounge, with four large seats that rotate…

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8 New Apps You Should Know

Instead of wading through the massive amount of new app releases searching for a few diamonds in the rough, just let us be your guide. This is a collection of our favorite new apps for both iOS and Android for your downloading pleasure. Hotel My Phone We've all been in…

By Mike Newman
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Ant-Man – Teaser Trailer

Ant-Man isn't on anyone's top superheroes list. We didn't grow up with Ant-Man pajamas, play with Ant-Man figures, or carry an Ant-Man lunchbox to school. That said, we're still pretty excited to see the movie from Marvel. Here's the first look at the film about the hero who can shrink himself…

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The Multi-Tool Disguised As A Pen

If you grew up in the 80s, or at least remember the time of Alf and the good Transformers movie, you'll probably remember those ridiculous pop-a-point pencils filled with the tiny white pieces of plastic with graphite tips. When you broke the pencil tip, you just popped up a new…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Tech
The Panasonic Lumix CM1 Cameraphone Has a Leica Lens

We're slowly reaching the point when we'll need to stop saying our phones have cameras on them, and start saying our cameras can make phone calls. Proof? The Panasonic Lumix CM1. The cameraphone is set to make its way to the U.S. complete with a 1" sensor and an f/2.8…

By Mike Newman
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