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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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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
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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.

Steals

The best deals and offers on the web

Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

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Our team’s top picks

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Travel
Travel

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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Travel

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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Jewelry
Garmin Vivofit Fitness Band

You can't go 10 feet at CES without stumbling into a new fitness band. The problem is, most are so alike in both looks and performance that you feel like you're taking crazy pills. Garmin's Vivofit should be praised for bringing something a little different to the table. While the…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverage

As men, and adventurers, we all appreciate a good quest. It could be the unrealized Indiana Jones or Han Solo inside of us all, but setting out to uncover something you don't already know has always seemed like a good use of time to us. In Uncorking the Past: The…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Phones
LG G Flex

LG used the CES stage to show off the world's first curved, flexible smartphone. The G Flex will look to provide stunning visuals thanks to the 6" curved HD OLED display that will cut down on normal glare. And while the curved body really does help the display to shine,…

By Mike Newman
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Drinks
Iron Smoke Whiskey

Even though we haven't tried Iron Smoke Whiskey (yet!), we have no problem recommending it for the following reasons: it has a cool name; the logo is a pipe smoking skull named Skully, and it's a whiskey you've never tried. Those are all good reasons to drink this whiskey, but…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Audio
Wood Speaker

This sharp beech wood speaker sports a minimal aesthetic and a bright red cloth covered cable that makes it stand out on your shelf or desk. Don’t be deceived by its minute stature, with a built-in amplifier, the little wood speaker will offer high quality sound when you start playing…

By Mike Newman
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