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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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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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A curated selection of our favorite gear

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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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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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Printstagram Calendar

You remember those Dilbert / Sudoku / The Office flip calendars you used to have sitting  on your desk? You'd see a clever comic, or do some sort of puzzle, then eagerly anticipate the next day when you could tear it off and get a new one. We didn't have…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Clothing
Button 2.0

Just when you thought we reached the limits of button technology, along comes Button 2.0.  This is easily the first button innovation we can ever remember, and it happens to be pretty neat. Button 2.0 replaces a standard button with a button/headphone cord holder. It's a standard shirt button except…

By Mike Newman
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Videos
AIAIAI Presents the Sound Taxi

Even if you crank your AIAIAI headphones to 11, they aren't going to produce the sound the company's "Sound Taxi" does. The crazy cab is outfitted with microphones that pick up the noise of London and then a plethora of speakers that spit it back out as music. It's the…

By Mike Newman
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Riding Hoodie

Until our bodies get contorted and we start riding our bikes in an odd new way, we're going to deal with the issue of banging our knees into whatever we've stuffed in our front pockets. So, until that strange new evolution comes, start wearing the Riding Hoodie from State Bicycle…

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Maps Rocks Glasses

Maps are, were and always will be cool... now that there's no quiz or test at the end of the lecture we have to worry about failing. They look good as desktop wallpapers, notebook covers, art prints and now, rocks glasses. Maps Rocks Glasses take the same sort of minimalist…

By Cooper Fleishman
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