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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.

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A curated selection of our favorite gear

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Travel
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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
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
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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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Vintage Headphone Hangers

While doing some research for The History of Headphones, we gained a new appreciation for old school cans. We kicked around the idea of buying a pair of classic Koss Pros, but ultimately decided our modern technologies have left us with some seriously better audio devices. In an effort to…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
Epic Frequency

We featured VoicePrints a bit ago on Cool Material because we really liked the idea of turning our thoughts into art. The only thing was, we struggled with what super important message we wanted to transform into a piece of decor. We settled on a hand fart. For something far…

By Mike Newman
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Phones
Griffin + Otis James iPhone Sleeves

The way Otis James expertly crafts his ties and hats isn't seen too much these days. Nothing is automated, there are no shortcuts, and everything is finished by hand. Griffin approached him to collaborate on a line of iPhone Sleeves (for the 4S and the 5, so you're good regardless…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Printstant Replays

Ahh, remember the days before replacement refs? When fantastic finishes weren't determined by a nervous guy who used to work at Foot Locker? To recall some of those iconic football plays that are ingrained in any American male's brain, there's these Printstant Replay prints. Each depicts the routes from a memorable moment in…

By Mike Newman
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Drinks
Old Tom Foolery Cocktail Notes

Let's face it, most of us don't really care about cocktail napkins. It's not your bar that's going to develop a ring if there isn't a napkin under it, and they're so thin that they don't really do a good job preventing rings anyway. What they are good at is…

By Cooper Fleishman
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