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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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Editors' Picks

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

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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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Drinks
10 Beers You Should Drink This Fall

It’s about time to put down those beers you down by the case full while playing a few games of horseshoes. Fall means football, hearty dinners and heavier beers. As you navigate the aisles of your local liquor store or peruse the taps at your neighborhood watering hole, here are…

By Mike Newman
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Tech
When the Internet Finally Connected Itself to my Couch… [SPONSORED]

I’m old enough to remember when getting a TV with a remote control was a big deal. It used to be you needed to get up each time and change the channel by hand or yell at your kid to do it (that was me and my dad). Next came…

By Cool Material Guest
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Audio
iPod Nano

To be fair, we haven't felt the need to purchase an iPod Nano. Our musical needs are handled nicely by our phones. The new iPod Nano is making a worthy push for convincing us to purchase an added mp3 blaster. Why? Well, for starters, it's ideal for the gym or…

By Mike Newman
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Food
Ink Blot Plate

If your diet consists of lots of squid ink pasta, we wouldn't recommend getting these plates. First off, because you'll think your plates are always dirty, and second because you shouldn't be wasting time acquiring fine china when you need to be making a doctors appointment to discuss your highly…

By Mike Newman
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Phones
Apple iPhone 5

We're not going to waste time telling you what an iPhone is. You want to know what's new and when can you get your hands on the latest Apple phone/pocket-everything, right? So, here you go. For starters, it's taller and thinner, it has 4G LTE and it will of course…

By Mike Newman
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