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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides

From style and home goods to EDC and food and drink, we rounded up the coolest gifts of the year.

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Looks Like a Teddy, Wears Like a Grizzly
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The Watch That Proves Toughness Has Always Been a Kind of Elegance
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Featured Stories

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Sports
The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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How to Give the Gift of Pappy This Year (Even If You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Bottle)

You don’t need a rare hookup to gift a piece of bourbon history.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery
By Travis Haley
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Outdoors
The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It
By Lola Méndez
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Sports
The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

Pack your bags...

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How to Give the Gift of Pappy This Year (Even If You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Bottle)

You don’t need a rare hookup to gift a piece of bourbon history.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery

Check out our CM product review of the hottest product in wellness right now: the Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot. Spoiler alert -- it’s a gamechanger!

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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It

They've explored 10,000 miles together. Here are their essentials.

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The best deals and offers on the web

Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

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Feeling the Burn

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
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Drinks
Drinks

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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Watches
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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50
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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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Watches
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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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I Went Down a Nixon Watch Rabbit Hole. Here Are the 4 Most Surprising Details I Found

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Vaer’s G5 Meridian Watch Offers Unmatched Style and Value

Vaer strikes again with their G5 Meridian Watch, showcasing their expertise in crafting timepieces that rival the priciest options. Inspired by the iconic designs of the 1950s, this masterpiece boasts a 20ATM water resistance and automatic movement. With dual timezone functionality, self-winding capability, and a true GMT feature, it's a…

By Pat McLaughlin
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The Best Session IPAs To Get You Through Summer

The “session” label is the exact middle point between an actual beer style and a marketing gimmick, which means that it’s neither of those and turns into a helpful descriptor. Basically, “session” is supposed to mean the first beer leads to another and another, but without turning you into a…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Huckberry’s Latest Collab Takes Inspiration from the Golden Age of Space Travel

Longtime supplier of aviator-style sunglasses for the military, American Optics has recently teamed up with Huckberry to recreate the iconic FG-58 model. While the name may not be familiar, the shape surely is. It's the same design previously worn by astronauts during the Apollo 11 mission, such as Buzz Aldrin…

By Brett Braley
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Sony Project Q

Sony's PS5 is going after the Nintendo Switch by potentially offering up a handheld companion device known as the Project Q. The rumors were recently confirmed, and it looks like the Project Q will provide a large 8" 1080p/60fps resolution display with an integrated DualSense wireless controller. That's bigger than…

By Amos Kwon
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2024 BMW i5

As the venerable BMW 5 Series enters its 8th generation, the move involves electrification, to no one's surprise. It's called the i5, and it includes two models: the i5 eDrive40 and the sportier and more powerful i5 M60 xDrive. Styling is leaner and more rakish than the rather understated 7th-generation…

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