Skip to Content
Gear & Tech
Travel
Watches
Fashion
Lifestyle
Guides
steals

Get the Cool Material Newsletter

Insider recommendations, the best deals, and the most unique products & experiences, delivered right to your inbox.

Subcribe
Tools
Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors

Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors

From the right axe to the perfect sipping whiskey and a proper outdoor speaker, a night under the stars awaits.

1
What We're Buying
Black Book: 12 Products Our Editors Loved in September 2026
1
partner
Is Williamsburg the Most Underrated Golf Destination in America?
Our Picks

Featured Stories

The Cool Shop The Cool Shop
What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door
Lifestyle
The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door

Bourbon has spent the last decade getting bigger, older, and more expensive. What happens next?

Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Travel
Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
By Lanny Fuller
5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back
Guides
5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back
By Cool Material
The Cool Shop
The Cool Shop
What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door
The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door
Lifestyle
The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door

Bourbon has spent the last decade getting bigger, older, and more expensive. What happens next?

Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Travel
Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival

Bourbon has never been bigger. And somehow, it still has secrets.

5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back
Guides
5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back

Hosting is a laborious and often thankless task. Be a better house guest with one of these gifts that go beyond the cliché bottle of wine.

Steals

The best deals and offers on the web

Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

Must-Reads

Our team’s top picks

1
1
Travel
Travel

Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

The Cool Material 2026 Fall Style Guide
The Cool Material 2026 Fall Style Guide
2
What We're Buying
What We're Buying

The Cool Material 2026 Fall Style Guide

1
3
Partner
Partner

How to Serve Great Cocktails Without Missing Your Own Party

1
4
What We're Buying
What We're Buying

A Better Way to Bring the Shade

My Blind Date With Victoria at the Presidents Cup
My Blind Date With Victoria at the Presidents Cup
5
Lifestyle
Lifestyle

My Blind Date With Victoria at the Presidents Cup

Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
6
Travel
Travel

Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000
This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000
7
Watches
Watches

This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000

Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
8
Lifestyle
Lifestyle

Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide

Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
9
Travel
Travel

Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta

1
10
What We're Buying
What We're Buying

The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy

From Our Partners

The Latest

Gear
AK47 Aqua Fire

Cubicle warfare is serious business, so leave your Nerf guns, Super Soakers, and annoying doodads at home - you need the AK47 Aqua Fire. Inheriting most of the traits of it's bullet spewing older brother (inexpensive, durable, easy to use, quick fire), the AK47 Aqua Fire shoots four water "bullets"…

By Cooper Fleishman
ak47aquafire
Home
Skate & Destroy

Haroshi is an artist that - much like the rest of us - can't seem to part with a few broken items most people would feel more comfortable throwing in the dumpster than leaving in their room to take up space. In your case it might be an old watch,…

By Cooper Fleishman
skateanddestroy
Computers
Greensforged Remember Ravenholm Mousepad

Ravenholm is a little town on the edge of of Black Mesa East and tourism has taken a turn for the zombie. The best solution for this unfortunate problem is decapitation - by way of saw blade. Well now you can help remember Ravenholm (even if you didn't play Half-Life…

By Cooper Fleishman
greensforgedsteelmousepad
Clothing
To A Tee: Ink on Lint

Printed on American Apparel tees, Ink On Lint designs pull inspiration from art, pop culture, music and fashion. As a bonus to their fresh looks, each month the company makes loans to someone around the globe who is starting a business or struggling to stay afloat, via Kiva. So with your…

By BSacco
to-a-tee-typed-ink
Food
Polar Beer Pint Glass

The Polar Beer Pint Glass is a new twist on the age old beer drinking vessel that many thought was Lost for ages. Each glass is printed with a two-sided satin etch and is adorned with words and pictures from Lost. Even if you don't get it (Lost is a…

By Cooper Fleishman
polarbeerpintglass