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
What We're Buying
Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

Inside FRET12, the Chicago shop turning rock ’n’ roll culture into clothes, art, live sessions, beer, and more.

1
Travel
The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway
1
partner
The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy
Our Picks

Featured Stories

1
partner
The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

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

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

1
What We're Buying
7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop
By Cool Material
1
Lifestyle
The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
By Cool Material
1
partner
The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

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

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

1
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.

1
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.

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

America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

The Cool Shop
The Cool Shop
2
What We're Buying
What We're Buying

The Cool Shop

1
3
What We're Buying
What We're Buying

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

1
4
Sports
Sports

The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

The Cool Shop
The Cool Shop
5
What We're Buying
What We're Buying

The Cool Shop

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

Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

1
7
Travel
Travel

The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

1
8
What We're Buying
What We're Buying

The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

1
9
Travel
Travel

The Hotel Redefining Charleston Charm

1
10
Lifestyle
Lifestyle

Wild Turkey’s New ‘Cheesy Gold Foil’ Release Is a Tribute To a Collector’s Classic

From Our Partners

The Latest

Entertainment
20 Things Worth Knowing About Beer

There are a lot of things we all know about beer - it's delicious, we're all geniuses after consumption, and you can never have enough of it.  Knowing these things will not get you free beers, but The Oatmeal has twenty things that just might. For instance, if the ancient…

By Cooper Fleishman
beer
Fashion
A Bit Cross

Sometimes it's hard to get into impractical things like jewelry. What practical purpose does a pendant really have? Well don't let your mother or your Sunday school teacher hear you say that or they might be a bit cross with you. Combine practicality with style thanks to Michiel Cornelissen's a…

By Cool Material Guest
A-Bit-Cross
Drinks
Sneak-it Disposable Flasks

If you're stuck attending a dry wedding, a boring meeting or some other lame event, sneaking your flask in always helps keep things interesting. But don't risk getting caught with that snazzy monogrammed flask that could get linked to you. Sneak-It Disposable Flask let you get your drink on and…

By Cool Material Guest
Sneak-it-Disposable-Flasks
Fashion
Tieclip Tieclip and Cufflink Cufflinks

Bring a subtle dose of graffiti-inspired style to your otherwise tame ensemble. These silver accessories make fun of dressing up without taking it too far. The Cufflink cufflinks and Tieclip tieclip are funny conversation starters that let everyone know that while you're happy to play the part and dress to…

By Cool Material Guest
Tieclip-Tieclip-and-Cufflink-Cufflinks
Drinks
Bicycle Wheel Coasters

If your love of bicycles goes beyond the occasional ride through town to the point where it's really the wheels, spokes and gears themselves that get your motor running (or your pedals turning we suppose) then we've got a decorating tip: replace anything round in your pad with bicycle related…

By Cool Material Guest
Bicycle-Wheel-Coasters