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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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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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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RepairSmith Brings the Mechanic to You With On-Demand Car Repair

As much as we love--and frequently use--the public transportation options in major metropolitan cities like New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston and Seattle, the car remains king when it comes to transportation... especially when it comes to the holidays.    Yeah, you have to skip the egg nog and the…

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The Best Irish Stout For When You’ve Had Your Fill of Guinness

Back around St. Paddy’s Day this year, I put together a quick primer on Irish stouts and provided a few options that aren’t Guinness. On the list is O’Hara’s Irish Stout -- a very good beer, especially if you can find it on a nitro tap. But it's another O'Hara's…

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The Best Double-Breasted Jackets That’ll Have You Looking Sharp

While some may consider it stuffy or overly formal, I’m of the belief that a double-breasted jacket is an exercise in elegance. From its four- or six-style button front to its peak lapels and structured shoulder, when worn correctly, there is nothing more debonair than the ol’ DB. Originally designed…

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A $52,000 Bottle of Pappy’s 23-Year Bourbon

The high-end whiskey market continues to reach astronomical heights. You only need to look to bottles of Pappy Van Winkle to see the growing trend. Typically it's no surprise when a bottle of Pappy's can sell for thousands of dollars. But a bottle selling for $52k? That is sure to…

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The 8 Best Japanese Denim Brands Making High-Quality Jeans

There's something special about brands that make clothing in the good ol' U.S. of A. There's a sense of pride in wearing it, and you can often expect that pride to last for a long time, as durability is a common theme among American-made garb. That said, particular garments from…

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