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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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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides
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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

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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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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Opinel Limited Edition No.08 Black Palm Tree Folding Knife

Opinel knives are some of the most stylish EDC knives out there because they carry so French tradition with them. The brand's latest is a limited edition knife with a special handle made of sustainably sourced Guyanese Black Palm Tree (Patawa) wood. The No.08 special edition has character-heavy streaks on…

By Amos Kwon
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Want the Greatest Cocktail Gift Out There? Give Sunday’s Finest Gold Fashioned.

Looking for the perfect gift for the whiskey lover in your life? Look no further than Sunday's Finest Gold Fashioned. This ready to drink old fashioned features an incredible whiskey blend, housemade bitters and the highest-quality Demerara. With it's included atomizer, Gold Fashioned is the perfect all-in-one gift. The 2022…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Features
Tested: The Light Phone II Helps You Appreciate Life’s Simple Moments

Life moves pretty fast. Ferris Bueller was onto something when he said if you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. With the modern day reality that smartphones are essentially an extension of our bodies, that statement feels even more true than ever. One…

By Sean Ryan
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Clothing
You Need To Be Wearing More Merino Wool. Here’s Where To Start

There’s nothing quite like merino wool. It’s the type of material that’s equally as good for staying temperature regulated during a day on the slopes as it is for wearing the entirety of a weekend trip to just about anywhere. It’s long-lasting, thermoregulating, naturally odor resistant, and, importantly, soft. Put…

By Nickolaus Hines
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Audio
Nocs Design Releases Stunning Monolith Speaker

It's been roughly two years in the making but Nocs Design has finally unveiled its impressive and beautiful Monolith speaker. Designed and engineered in Sweden, the Monolith offers a next-level audio experience. Constructed from a combination of local birch plywood, Scan-Speak high-end speaker drivers, and a lovely matte black sheen,…

By John A. Paradiso
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