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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
Our Picks

Featured Stories

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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
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.

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

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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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Cameras
Lomography 30th Anniversary Cameras

Lomo might not be a household name, but the legacy film brand is certainly beloved by photography enthusiasts. The brand is celebrating its 30th birthday with a lovely collection of film cameras. The Lomographic Society was founded in 1992 after the company's founders discovered an original Lomo LC-A in a…

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Accessories
The Mujjo Envoy is a Next Level Laptop Sleeve

If you're traveling for the holidays, it might be time to update your laptop sleeve. Mujjo's Envoy is a great option to keep all your accessories together, too. Coming in either 16 and 14-inch options, this vegan leather sleeve has a magnetic closure (a skillful update from the standard zipper)…

By Brett Braley
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Fashion
The CODE41 Mecascape Is a One-Of-A-Kind Horological Creation

CODE41 and founder Claudio D'Amore are capable of making timepieces without equal, but the Mecascape is in a class all its own. It's such a unique product that they have to tell the story. "The Mecascape came from a simple idea: thinking differently about time and removing it from its…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Computers
If You Never Want to Return the Office, Upgrade Your Laptop With the Xebec Tri-Screen 2

If you’re anything like us, you love the idea of never setting foot in an office ever again in favor of working remotely all the time. However, it’s not always easy to replicate the productivity of a traditional office setup. That’s where Xebec comes in. Xebec’s flagship product, the Tri-Screen…

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The 10 Top Pocket Knife Brands Every Guy Should Know

Every guy should carry a pocket knife. No, it doesn't mean you're trying to get cast as a baddie in the next John Wick movie, nor does it mean you plan on using it as a weapon. A good pocket knife is all about daily utility, and a well-made, well-designed…

By Amos Kwon
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