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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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Outdoors
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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Drinks
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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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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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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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The Meta Quest Pro VR Headset Lets You Build the World You Want to Work In

While we're still not quite sure that Zuckerberg's all-in on Meta is the right decision, there's no denying that this virtual workspace transition is something we can all get behind. Meta's latest release--the Meta Quest Pro VR Headset--has more power, better features and improved comfort as compared to all the…

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Steve Jobs’ Macintosh SE from 1987 Is Up For Auction

If you're interested in owning a legendary piece of innovative technology, you're in luck. Steve Jobs had a central role in the development of the personal computer, particularly in the growth of Apple. While Jobs was ultimately pushed out of the company in 1985, he continued to work on one…

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Polydrop Camper

The notion of buying a massive camping trailer is harrowing. Will we use it enough to justify the expense? Where will we store it? Do we need another vehicle to tow the beast? Well, Polydrop manages to respond to all of those questions with its new camper. The base model…

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Fashion
This Watch Is Built to Withstand the Biggest Waves and Everyday Life

When it comes to waterproof ratings on watches, bigger is better, but it can be hard to put that in real life perspective. That's not the case with the Charlie Paris Concordia Automatic Nazaré. So named because it was worn by professional windsurfer Thomas Traversa during an epic ride in…

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The Best Watch Brands in Every Price Range, From Under $50 to Over $5,000

As prevalent as smartwatches and smartphones are, there’s no question that analog wrist watches are as hot as they’ve ever been as a statement on style and craftsmanship. You don’t have to have deep pockets to get a great wristwatch today, but it’s just as easy to go all out…

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