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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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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
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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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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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DJI Avata Pro-View Combo FPV Drone and Goggles

To this day, human flight will always be damn near the top of the list when it comes to superpowers that we all want. The DJI Avata Pro-View Drone Combo won't give you the power of flight, but it's the closest you're ever going to get in the near future…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
Vanquish’s VQ11 Jetski Looks as Good as it Performs

There are plenty of fun things to do on the water, but waverunners/jetskis will always be near the top of the list for us because they're like riding motorcycles on an expansive safety cushion. But honestly, most of them look like they're straight out of the 80s. Enter the Vanquish…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Light Up Your Next Ride with Lumos Firefly Bike Lights

With days getting shorter faster, it'd be a good thing to equip your bike for your commute home from the office. For that, we recommend Lumos' Firefly Bike Lights. These lights are currently a Kickstarter favorite, offering a wide range of use and options for your bike and the style…

By Brett Braley
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Accessories
Converse x Stüssy Chuck 70

Looking to savor these last few moments of summer fun? Get yourself a bright pair of Converse hightops. Converse has teamed up with streetwear brand Stüssy on a limited edition pair of the Chuck 70 kicks. The Stussy "surfman" logo makes an appearance in lieu of the standard "All Star"…

By John A. Paradiso
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The 8 Coolest Cars From the ’80s Every Guy Should Know

Back in the '80s, there were no constant updates about the latest super cars. It’s safe to say it was unimaginable then that people would join online waiting lists in the hopes of a shot at the next hottest electric vehicle that won’t be delivered for months or even years.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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