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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

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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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Aston Martin DBR22

Aston Martin's latest is truly exclusive and truly unique. The stunning DBR22 just bowed at Monterey Car Week. The open top two-seater celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Q by Aston Martin bespoke division. The car draws its inspiration from the 1959 DBR1 and clearly bears the same ethos with…

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The 4 Types of Cocktail Glasses You Actually Need (And 4 You Don’t)

If you're anything like me, there's a good chance you have way too much glassware in your cabinets and on your bar cart. And while, sure, it can be fun to have a few novelty glassware options, every now and then it's worth Marie Kondo-ing that shit and focusing on…

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TRUFF x Hidden Valley Ranch Hot Sauce

Hot sauce has gone from a minor condiment to a foodie icon over the last few years with high-profile collaborations, a successful YouTube show, and a proliferation of locally-produced, craft options. It's not unlike the meteoric rise of craft beer. One condiment that has managed to maintain a sort of…

By John A. Paradiso
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Hookie Co. CAKE Ösa Adventure Series Kit

Germany’s Hookie Co. is offering a fresh take on CAKE's Ösa EV motorcycle by transforming it from an urban two-wheeler to an off-roader via the Adventure Series Kit. The kit has a mere four items, but they change the bike's flavor and intent. There's a limited-edition motocross-style ADV Long Seat…

By Amos Kwon
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Get That Back-to-School Look with Buck Mason

Once August hits, I have an almost Pavlovian response. All I want to do is buy new clothes. The culprit is, of course, the twelve years spent back-to-school shopping. That feeling, it seems, hasn't left me since. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, especially considering the new line-up from Buck…

By Brett Braley
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