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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.

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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Macbook Air: Now Powered by M2

While Anglophiles were doing shots in honor of the Queen, technophiles were waiting with bated breath to see what was the latest coming out of Silicon Valley during Apple’s WWDC. The most notable news coming from the event (other than editing texts - woohoo!) was that the Macbook Air will…

By Brett Braley
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These ‘Stranger Things’ Smartwatch Accessories Let You Show Off Your Love of the Series Nostalgia

Whether you're talking phenomenal story, incredible effects, actor comebacks, breakout performances, spine-tingling scares, superb weekend binge sessions or a general ode to 80s nostalgia, Stranger Things has it all. The ground-breaking, award-winning and must-watch series recently returned for Season 4 and, with that, MobyFox--the premiere creator of licensed smartwatch accessories--has…

By Pat McLaughlin
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The Elko Is the Mini Multi Tool Your EDC Is Missing

Whether you're talking about their knives, everyday carry gear or collaborative pieces, every single thing that bears The James Brand name is built-to-last, incredibly useful and purposefully designed. While we're incredibly fond and reliant on all of their options, The Elko--their most minimal pocket knife--is our current favorite. Designed to…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Burt Reynolds’ 1978 Pontiac Firebird Is Up For Auction

Car auction site Bring A Trailer is offering up this beautiful 1978 Pontiac Firebird, which was acquired in 2016 by Burt Reynolds. While not the exact model he drove in Smokey and the Bandit, it has been retrofitted to mimic that classic Trans Am. This '78 model sports a new…

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The Jubilee, by Klipsch

There was a time when audio technology took up a massive amount of real estate in one’s home - and that was a sense of pride. While technology advances, people want everything smaller, lighter, more portable. But if you’re the opposite, you might be thinking go big or go home.…

By Brett Braley
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