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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
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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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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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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.

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The best deals and offers on the web

Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

Must-Reads

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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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Byredo Infra Luna Limited Edition Scent and Light Diffuser

Byredo has released a stunning piece of tech that doubles as ingenious home decor. Made in collaboration with French designer and light artist Benoit Lalloz, the Byredo Infra Luna is a dual scent diffuser and light source. The Infra Luna uses an LED light that melts the wax of any…

By John A. Paradiso
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Moonside Neon Lighthouse Is the World’s Most Dynamic Smart Lamp

It used to be that having a lamp with dynamic lighting effects was limited to lava-style or simple color changing patterns. That changes with the Moonside Neon Lighthouse, a dynamic smart lamp with endless lighting effects. With 90 individually addressable full-color range RGB LED's built-in, you can paint each individual…

By Pat McLaughlin
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The Foolproof Way to Beat Those Boardwalk Games

We’ve all fallen for it at some point. You’re walking around the boardwalk, poundin' down some vinegar fries, and suddenly, you see it. Like a beacon in the night, a bright booth, lit by a flashing phrase. Something like, “Knock ‘Em Down, Win A Prize!” The portly fellow standing in front…

By Maxwell Barna
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These Nespresso Capsules Deliver a Michelin Star Coffee Experience to Your Door

What do the Four Seasons, Gstaad Palace, Mandarin Oriental, Harry's Bar and Velaa have in common? They're all boutique and highly-rated hotels that serve, among other things, Difference Coffee like their Jamaica Blue Mountain. Difference Coffee will, well, make a difference in your everyday caffeine consumption with their outstanding line…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Moonside Neon Lighthouse Is the World’s Most Dynamic Smart Lamp

It used to be that having a lamp with dynamic lighting effects was limited to lava-style or simple color changing patterns. That changes with the Moonside Neon Lighthouse, a dynamic smart lamp with endless lighting effects. With 90 individually addressable full-color range RGB LED's built-in, you can paint each individual…

By Pat McLaughlin
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