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The Watch That Proves Toughness Has Always Been a Kind of Elegance

G-SHOCK didn’t just evolve into refinement. It’s been quietly building toward it from the start.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery
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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It
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The Coolest Gifts for Drink Lovers for 2025

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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 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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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

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The 10 Best Motorcycles for Beginners

The turning of the weather means the motorcycling season has kicked in. Motorcycling is truly liberating, and just because most folks are intimidated by the notion of cruising down the highway on two wheels with no crumple zone, airbags, or metal surrounding them doesn't mean it's not a worthy skill…

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The VITURE One XR Glasses Let You Play Games and Watch Movies Anywhere

There is a serious case to be made that wearable tech is the way of the future. Smart glasses are enticingly futuristic but haven't seemed to deliver on their promises. The VITURE One seeks to change that with the newly launched XR Glasses available to back on Kickstarter. Unlike most…

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Turn Your Bonfire Into a Psychedelic Experience with Magical Flames Pouches

Sure they might be a little kitschy, but the Magical Flames Pouches are a surefire party trick for your next backyard bonfire. Simply get a fire roaring and toss in one of these Magical Flames Pouches unopened and watch the flames create a rainbow in a few seconds. The pouches…

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NASA-Inspired Zero Gravity Shoe

After the thrill of reaching outer space wears off, being an astronaut seems pretty boring. Not a lot of privacy. The food doesn’t look that great (except, of course, for Astronaut Ice Cream they sell at the Smithsonian). And I doubt they have HBO. So, when designer Hussain Almossawi imagined…

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The Best Watch for Every Occasion

Making one wristwatch stretch across just about every occasion or activity in your life is a seriously tall order. It's like wearing the same pair of shoes for everything. Of course, there are those one-watch-only guys who can almost pull it off with a carefully selected timepiece. For the rest…

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