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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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Sports
The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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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.

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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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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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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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Throw Some Lava in Your Java (And Other Drinks) With Ujjo

Everything's better with a little spice, and that goes doubly for coffee, tea and cocktails. While we wouldn't recommend putting other hot sauces in your coffee--which is how they got started in the first place--Ujjo is the exception. With subtle sweeteners, cozy spices and zero vinegar, Ujjo hot sauces elevate…

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Wellen Makes the Only Swim Trunks You Should Be Wearing This Summer

While we're all for critter prints on our swimwear, there's something to be said for more subdued yet equally interesting prints that don't require a clothing change before heading to the local watering hole after a swim. Enter Wellen. Wellen's Lined Swim Trunks have vintage-inspired prints in a number of…

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Features
Why Is 4/20 National Weed Day?

Maybe it’s the vestiges of DARE-influenced prejudice in us, but we weren’t expecting there to be actual reliable sources on the history of 420. We assumed we’d be gathering speculative testimonials from weird-colored HTML websites written in the mid to late 90s. Or standard “haha 420 blaze it” internet speak.…

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Justin Bieber x Vespa Moped

If you can get past the fact that this limited-edition moped was designed in collaboration with the Biebs himself, the Justin Bieber x Vespa is pretty sweet. Clad in white from the mirrors to the wheels, along with some fancy flame detailing on the chassis, the special Vespa Sprint model…

By Amos Kwon
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Luxurious Hill HX50 Personal Helicopter

Let's say supercars bore you and the thought of your own private jet sounds too conventional. How about your own luxury helicopter that you can pilot yourself? Now, we're talkin'. The HX50 is just such an aircraft. Built with exceptional performance, luxurious appointments, and simplified controls, the HX50 was designed…

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