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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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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.

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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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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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Hit the Slopes with the MEC Apex Backcountry Ski Collection

Canadian outdoor brand MEC is bringing the 90s back in a big way with their retro backcountry ski collection. MEC has earned a reputation for combining quality apparel tech with a keen sense of fashion. The end result are products that have stood the test of time. The Apex Backcountry…

By John A. Paradiso
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Accessories
Arc’teryx Aerios AR Mid GTX

A good hiking boot can otherwise be hampered by weight and clunkiness. Not so with the new Arios AR Mid GTX. Built with breathable materials and GORE-TEX waterproof and windproof protection, the boots also have a 3D-molded Ultralon collar melds with the tongue. The collar moves with your ankle while…

By Amos Kwon
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Audio
Toneoptic Has a Whole New Way to Store, Present, and Display Your Vinyl

When it comes to collecting vinyl, there comes a point when you've outgrown even what IKEA has to offer and you need to upgrade to more bespoke options. Current shipping and manufacturing crises notwithstanding, that's about 50-100 full-size records, which Toneoptic can easily tackle with their rpm Special Limited Edition…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Misc
This Honey Is Barrel-aged and Packaged Like Your Favorite Whiskey

Where does the beautiful color, flavor and burn of whiskey come from? The incredibly long barrel-aging process with charred oak barrels that draws out the sugars, flavors, and colors of the wood the liquid is aged in. Which brings us to Salt & Lantern Barrel-Aged Honey. As the name implies,…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Clothing
Seavees First-Ever 100% Waterproof Boot is Finally Here

The new Bolinas Offshore Boots from Seavees  is perfect for braving the elements and lends both function and fashion to your wardrobe.   These vegan, double gore pull-on rubber rainboots are made from matte-finished waterproof natural rubber and they are perfect for your daily commute in the rain and are…

By Pat McLaughlin
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