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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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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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Sports
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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
Watches

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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Sports
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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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Watches
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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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Cameras
Canon EOS R5 C Full-frame 8K Cinema EOS System Camera

When it comes to modern cameras, you normally have to choose between cutting-edge video format options or still-imaging capabilities. But the Canon EOS R5 C Camera makes that a thing of the past. Much like its predecessor, the Canon EOS 6D, this is another smallest, lightest, and cheapest iteration of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Backdrop Paint Teams Up with Madewell on Limited Edition Paint and Apparel

Buzzy interior paint brand Backdrop has quickly become a favorite for millennial homeowners. With sharp packaging, smart collaborations, and a fantastic product, it's easy to understand why the DTC paint company has become so beloved. The brand's latest collaboration sees them team up with clothing company Madewell on a line…

By John A. Paradiso
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Gear
One of Our Favorite EDC Makers Is Back With the Perfect Pen for Everyday Carry

While we certainly have quite a long list of favorite brands and manufacturers, when it comes to our personal everyday carry, Craighill is always in the first couple spots. From their Desk Knife and Venn Puzzle, to their EDC Gear/Accessories and the Tycho Puzzle, Craighill has always provided impeccable quality,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Misc
Two Late 80s Buick GNX Classics Are Crossing the Auction Block

When we heard that "The Last Buick Grand National Ever Built" was crossing the auction block during the annual Barret-Jackson Scottsdale event we knew it was going to be a huge deal. What we didn't know is that said auction would also include two pristine 1987 Buick GNX vehicles from…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Accessories
Nike ZoomX Streakfly

These shoes were meant for running... seriously fast. The ZoomX Streakfly fills a niche in the running shoe segment by focusing on 5k and 10k distances. It uses carbon fiber in the midfoot plate and copious amounts of lightweight ZoomX foam for spring. It also has a lower stack height…

By Amos Kwon
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