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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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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.

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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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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Alchemy Peppers Hopp Sauce 3-Pack Sampler

Alchemy Peppers is a small, craft hot sauce brand inspired by the world of craft beer. By infusing their hot sauces with hops, these condiments take on exciting and delicious aromas and flavors. We were instantly struck by their distinct and playful branding. But the product is just as impressive.…

By John A. Paradiso
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The Gift Guide for Men Who Love Watches

It was once said that the only jewelry a man should wear is a wedding ring and a watch. While that's no longer true today, the gift of a good timepiece is always welcomed. It can easily set the tone for style or cement a look like no other accessory.…

By Amos Kwon
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Arc’teryx ReBIRD is the Latest Collection of Modern Re-Vamped Clothing Items

These days, all the great outdoor outfitters have opened their shops up to pre-worn and beat-up returns to be revamped and revitalized that are ultimately recreated and rebuilt as more storied and valuable versions of the originals. Patagonia did it with ReCrafted and Worn Wear, The North Face did it…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Stone Offroad Design Rise 4×4 Luxury Camper

If you were to look at just the interior of this swanky beast, you'd swear it was a fancy NYC studio apartment. But this sucker has what it takes to wheel away from civilization in the best of ways because it's an off-road camper. Simply named the Rise 4x4, it's…

By Amos Kwon
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The Best Gifts for Music-Lovers 2021

Giving the music enthusiast in your family the gift of more music is the easiest way to their hearts (and ears), but think outside of the streaming services and MediaMonkey libraries; find gifts that speak to their love of a good tune instead of getting them more good tunes. Need…

By Andy Crump
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