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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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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides
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The Watch That Proves Toughness Has Always Been a Kind of Elegance
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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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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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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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Huckberry’s All-Weather Boot Collection Is Built for All Your Everyday Tasks

Most of the time, you don't want to mess with the classics. But Huckberry went ahead and made a new version of the duckboot and honestly, it's better than the classic. This duckboot hybrid combines the classic with an adventure sneaker that's infused with more versatility, performance and comfort. Full-grain…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Gear
Baron Fig’s Squire Pen Will Help You Make Your Dreams a Reality

The pen is a mighty sword greater than itself. It's a tool of mass construction. It grants the power to move nations, to touch people's hearts and souls, and to make something from nothing. It's also incredibly useful when paired with a pocket notebook for keeping track of to-do lists,…

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The Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo Is Part Digital, Part Film Camera

Fujifilm recently announced its latest camera: the Instax Mini Evo. This retro-designed handheld camera combines the functions of a digital and a film camera into a convenient, charming piece of tech. With Instax Mini Evo, you'll be able to immediately print any photograph and even pair it with your smartphone…

By John A. Paradiso
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Entertainment
Bradley Cooper Displeases The Right People In “Nightmare Alley” Trailer

"Lots of remakes aren't good," you say? Well, lots of movies aren't good. So there. But Nightmare Alley is a good movie. And Guillermo del Toro only makes good movies. So that's two reasons for optimism about Searchlight's forthcoming remake of Edmund Goulding's ol' noir masterpiece. The other reasons - like…

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What to Drink This Weekend: The Crimson

Looking for a new cocktail to try out this weekend? Want to wind down with a fresh new drink? We’ve got you covered. Here’s what you should drink this weekend. Not a whole lot of fall/winter seasonal cocktails call for vibrant fruit flavors but we wanted to try out something…

By John A. Paradiso
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