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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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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
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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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Features

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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These Are the Best Cases for Your Brand New iPhone 13

Even with those sweet carrier upgrade discounts, switching out your current iPhone for an iPhone 13, Mini, Pro, or Pro Max so you can take advantage of all the latest and greatest is going to cost you a pretty penny. This isn't really news because it happens every time there's…

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What We’re Buying: Alex Mill Fall Chinos, LG Display Monitor, and More

Every week there are dozens of new and exciting pieces of gear. But are they actually worth buying? Trust the team at Cool Material to help you find the latest and greatest releases in a recurring column: What We’re Buying.

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Hookie Co. Tardigrade

2021's coolest motorcycle is not for this earth. The Hookie Co. Tardigrade is the first moon concept motorcycle, and it might just be cooler than anything created for our planet. The big two-wheeler was inspired by previous lunar rovers combined with a vision for the future. Its thick black trellis…

By Amos Kwon
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Accessories
New Balance Numbers Guide

At this point, everyone knows that all the brands and pieces of kit your Dad loved to sport unironically have come full circle and are actually cool--whether you're talking outerwear, old school jeans, or, most importantly, New Balance sneakers. Much like Nike's Swoosh and adidas' three stripes, the New Balance…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Watches
These Gorgeous Watches Are Made from Gunther Werks’ Iconic Porsches

Gunther Werks was born to re-imagine what the Porsche 911 would be like today if it continued to evolve while remaining air-cooled. That same uncompromising approach to quality, details and finishing is present in REC Watches, so a collaboration between the two is a natural fit. Two new limited edition…

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