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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

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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

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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
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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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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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Specialized S-Works Crux 16-Pound Gravel Bike

Gravel bikes are all the rage these days, combining speed, ruggedness, and versatility in one package. Specialized has just created the world's lightest version with the 16-pound S Works Crux. The carbon fiber Crux is based on the Aethos, its predecessor, but the Crux is lighter, stronger, and more stable.…

By Amos Kwon
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Accessories
STEAL: Up to 90% Off Sale Items at Nordstrom Rack

Despite the fact that in-person shopping hasn't really been a thing for the better part of the past couple years, Nordy Rack remains one of our favorite stores for high-end, well, everything at a significant discount. Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack have both since re-opened, but the deals are still available…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Made In Cookware Limited Edition Cleaver

Through some very smart branding and marketing, Made In cookware has quickly become a household name. There's a good chance you've heard the brand mentioned on Podcasts, seen it advertised in YouTube videos, or had it pop up on your Instagram feed. But, the kicker is that Made In actually…

By John A. Paradiso
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The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021 Winners List

Every year the World's 50 Best decides on the best restaurants in the world. Along with Michelin's star rating, this is the mark of a highly acclaimed restaurant. The entries on this list are some of the most exclusive, high-concept eateries you can find anywhere. And it's been dominated by…

By John A. Paradiso
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Fashion
Timex T80 x Space Invaders Retro Watch

Need a healthy dose of video game nostalgia? Watch brand Timex has teamed up with video game company Taito to release a limited edition retro Space Invaders watch. The Timex T80 x Space Invaders features the classic pixel artwork from the original arcade game along with the original sound effects.…

By John A. Paradiso
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