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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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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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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

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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Accessories
Huckberry x Chaco Agave Sandals

As an homage to the versatile Agave plant, Huckberry has partnered with renowned footwear company Chaco to create two "Agave Collection" sandal models. Both Z/1 and Chillo versions utilize vegan-friendly construction and also feature Agave-patterned olive webbing, blown-EVA midsoles, cushy but tough LUVSEAT polyurethane footbeds, and adjustable webbing Z/Straps with…

By Amos Kwon
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Food
Upgrade Your Grilling Game With The Brooklyn Hot Dog Co.

Encased meats are the star of the grilling show, but they're not all created equal. Started in 2012 on a mission to redefine hot dogs, The Brooklyn Hot Dog Co. does things differently. All natural. No nitrates or nitrites added. Natural casing. No artificial ingredients or preservatives. Hormone and antibiotic…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Food
Upgrade Your Grilling Game With The Brooklyn Hot Dog Co.

Encased meats are the star of the grilling show, but they're not all created equal. Started in 2012 on a mission to redefine hot dogs, The Brooklyn Hot Dog Co. does things differently. All natural. No nitrates or nitrites added. Natural casing. No artificial ingredients or preservatives. Hormone and antibiotic…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Clothing
This Batch Shirt Is the Perfect Blend of Rugged and Refined

It's time to wear things other than sweatpants and t-shirts. That's where Batch Shirts--one of our favorite shirt brands--comes in. Their Maker utility shirt is perfect for the office or going out to eat.  It's lightweight and comfortable end-on-end cotton weave, expandable pockets, clean spread collar and mother of pearl…

By Pat McLaughlin
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J.Crew’s New Men’s Creative Director Is Supreme’s Brendon Babenzien

While we don't necessarily consider ourselves "preppy", J.Crew remains one of our favorite brands because of their combination of luxe style, quality construction and affordable price tags in everything they brought to market. Unfortunately, and as everyone knows, that didn't stop the brand from going tits up and filing bankruptcy…

By Cooper Fleishman
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