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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta
By Cool Material
It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter

These 5 lighters turn a disposable necessity into a piece of EDC you’ll actually want to carry.

By Beau Hayhoe
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Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

A guide to the galleries, murals, sculptures, and musical performances worth seeking out between beach days.

By Cool Material
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington
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This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington

A three-day ride along former railways takes you through the Cascades and all the way into Seattle.

By Brandon Withrow
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The 5 Best German Watch Brands Every Guy Should Know

The conventional mindset when it comes to where watches are made is that Swiss watches are the best, and you can certainly make that argument: Rolex, Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Blancpain, and Omega. But even more affordable Swiss brands such as Oris, Longines, TAG Heuer, and Hamilton receive high…

By Amos Kwon
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8 Autobiographies That Will Make You a Better Man

There are books that every man should read at least once in his life. After all, books can provide many lessons on how to be a better man. You can learn a lot of life lessons from autobiographies in particular. The autobiography format presents an opportunity to learn from someone…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The Best Go-to Cheap Watches That Work For Every Guy

To my horologically inclined friends, let me apologize up front. I’m just not a watch guy. Try as I might, a watch has always been utilitarian for me. I like the weight of a timepiece, but think of it more as a bracelet. The fact that it can tell time…

By Brett Braley
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The Lectric XP 3.0 is the Best Class 3 E-Bike For Your Money

The past 40 years of performance innovation have birthed some interesting trends. Among them, version 3.0 – whether that be of a product, an experience, or a person – tends to be the most epic, the one that fans remember for decades to come. Windows 3.0 revolutionized personal computing by…

By Tim Wenger
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The Top American Motorcycle Brands That Aren’t Harley

Harley-Davidson has long been an iconic motorcycle brand. There's Peter Fonda’s Chopper from Easy Rider and the HD Fat Boy Arnold Schwarzenegger rode in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, as well as seemingly just about every big, loud motorcycle that barrels past you on the open road. When you think of…

By Amos Kwon
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