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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
By Beau Hayhoe
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
12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game 12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game
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12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game

From Tiger Woods’ surprisingly beatable low round to the golf course sitting 15,000+ feet above sea level.

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

Good luck spotting Nike's best releases this week. They're all camo.

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MetMo Grip Tool Wrench

When it comes to tools, we're generally of the opinion that the tried and true classics are the best way to go... but that changed with the MetMo Grip tool. A certified industrial icon reborn in modern form, the MetMo Grip pairs durable, stainless steel construction with unique features to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Word. Notebooks Smile Edition

Despite the fact that we've all become accustomed to spending time with only me, myself and I, that doesn't change the fact that each part of us needs a place to keep track of ideas, to-do lists and world domination plots. That's where this latest Word. Notebooks variation comes in.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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This is Our New Favorite Snap-Off Utility Blade

The snap-off utility knife is a classic blade option that we've all used and has remained largely unchanged since its invention in the late 50s. We're all familiar with the plastic version that deploys a blade and retracts with a plastic sliding mechanism that's bound to break. The Herring Blade…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Kinetic Driver Is the Best Precision Screwdriver We’ve Seen

We're willing to bet that every single one of you reading this has a set of "precision screwdrivers" that you bought yourself, were gifted or acquired over the years. Throw them all out and back the Kickstarter project for the Kinetic Driver because this is the best precision screwdriver we've…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Pentax 3-in-1 Binoculars

Pentax is most well known for their cameras, but the company actually got their start about a century ago making spectacle lenses (that they still make to this day). That expertise and innovation in lenses led to cameras, but also to sport optics like binoculars and scopes. Case in point--the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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