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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.

By Cool Material
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Brandless Sells All Their Products for $3

Part legit store and part social experiment, Brandless is a new label that offers everyday items like hand soap, potato chips, and coffee mugs, all for a flat fee of $3. The products are devoid of branding—unless you consider the lack of branding a bit of branding, which we'd say…

By Mike Newman
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Keyanchor Is the World’s Smallest EDC Multi-Tool & Key Organizer

The Keyanchor from San Francisco-based Copper Mill is small enough to be used as a zipper pull, but we've seen that before in other multi-tools. It holds four to eight keys in a small, easy to use package, but we've seen that before too. Keyanchor sets itself apart by combining…

By Cooper Fleishman
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What’s the Difference Between a $100 Grill and a $1,000 Grill

Like the old adage says, you get what you pay for. While you can certainly cook a steak on a grill you purchased on the cheap, you may want to consider shelling out the cash for something better. Why? What exactly does your extra money get you? Glad you asked.…

By Mike Newman
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These Inventions Prove People REALLY Want to Keep Their Beer Cold

With the hottest months of the year right on the horizon, we’d like to make a small Public Service Announcement to our readers. Please remember to keep those beers cold, guys. No good beer should go to waste, and with the sun preparing to give us its worst, we all…

By Maxwell Barna
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Ziv’s Portable Smoker Works With Any Heat Source

After over two decades importing and smoking fish, two brothers developed a portable home smoker that works with any source and created results as good as any professional merchandise they tested. Ziv's Portable Smoker works with any heat source from a gas stove or an open flame to a BBQ…

By Cooper Fleishman
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