Skip to Content
Gear & Tech
Travel
Watches
Fashion
Lifestyle
Guides
steals

Get the Cool Material Newsletter

Insider recommendations, the best deals, and the most unique products & experiences, delivered right to your inbox.

Subcribe

Gear

The latest innovations, performance reviews, and buying guides for everything from athletic apparel and footwear to fitness trackers and sporting accessories.

It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
Gear
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
Gear
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
Gear
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.

By Cool Material
1
Gear
The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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

By Cool Material
Gear
The Revolving Brass Key Ring From Japan

Split rings. Carabiners. Keyfobs. S-biners. Hooks. Bottle openers. Bottlehooks. You have a lot of different options to keep track of your keys, so what makes this revolving brass key ring from Button Works so special? For starters, the mechanism is unlike anything we've ever seen before and that's probably because…

By Cooper Fleishman
key3
Drinks
Limited Edition Rangefinder Bottlehook

The rugged but simple Bottlehook has been our keychain choice since it was first designed. After carrying a few different variations, we’re excited to announce this limited edition that’s only available from select retailers (Cool Material included). Still designed in New England and cast in Indiana, but featuring a blackened finish…

By Mike Newman
corter-bottlehook-black-04
Gear
DIY: Leather Luggage and Bag Tags

Doing It Yourself isn’t always the easiest or cheapest option, but odds are you won’t find anything more satisfying than finishing a DIY project with your own two hands. Each week, we’re going to showcase one cool DIY project tutorial from around the web. Let's face it, your luggage tags…

By Cooper Fleishman
lea1
Gear
Takumi Is The First Adjustable Length Pen

We've watched so many Kickstarter product videos for pens that they all blend together. Ideation sketches. Micrometer testing. Ink refill shots. Cap operation. Takumi is a pen from the new startup from Tronnovate Design Laboratory, and it has all those obligatory Kickstarter shots. It does everything a good Kickstarter pen…

By Cooper Fleishman
takumi2
Gear
The Compact Folding Bow Makes Surviving The Zombie Apocalypse Less Cumbersome

The last thing you want when the zombie apocalypse hits is to be weighed down by all your gear. Zombies chowing down on you after you tipped over like an upside down turtle is not the badass way you want to go out. This Compact Folding Bow is part of…

By Mike Newman
fold3