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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.

By Cool Material
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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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The Bolt With A Hidden Compartment

Do you need to hide micro film from prying eyes? What about coded messages? Are you secretly a member of the Cold War era KGB in need of a more secure dead drop? Of course you're not, but that doesn't mean the idea of a hollow bolt for secure storage…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Lip Balm Designed For The Swedish Military

If you haven't noticed, every woman you know is currently carrying around an orb of lip balm. Those are great if you're a woman and can toss one in your purse, but if you're a guy, that would be one funky bulge in your pocket. A better alternative is Hudsalve,…

By Mike Newman
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Hands-On: Barocook Flameless Cooking System

Certain conditions make building a fire a challenge when you're out camping or exploring. When you're stuck in your tent with rain beating down around you, you don't always want to turn to a granola bar for a meal. Barocook is the flameless cooking system looking to give you a…

By Mike Newman
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Gear
The Dog Tag Disguised As A Multi-tool

Prometheus Design Werx has created their first one piece tool, and the footprint of the tool is one you're already familiar with. Each standard issue dog tag tool from PDW includes a lot of the hardware you need to work on bikes (motorized and pedal powered), battery doors and beers.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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This Mini Flashlight Adjusts Brightness Automatically

This mini flashlight sports Active Dimming Technology which calculates the distance to the area you are trying to illuminate. By doing this, the flashlight will dim when lighting the path in front of your feet, but seamlessly increase when you hold it horizontally to look into the distance. You can…

By Mike Newman
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