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The Humble Phone Case Is Becoming a Surprisingly Useful Piece of EDC
Useful Piece of EDC For most of its existence, a phone case has had one spectacularly boring job: take the hit so your phone doesn’t have to. The problem, though, is that the much-needed protection has traditionally come with a noticeable penalty. If you wanted real protection, it involved a bigger, thicker, and heavier case, […]
Travel
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You can rent an entire private island in the Maldives for $100,000
Dreaming of escaping to a private island in the Maldives? -
Mesa Verde: The Civilization That Never Vanished
Most national parks celebrate what nature built. This one celebrates what people built more than 700 years ago, in stone, beneath the overhanging cliffs. -
Thompson Austin review: Two hotels, one building, and the best salad of my life
We checked into Thompson Austin, by Hyatt, and treated it less like a home base and more like a destination. -
A morgue, a ship, and 1,500 creepy dolls: Spooky trips worth taking
the world has some genuinely creepy places you can visit, and a few you can even sleep in.
Grooming
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Live on the Cutting Edge with expert shave advice
One of the first lessons you learn as a man is how to shave. Here is a refresher from an expert -
How The Beard Club Helped Me Grow a Beard
It wasn’t so much that I couldn’t grow a beard, it was more that whatever facial hair I did grow felt like a Velcroed-on Brillo pad: -
The best-selling colognes for men (because some things are popular for a reason)
Colognes have been a staple of men's style and grooming for as long as we've cared about our looks and smells. These are the ones we've always trusted. -
The Manual’s Grooming Awards Are Open for Submissions
For the first time in eight years, brands can enter. Here is what that means, and what it doesn't.
Culture
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The Manual Library: 10 action franchises to pass the cold weekends
As the weather turns colder and keeps you inside, here are 10 book series you can read to get you to the summer -
5 lessons the military teaches you that you don’t learn in school
School teaches you a lot about academics, but many life lessons get overlooked. The military can teach you them. -
Coffee is for closers: How Blake from Glengarry Glen Ross’s iconic scene teaches you more than sales
On screen it is about sales, but one of the most iconic 8 minutes in cinema is applicable to life -
Make it so, Number One: Remembering Patrick Stewart
From Picard to Xavier, Sir Patrick Stewart built our love of the fantastic
Fashion & Style
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The best casual watches for men (to upgrade your everyday style)
At the end of the day, a casual watch will definitely serve some good looks aside from telling the time. -
Audemars Piguet launches pre-owned program to rival the titan of the second-hand watch market
Audemars Piguet challenges Rolex with their own pre-owned market -
Round two of Wrangler’s imogene + willie collab leans on America’s last big denim mill
Wrangler x imogene + willie’s second drop uses denim from America’s last large-scale mill. -
Overland Sheepskin is taking us back to the 70s and 80s with this year’s vintage look
The Vintage Overland Collection is 12 pieces that take you back 40-50 years to the excellence of fur lined sheepskin.
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Health & fitness
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Not your average wellness gifts: A holiday guide for the health-conscious
The health & wellness gift guide you haven't seen a hundred times before -
Fitness 101: The perfect biceps curl with fitness expert Liz Baker Plosser
From editor and chief at Women's Health to fitness expert on national TV, Liz Baker Plosser teaches us how to get the arms of your dreams -
Get the “Extraction” body before Chris Hemsworth’s threequel
Ditch the bulking and get the Tyler Rake look with lean functionality -
The Manual’s Health & Wellness Awards Are Open for Submissions
Compiling the best of the best health, wellness, and fitness products of the last year.
Food & Drink
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Just in time for the holidays, Stranahan’s is releasing its oldest whiskey ever
In recent years, more brands have been making American single malt whiskey because it’s finally a recognized category. But one brand has been crafting award-winning single malts long before it became popular: Stranahan’s. The number one American single malt whiskey brand recently announced the launch of its oldest expression to date. Stranahan’s Mountain Angel 14-Year-Old […] -
Orphan Barrel is releasing a whiskey Inspired by Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Doomsday”
Fans of both well-made, long-aged whiskey and superhero movies will love Orphan Barrel’s newest release. That’s because this brand, known for releasing whiskeys made up of forgotten, long-aged whiskey, is releasing an expression inspired by Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Doomsday.” The movie releases in theaters on December 18th, but the whiskey will be available starting next […] -
Imperial IPAs to drink this fall
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Classic fall-flavored dark beers you should be drinking this season
These darker beers taste like fall in a pint glass
Auto
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Cadillac celebrates 125 years with the Escalade-V
The Escalade is an enduring symbol of success and status. Cadillac is celebrating with their best one yet -
Porsche wants to teach you how actually to drive their cars
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The next evolution of the sports car: Porsche redesigns an icon
As part of its “Sportwagenschmiede 35” strategic realignment, Porsche is presenting a forward-looking vision model as a first glimpse of the brand's evolved design identity. -
How much horsepower does a 2026 Formula 1 car really have?
Formula 1 cars produce an incredible amount of horsepower, combining output from internal combustion engines and regen energy from batteries.
