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iHealth Wireless Body Analysis Scale Using only weight to assess your overall health is like tracking mileage in your car to assess whether you need a new radiator — it’s not enough info. Thankfully, the streamlined iHealth wireless body analysis scale measures nine components such as body weight, bone mass and something called visceral fat rating (which we imagine is like this).

Freitag Roy Shoulder Bag A lot of bags purport to be sturdy and tough, but how many can say they are made of some of the sturdiest and toughest materials around? Freitag’s bag is constructed of recycled truck tarps and car seat belts — fabrics that save lives at best and tether some serious cargo at least.

Soma For Charity Limited Edition Filter Now that you and yours have emptied every last jug of wine and case of beer within three counties of your house (how else could you enjoy the Thanksgiving Day game and tolerate Aunt Tabitha?), it’s time to shift focus to hydration and giving; after all, ’tis the season. Soma, makers of our favorite water filter, have introduced limited edition carafes that are not only gorgeous but also altruistic.

Tanner Goods Deerskin Driver Gloves Is it irony to fashion a glove from the hide of an animal with hooves, or just more of a taunt? Regardless, these soft and sumptuous gloves are a gift for your fingers but also provide just enough grip on the wheel for those perfect parking lot donuts.

Pacer App Maybe you don’t go to the gym because you’re afraid you’ll have an inefficient workout. Maybe you’re so concerned about timing your workout that you can’t even bear to leave the couch.

LifeStraw Go This thing quite literally saves lives. Dispersed to victims of massive humanitarian disasters over the last 8 years, LifeStraw products have provided extremely unfortunate people one simple necessity: clean drinking water.

Paul Evans Shoes Many brands have proven that the Internet-based, direct-to-consumer market is a thriving place, popular because it provides consumers with high end products that aren’t marked up to cover brick-and-mortar store costs. Paul Evans believes that type of consumer should be literally well-heeled while saving a few bucks on what would normally be a very expensive endeavor.

Rocksmith 2014 How much better would you be at math had you learned your times tables while playing Zelda? Okay, maybe not the best analogy, but a similar principle is at play with Rocksmith 2014.

The Gramercy Tavern Cookbook Danny Meyer’s award-winning NYC restaurant is known for its convivial atmosphere and, naturally, its excellent food. But we can think of another convivial place — can you guess?

Tile It’s great to have stuff. But once you have enough stuff, keeping track of all your stuff can get dicey.

Ghurka Partido No. 214 Humidor What can we say, really?

Land Rover Range Rover Autobiography Black It’s been 20 years since Land Rover’s offered a long wheelbase Range Rover, and with 6 inches more legroom than standard and a 17° (rather than the regular 8°) rear seat recline angle — they’re available as a bench or buckets — this is a solid comeback. Chauffeur lifestyle options like electric window shades, a panoramic sunroof and a remote-controlled forward-sliding front passenger seat round out the deal.

Hasselblad Stellar Special Edition Following the introduction of the polarizing Lunar compact interchangeable lens camera the Swedish brand launched the Stellar, a lux-photography makeover of the RX100. The Scandinavian-tech-meets-Italian-design returns with a handsome special edition that boasts several new colors (including orange), bespoke leather cases and straps, and wood grip materials like carbon-fiber, wenge and padouk.

Chrome BLKCHRM Premium Bag Line This year, ditch the orange pumpkin bucket and go upscale, candy carrying-wise. These monochrome black bags are a perfect complement to All Hallows Eve.

iRobot Braava Floor Mopping Robot You’re likely familiar with Roomba, the robot floor sweeper, so a robot floor mopper makes a great bit of sense. The Braava comes in two flavors: the 320 utilizes dry or damp microfiber cloths; 380t models have an onboard reservoir to re-moisten cloths if necessary and have a larger battery than their smaller siblings.

UnionMade x Baxter Of California Bar Soap The skincare/haircare/always care guys at Baxter have teamed up with expert men’s apparel curator UnionMade to create these rather masculine bars of soap. There’s no need to cut into this bar with a pocketknife in the Irish countryside to unleash mandarin lime, black pepper and amber scents mixed with a “woody base” — or to prove your manliness.

Fujifilm X-E2 An upgrade from Fujifilm’s XE-1, XE-2 features a high-powered 16.2MP X-Trans CMOS II sensor inside a reasonably affordable interchangeable-lens shooter. A split image focusing system, whip-fast autofocus, high speed 1080p video capability, wi-fi file transfer and a shiny new LCD screen round out the features.

Phiaton Chord Noise-Canceling Bluetooth Headphones That silent H makes all the difference — these cordless Chord headphones are sleek as hell and capable too. Utilizing Bluetooth 4.0, they can stream your media wirelessly over longer distances and with higher quality than previous technologies.