A Look Back at the Gear We Discovered This Week

The best way to catch up on the week’s most important product releases and stories.

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We publish our weekly roundup of gear news for you to enjoy over the weekend. Savor it with your Saturday morning coffee, or use it to fend off the existential panic of Sunday night — it’s up to you. Comments or concerns? We’d love to hear from you at [email protected].

Monday, August 20

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The Better Basic T-Shirt You Need From Mott & Bow

The Driggs T-shirt from Mott & Bow is an upgraded basic t-shirt that’s ideal for stocking up on in different colors and styles.

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These Weighted Blankets Could Unlock a Better Night’s Sleep

The Gravis Weighted Blanket from Montage offers luxury at an affordable price.

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One of Our Favorite Affordable Furniture Brands Released a Couch That’s Perfect for City Dwellers

Floyd’s American-made sofa arrives at your door within a day and ships for free.

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The 20 Best Selling Cars and Trucks in America This Year

This year has been a long, strange trip peppered with unpredictability, but if there’s one thing we all could’ve called it’s that trucks and crossovers continue to dominate the market.

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Bowers & Wilkins’ Stunning Entry-Level Speakers Are Enticingly Affordable

It’s the perfect budget home theater starter kit for audiophiles

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For Just $3.5 Million, Aston Martin Will Make Rich People a Brand-New ‘Goldfinger’ DB5

It’ll come replete with most of Q Branch’s original gadgets – with some glaring caveats.

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Finally, a Pair of Sustainable Sneakers That Actually Look Good

Made from corn, we’d actually wear these sustainable sneakers.

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Jaguar and Land Rover Made It Easier for American Enthusiasts to Get a Factory-Fresh Classic

Want a classic Range Rover of E-Type? Of course you do.

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These Ultralight Smoking Devices Are Perfect for Adventure

When a well-known bike maker experimented with titanium welding he created a new product: ultralight pipes that are perfect for the outdoors.

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The Wrangler in This Awesome Super Bowl Ad Was Almost Bone Stock

I’ll be damned if that wasn’t basically a showroom-to-river Wrangler.

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Vitamix Just Designed the Ultimate Accessory for Your Home Coffee Bar

Vitamix’s new-ish blend container had a low-key rollout, but it may be the best way to make real whiskey sours for a crowd out there.

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Worn & Wound’s New Online Store Is A One-Stop Shop

Looking for a microband watch or great accessories but don’t know where to begin your search? This is the place to go.

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You Don’t Need a Big SUV to Tow These New Lightweight Adventure Trailers

You don’t need a massive SUV to tow these lightweight trailers from the new brand TetonX. Starting at 700lbs, all you need is a small car and a sense of adventure.

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These Military-Inspired Canvas Straps Are the Perfect Watch Accessory

Four hard-wearing straps based on colors used in the U.S. Military.

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Danner Just Brought Mountain Vibes to the Chelsea Boot

Danner’s newest boot is the Mountain 600 Chelsea, a versatile slip-on that’s durable, stylish and ready for adventure.


Tuesday, August 21

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Fresh Gear for Less, Delivered One Month at a Time

Bespoke Post is a monthly subscription box that packs value, high-quality goods and advice into a great monthly offering.

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A Smaller Ducati Scrambler and Adventure Bike Are On the Way

It’s hard to ignore the shift the motorcycle industry is making by pivoting resources to smaller displacement motorcycles.

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G-Shock Gives Its Iconic Tough Watch Premium Leather in This Exclusive Collaboration

A rugged case meets goat and alligator leather.

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This New Collab Makes a Good Case for Matching Your Watch and Sneakers

Turns out Italian-made sneakers and Swedish minimalist watches are a match made in heaven.

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The First-Ever Off-Road Helmet From Alpinestars Is Now Available

Alpinestars’ first tangle in off-road helmets and, on paper at least, it looks pretty damn impressive.

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Nomos Makes A Vintage-Inspired Watch To Celebrate 100 Years of Bauhaus Design

Only 900 watches will be made, though.

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This Is Everything We Want from Mountain Bike Clothing

Velocio, a New England road cycling brand, just revealed its first mountain bike kit. The new apparel uses top-tier materials and blends styles from both approaches to biking.

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Finally, a Sweatsuit that Looks as Good as It Performs

Fourlaps newest drop includes a sweatsuit that we can’t wait to wear all the time.

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This Simple Cold Brew Coffee Setup is Only $10 Right Now

Bodum may be known for affordable french presses, but its cold brewer is equally simple to use and every bit as effective.


Tuesday, August 22

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In a World of Pointless Tribute Cars This Is the Only One Worth Considering

Nostalgia is okay, in small, sensible doses.

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Ball’s Tough New Field Watch Has an Absurd Amount of Lume

Whole lotta lume.

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Big Adventure Motorcycles Will Soon Die Off, And For Good Reason

It’s safe to assume KTM has a hit on its hands with the 790 Adventure R, but it might be a sign bigger ADV bikes are on the way out.

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This New Boot Is Made-in-the-USA at Its Best

The first collaboration between two of America’s oldest outdoor brands is a boot that’s built to last decades.

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One of the Best Scotch Makers in the World Is Starting a Bourbon Label

From the makers of Glenfiddich and Balvenie, a Texas-only blended bourbon whiskey.

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This $650 T-Shirt Is Made with One of the World’s Rarest Fibers

If you’ve never heard of mulberry silk before, strap in: we’ve got some ground to cover.

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Military-Grade Specs Make This Bag the Ultimate Travel Duffle

You can toss this bag around without an ounce of worry.

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Carhartt Quietly Released a Super Lightweight Outdoor Camping Table

Carhartt WIP is Carhartt’s younger, cooler brother.

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Every Dog Owner Needs this Camping Essential

An easy way to make camping safer for you and your pet.

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The Rado Tradition Captain Cook MKIII Is An Automatic Diver in Titanium

An updated take on a vintage model with modern proportions and a titanium case.


Thursday, August 23

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Auto Racing Heritage Comes Alive in This Chronograph Watch

The reformulated Racing Collection of watches from Jack Mason centers around the Racing Chronograph 40mm, which is an homage to auto racing.

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One of America’s Best Breweries Made Hop-Infused Water for IPA Obsessives

Lagunitas’s Hop Water isn’t beer, but it’s meant to taste like it.

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The Elusive Nike 4% Gets an Upgrade, and It’s Even More Comfortable

The hard-to-get race day shoes get an upgrade.

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Get Your Nostalgia Fix with These Cheap and Stylish Digital Watches

Three new takes on a classic.

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The Family that Makes Proraso and Marvis Just Launched a Line of Hair Products

The Italian makers of some of the best toothpaste and shaving products in the world just turned their attention to your hair.

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One of Our Favorite Lifestyle Brands Just Made a Wetsuit

Saturdays NYC collabs with another Japanese brand to push out a wetsuit we can’t wait to get our hands on.

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This Will Be the Last Non-Hybrid Lamborghini V12

Lamborghini is finally giving in and joining the semi-electric ranks with Ferrari, McLaren and Porsche.

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Rowing Blazers’ Latest Drop Is a Big, Preppy Nod to ‘American Psycho’

*We’re kidding about the watermark.

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First Look: The DJI Mavic 2 Pro Blurs the Line Between Drone and DSLR

The Mavic 2 brings a Hasselblad camera and rediculous image quality, while the Mavic 2 Zoom is the first consumer drone with optical zoom.


Friday, August 24

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The Bowlus Road Chief Is Your New Dream Apartment

For the price, the Bowlus Road Chief already sounds more enticing than a standard Manhattan apartment. It’s also apparent it’s it’ll beat the city living space on the luxury front too.

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Bonobos’ New Performance Suit Is Cut from Italy’s Hardest Working Fabric

With a touch of elastane and four-way stretch, these suits are designed to move with you wherever you go.

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Porsche’s 993 Turbo Restoration Is Beautiful but Has One Massive Flaw

You can’t actually drive it on the street.

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John Elliott’s Yamaha Collaboration Is Here to Save the Last Bit of Summer

John Elliott’s collaboration with Yamaha includes everything you need for those last few days at the beach.

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The All-New BMW Z4 Is Hunting the Porsche Boxster

BMW finally unveiled the all-new Z4 roadster to the crowd gathered at Pebble Beach for Monterey Car Week.

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Gear Repair Is the Goal of Best Made Co.’s New Product

Best Made Co.’s latest collaboration with its parent company, Bolt Threads, is a pocketable stitcher for at-home gear repair.

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This Is the Perfect Travel Accessory for MacBook and MacBook Pro Owners

This accessory that adds two USB ports to your MacBook or MacBook Pro’s power adapter.

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These Heavy Duty Whiskey Glasses Are Pretty Much Perfect

Norlan’s whiskey glass is one of the best and most revered among serious whiskey drinkers. Its new glass, the Rauk, is for everybody else.

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