Given their size and proximity to your fireplace, you're unlikely to forget what these Fire Tools are used for — but their storage bucket is labeled "fire" just in case. Designed by Arik Levy, these tools are made from lightweight aluminum, and feature rubber handles and a powder-coated finish. Includes a set of tongs, a shovel, and brush, and the aforementioned bucket.
Great sound, a sophisticated look, and the support of a great cause. You get all that and more with the Troubadour Headphones from LSTN. Each pair is made using reclaimed, authentic wood casing, with your choice of zebra, ebony, beech wood, or cherry wood finishes. Throw in great looking triangular shaped plush earcups, an in-line microphone, and a metal adjustable band and you'd think sound might be an afterthought — but instead you get a fully balanced and distortion free listening experience. Each pair of handcrafted headphones is as unique as the cause it helps to support, as LSTN helps restore hearing to people around the world that would otherwise live in silence, a gift given to over 20,000 people so far with a contribution to the Starkey Hearing Foundation for each pair sold.
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Washing your jeans after every wear isn't good. Neither is the smell they can acquire with repeated use. Find a happy medium with Juniper Ridge Desert Denim Wash. Designed to keep your denim smelling fresh in between washes, this spray offers notes of desert pine, cedar, and dry, leathery air, and is crafted in small batches in Oakland.
Ideal for short trips, the Lotuff Holdall Bag will carry your belongings safely and with style. Built using a mix of hand-selected, vegetable-tanned leather and top-grade duck canvas, it features a leather-lined bottom, large interior pockets, an interior zippered drop pocket, a full-length exterior pocket on each side, and an extended zipper for easy access. It's available in black, navy, or chestnut, and handmade in New England.
You wouldn't know the LG Urbane Smart Watch was "smart" at a glance — and that's a good thing. It's built around a 1.3-inch full circle Plastic OLED display, is powered by Android Wear, and features all the sensors you'd expect, including a gyro, an accelerometer, a compass, a barometer, and a heart rate sensor. When combined with the stainless steel case and natural leather strap, the ambient always-on mode makes it look far more like a traditional timepiece than its smart counterparts. Available with a polished silver or gold finish.
We spend about a third of our time sleeping, so the mattress you sleep on every night is incredibly important. But when you lie on a bed for five minutes in a mattress showroom, it's impossible to judge how you'll sleep through the night - and the commissioned salesperson hovering doesn't help. Casper was designed with the bedroom in mind, not the showroom, and features premium latex foam for cooling and memory foam for comfort and support. In fact, you can avoid the showroom altogether as Casper comes compress-shipped right to your door. Make sleep a priority again with this impeccably designed, outrageously comfortable, and hand-crafted mattress made in the U.S.A.
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Smartphone cameras get better every year. Yet they're still not good enough for some. If you're among them, consider the Olympus Air A01 Smartphone Camera. Designed to work in concert with your phone, the latter serving as the viewfinder, the A01 sports a 16 megapixel Live MOS Micro Four Thirds sensor, an on-board Micro SD card so you're not eating away at your phone's storage, eight companion apps for a variety of shooting situations, a fast AF system, and compatibility with a host of lenses. Available in phone-matching white or black.
It's not the best-looking thing you can put on your wrist. But it might be the most useful. Following in the footsteps of its bracelet-only sibling, the Leatherman Tread QM1 Multi-Tool Watch pairs a precision Swiss-made timepiece with a multi-tool bracelet that includes a variety of drivers, wrenches, and other tools, including a glass breaker, a cutting hook, and the ubiquitous bottle opener.
Made from repurposed wooden ammunition boxes, the Bomb Bar is a novel way to store your liquor stash in plain sight. While the exterior is purposefully rough, the interior features handsome walnut lining, with leather straps holding the lid at a perfect 90º angle and a cubby on the side keeping your best glasses safe. Just keep in mind that it's only 14" tall, so some taller bottle may not fit. Guess you'll just have to drink those before it's delivered.
Favorite sketch. Fruitless searches on YouTube. Frustration with all things NBC. No more. The SNL app is here to give you access to the show's 40-year library of sketches and shorts with as little friction as possible. You can search clips, browse by season, episode, or cast member, get recommendations based on your viewing history, and even install an SNL-themed emoji keyboard to remind friends and family just how uncomfortably androgynous Pat really was.
As useful on a hike as it is on a boat, the Tops Hoffman Harpoon Knife is a versatile fixed blade knife. It measures eight inches in length with a 3.5-inch 1095 high carbon steel blade that sports black traction coating for added durability. The handle is wrapped in paracord for extra grip — as well as attaching to poles to make a spear or harpoon — and a black nylon sheath is included.
The third sneaker designed by Kanye West (the first two were with Nike before they had a falling out), the Adidas Yeezy Boost is a logo-less work of footwear art that looks like it's straight from a dystopian future where we all wear boots designed by rap gods. The high fashion sneaker sports an all-suede upper, full-length internal boost cushioning, ankle zipper, and Ye's signature forefoot strap. Available this weekend in NYC during NBA All-Star weekend, with a world release on February 28.
It's rare when an AV receiver looks as good as it sounds. As such, the ColorWare Yamaha Aventage Pearl Receiver is rarity in more ways than one. On the specs side, it boasts built-in Wi-Fi, support for Dolby Atmos, 9 channels of 150W sound, 4K video up conversion with HDMI 2.0 support, AirPlay, advanced switching, and more. But the exterior is equally stunning, with a Diamond Pearl metallic paint finish and 24K gold accents on the visible buttons and dials. Limited to 10 individually-numbered units.
When you think of great craft beer hotbeds, Birmingham, Alabama might not come to mind. But that's the home of Good People Brewing, makers of handcrafted suds since 2008, and the home of El Gordo, their big and bold imperial stout. El Gordo is a thick, rich, stout loaded with flavors like vanilla, burnt espresso, and dark chocolate. And at 13.9% ABV, it's as powerful and menacing as the luchador that dons it's label.
Think Adidas is the only letting you buy new release kicks on your phone? Think again. Nike Snkrs is a complete sneaker shopping experience, giving you a customized feed of new shoes from your favorite lines, detailed info on every shoe, and notifications on upcoming releases. You can even buy your shoes right from the app, saving your billing info to expedite the process, and thankfully for the rest of the country, you don't have to be in NYC to use it.
Skipping dinner is hard. Skipping breakfast is easy. Get your busy day started right with Munk Pack Oatmeal. Available in three tasty flavors — Apple Cinnamon Quinoa, Blueberry Acai Flax, and Raspberry Coconut — they offer plenty of fiber, real oat, and fruit chunks to keep you going all morning. They're also all-natural, certified gluten-free, non-GMO, and Kosher, and thanks to their handy, no-fridge-needed pouch containers, you can pack them anywhere, including your car, your backpack, or even, as we've discovered, your kid's diaper bag.
The first 24 hours of a crisis situation are some of the most critical. Be prepared with the Taurus First 24 Kit. Curated by a team of survival experts, it features a Taurus Judge revolver and CRKT Knife that have been custom tuned and finished by Aim Pro Tactical, as well as a Bright Strike flashlight an emergency signal, a Zippo fire starting kit, six AA batteries with a protective caddy, a compass, and some paracord. It all comes in a waterproof SKB survival case with a pre-cut slot for ammunition, making it a grab-and-go solution for WTSHTF.
Whiteboards are a staple of most meeting rooms. So are people taking notes as to what's being written on the whiteboard. Avoid this mess by using an Equil Smartmarker. This system uses a portable sensor and refillable marker to capture your notes and ideas in real time, and share them directly with your colleagues' laptops, tablets, and phones. It allows you to easily share your notes, or upload them iCloud, Dropbox, and Evernote, but most importantly, it keeps the room's attention where it belongs: on you.
Whiskey, to put it simply, is nothing more than distilled beer. The beer used is typically hop free, but the folks at Charbay Distillery have perfected the art of adding hops, resulting in some fantastic whiskey. Release III in the Charbay Lifetime Collector Series is a true game-changer, a hop flavored whiskey distilled using 20,000 gallons of Pilsner that yielded just 24 barrels of whiskey. Distilled in 1999, it spent six years maturing in American White Oak barrels and then eight additional years in stainless steel casks to continue the evolution. Only 2,700 bottles were released, all at an uncut cask strength of 134.2 proof.
Fear not cloud-based hacks. Keep your most important data protected and on your person with this Toshiba Encrypted USB Flash Drive. It uses military-grade AES 256-bit CBC hardware encryption and a built-in keypad with PIN access to keep your data safe. Automatically locking when it's removed from a port, it also features a dust- and water-resistant aluminum housing and defends against brute force hacks. Available in capacities ranging from 4 to 32GB.
