Most guys keep a soft spot in their hearts for gear that makes us prepared for life in the outdoors, and we’re particularly fond of all-in-one survival type items. So you can imagine how excited we were to find out about the Ti2 Sentinel X1, a hard anodized aluminum container that carries gear and boils water, without missing a beat.

The anodizing allows  you to always have access to clean H20 when you need it, and the deceptively compact build can hold flashlight, compass, and any other basic survival gear you may need. It also packs tight with openings on both ends to prevent objects inside from getting stuck. Simple, yes, but some of the best gear is, and we can’t see another hunting expedition without it.

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It’s tough to start a morning out around here without a pick-me-up, generally of the caffeinated variety. And some A.M.s are worse than others, requiring even more power to get the motors running. Enter the ROK Espresso Maker, an affordable and dependable device that comes with everything that you’ll need to make a quality espresso.

Furthermore, ROK is crafted from engine grade metal and comes with a 10-year guarantee, so you can rest assure that not a morning will go by without the proper beverages to make the workday complete. Now you don’t have to fork out $6k to have the same privileges of your local Starbucks.

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The Lazer Sport Street Deluxe Woodgrain Helmet is one of many options that the company provides for your protection and fashion appeal within the urban environment. Complete with multiple thickness padding — removable so you can customize to meet your own comfort expectations — and an air flow system on the interior and exterior of the helmet that helps you stay cool even on the hottest of days, this is one piece of headgear you won’t mind wearing.

There are a variety of different graphics options available, but we’re kind of digging the wooden soldier look. For more head over to Lazer Sport’s site and pick out your head for the coming months.

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The Leather Link Hammock from Jim Zivic Design looks like it should be hanging from the rafters of the Hugh Hefner mansion, if you ask us, and yes, that’s a compliment. Forgoing the cheap and flimsy material and craftsmanship of most hammocks, this makes for one comfortable beddy-bye.

The only thing that might make you lose sleep is the price tag, but we’re sure that you’ll be able to live with that once the ladies get a look at this thing. Possesses a steel frame with linked leather sling, metal mesh, and felt upholstered head/foot boards, you’ll be rocking gently to sleep every night when you’re not fighting ‘em off with a stick.

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If you were forced to attend a boring graduation ceremony for a friend or family member this year, then you’re probably wishing you would have had today’s offering, the Graduation Cap Flask, to keep you company. Unfortunately, we can’t tell you where to run out and buy one of these in case you’ve got another big ceremony on the horizon — perhaps your own? — but there are some pretty easy-to-follow instructions over at Foodbeast to get you on the right track.

For more info on the technical end, just click the buy link, and that’ll take you to the step-by-step. No word on how much it might cost as a lot depends on sourcing the materials. But with the right set of skills, you won’t even know what hit you, and with most grad ceremonies, that’s a good thing.

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Action, horror, family drama, living corpses that eat brains and kick butt. This week’s spate of Blu-ray releases have it all. Pictured here are the horror fare The Last Exorcism Part II and American Mary, the suspense shocker Stoker, Jack the Giant Slayer 3D, the comedy 21&Over, and The Amazing Adventures of the Living Corpse. Each runs between $13 and $28.

For those of you that like older movies, you can also pick up 1080 copies of The Howling and Lifeforce. That won’t mean much to you 18 to 25 types, but us older guys should be thrilled. What new-on-Blu release are you the most excited about picking up?

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Facebook is great for connecting you with potential business contacts, forgotten high school and college classmates, and the people you work or go to church with, but it doesn’t do much for energizing your real-world social life. Enter Overnear, the app that lets you know which Facebook Friends are “over near” you, so you can turn those digital connections into real ones.

The app just released to the iTunes Store, so you can download it to your iPhone right away if you’re tired of liking, commenting, “friending,” and sharing, and instead want to get back to an actual social life.

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Mass Effect N7 Sneakers allow you to take one of the greatest video game adventures of all time with you into the real world. With a cool black, red, and white, color pattern, shaved suede, glossy mesh, and perforated leather, this is a high quality piece of footwear that goes well beyond tribute. It’s a solid shoe.

Even so, it does come with a number of tributes to the game franchise: the tongue bears the Spectre’s mark; the N7 logo displays on the quarter and heel tab; the Paragon and Renegade logos are emblazoned on the sock liners. All this in a comfortable package available in men’s full and half sizes. ThinkGeek has the sizes still available if you want to venture over to their site.

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Western Digital may not make the best media players in the world, but they’ve certainly got the market covered on the portable hard drive. With the My Passport 1TB drive, you can back up all your important files — music, videos, documents, images, you name it.

Do it with a sleek, slender package that may not weigh much, but packs a lot o weight in the storage department. Just to give you an idea of what this monster is capable of, at 1TB, you can cram on about 200 Blu-ray quality movies, more if you adjust the quality a bit. Data transfer rates up to 5 Gbps, compatibility to USB 2.0 and 3.0, password protected encryption, two-year warranty. What could go wrong?

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Why do kids get all the fun with drink boxes and packs like Capri-Sun? Why can’t we adults keep some of the things we held dear in childhood clear into old age? Well, now we can with a number of adult beverages now available in giant drink-packs that are perfect for work, trips to the parents, or any task that requires alcohol to help you get through the day.

A case of 10 64-ounce beer pouches will run you around $60, which is about 40 pounds of booze, which, let’s hope, will last you a while. Comes in a number of cool-sounding labels, our favorite being Boneyard Beer. Something about the ol’ skull and bones screams masculinity. No idea what it tastes like, though.

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