Gear

What to buy, what to skip, and what the cheaper one actually costs you.

The BRO Gear GuideBuy once, fix it, pass it down: a cost-per-use calculator, a warranty decoder and a repairability checklist.Judge it before you buy

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Old Spice, Clubman And The Splash That Costs Seven Dollars

The classic barbershop aftershaves outlasted every trend for a simple reason, and they ask exactly one thing of your skin in return.

GuideAutosRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

The lease is cheaper every month and that's not the point

Work a $38,000 SUV through both deals, month by month, and the winner isn't obvious until year four.

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Cancer in the family and when genetic testing is worth it

Build the family tree first, test the relative who's sick if you can, and know what a "variant of uncertain significance" actually means.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

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Six Colognes Under Fifty That Don't Smell Cheap

The juice is the cheapest thing in the box. Skip the counter, buy the right bottles, and nobody standing near you will know what you paid.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideAutosDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

What a Classic Car Actually Costs You Every Year

The purchase price is the cheap part. Insurance, storage and the stuff nobody warns you about is where the money actually goes.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Forgetting Names at Fifty and When to Get It Checked

Most name-blanking at fifty is retrieval, not loss. But a few patterns are worth an appointment, and a few fixable things look exactly like memory trouble.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

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GuideGroomingTobias Reed23 Sept 20265 min

Three Bottles Cover Your Entire Year

Work, weekend, evening out. Pick one for each, learn the two-spray rule, and stop blind-buying 100 ml of something you'll wear four times.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideAutosDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Getting your motorcycle license and choosing a first bike

The weekend course, the endorsement, the gear budget, and the short list of bikes that won't put a new rider in a ditch.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Your legs won't sit still at night and ferritin is the test

The evening urge to move your legs has a name, a common cause, and a cheap blood test most people never get ordered.

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What should I wear to this?

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GuideGroomingDean Shaw23 Sept 20264 min

The silver spray that earned a spot next to my razor

GermProof is a chelated-silver spray built for skin that takes a beating. Here's what it is, what the company says it does, and how to actually use it from shave to scrape.