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Vol. III · No. 137 Unbiased reviews of D2C brands
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Jewelry·$349 · 9 min read✓ Verified purchase

I spent $1,572 testing wood watches — the price tag told me nothing about what was inside

Four wood watches, $1,572 total. One survived nine years of daily wear — the full receipts for all four are here.

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ChunkyFit cookie held over an open gym bag
Wellness · $4/cookie · 6 min

Discipline never fixed my gym motivation. A cookie did.

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Bare Bones bone broth stick poured into a mug of hot water
Wellness · $28 · 6 min

Real bone broth takes 12 hours. Mine takes 30 seconds — and tastes like it didn't.

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ChunkyFit cookie at toddler snack-time
Wellness · $40 · 5 min

I tried all the protein cookies. Even my 2-year-old can't get over this one.

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Original Grain Whiskey Black Rugged Automatic worn on the wrist
Jewelry · $349 · 7 min

Wood watch: will it last? Nine years later, here's my answer.

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Original Grain Whiskey Black Rugged Automatic, side profile on black
Jewelry · $349 · 9 min

I spent $1,572 testing wood watches — the price tag told me nothing about what was inside

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Real bone broth takes 12 hours. Mine takes 30 seconds — and tastes like it didn't.

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Discipline never fixed my gym motivation. A cookie did.

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