Awesome Tools

This battery-powered fan helps you keep cool all day long on a single charge. It has multiple mounting options, including a 2″ spring-loaded clamp and strong magnets, along with a 360° adjustable head. It’s designed for working on construction job sites but works great in any place you need air circulation and cooling.

Roxon’s compact but versatile BBQ tool offers up six useful features for outdoor cooking: a fork, spatula, knife, tongs, bottle opener, and wine corkscrew. It’s made from food-grade 430 stainless steel and comes with a nylon carrying pouch. It measures about 11″ long when folded.

Bosch’s Tough Impact Drill Driver Set includes driver bits that have an extended torsion zone, and drill bits that have black oxide coating. The result is a set of impact bits that last up to 10 times longer than standard ones. The rugged case makes it easy to retrieve sets or single bits.

Lumintop’s compact aluminum flashlight has a cool blue-grey anodized finish and is rated IPX8 waterproof. Its triple Cree LEDs produce up to 2800 lumens of cold white light, visible from up to 650 feet away. It’s powered by a single 18650 battery and is small enough to keep in your pocket.

The guys at the Hydraulic Press Channel have been trying to get a hammer to explode under the crushing weight of their 150-ton press. Despite their best efforts, they couldn’t get it to happen. Will adding some liquid nitrogen help make their explosive dreams a reality? Hit play and find out.

After the end of every month, Everyday Carry compiles a list of the gear their readers clicked on and liked the most. For March 2022, we’ve got not one or two but six very different kinds of knives, two tactical flashlights, a modern pen, and a classic dress watch. We love the grenade look on that ReyLight Pineapple Ti Min.

Find Bigfoot every time you reach for this handy multitool from UST. The stainless steel Sasquatch tool packs a hex wrench, bottle opener, cord cutter, flathead and Phillips screwdrivers, a butterfly wrench, and a can opener. It’s also TSA compliant and includes a carabiner for clipping it to your backpack or belt loop.

This substantial storage bin is a big upgrade from plastic crates. It’s made from 22-gauge steel and rolls on heavy-duty casters. It’s great for tools, art supplies, or valuables you want out of sight. It has a large main compartment and a removable tray. It measures 20″w x 20″h x 15″d and comes in matte black and classic red.

This waterproof aluminum flashlight from Klarus is small but mighty. It measures just 4.75″ long and weighs just 5oz. with the battery, but can crank out a blinding 4000 lumens in its 5-second turbo mode. Runtimes range from 200 hours in its lowest “moonlight” setting down to 1.5 hours at 2000 lumens.

This handy accessory turns Leatherman multitools into a portable battery tester. It takes advantage of the metal construction of the tools to conduct power and can display voltages from 2.5 to 30 VDC using a set of yellow, red, and green LEDs. It’s compatible with the Leatherman Signal, Wave, Skeletool, Surge, and Bit Extender.

After building and restoring a number of power tools for their workshop, Black Beard Projects wanted to put them to use. In this video, see how they heated a thick steel rod and formed it into the head of an elegant Japanese-style tool known as a Dog Head hammer. We love the color of its heat-treated finish and burnt wood handle.

This puck-shaped tool lets you carry a set of socket wrenches anywhere. Its universal Cr-Mo steel sockets fit 15 different SAE and Metric socket sizes, and can turn hexagonal, Torx, spline, square, and even damaged bolt heads. It also can hold hex driver bits with its magnetic 1/4″ holder.

This palm-sized aluminum flashlight from Fenix cranks out an impressive 260 lumens on its brightest setting. In addition to its four-mode white LED, it has an auxiliary red LED that can be used as a warning or emergency light. It supports USB-C recharging and is IP66-rated waterproof.

TheGearFly’s keychain tool resembles a dice cube, but you won’t be using it to play board games. Instead, it works as hex wrenches and 1/4″ magnetic driver, allowing you to use a wide variety of standard bits. Its sixth side has a slot that’s perfect for holding a U.S. dime, transforming it into an impromptu flat-blade driver.

Random Hands dug into their toolbox in search of the right screwdriver – not for loosening screws, but for remaking into a flashy gold-plated bolt-action pen. Rather than melting down the driver’s shaft, they drilled out its solid center, making way for the pen’s refill and mechanism, then followed that with texturing and plating.

ToughBuilt’s heavy-duty tool bags feature a lightweight yet structured design, and a cavernous interior compartment which can be accessed via a wide-mouth zipper top. There are tool pouches and loops inside, and exterior pockets, and their main section can be locked. They come in sizes from 12″ to 30″ wide.

It may be designed for plumbers, but this versatile tool belongs in far more toolboxes than just those. At its heart are 1/2″ tube-cutting pliers, but it also includes flat and Phillips screwdrivers, stepped hex and square seat wrenches, a knife, a saw, a flashlight, and more. Plus, it folds down to just the length of its handles.

This updated version of the MyKee keychain multitool now offers 20 functions, including a bottle opener, pill-splitter, box opener, staple remover, tag popper, letter opener, four metric hex-head wrenches, a small bit holder, and a flathead screwdriver. It’s made out of grade 5 titanium for long life and light weight.

MetMo’s unique hand tool features a design inspired by a classic 1950s ratchet driver. Like its muse, the MetMo Driver features an exposed ratchet mechanism, upgraded with modern engineering to maximize power. A flip-down handle provides added leverage, especially when working in tight spots.

This 5-in-1 BBQ tool is a great gift for grill fanatics. In addition to working as a spatula, this stainless steel tool has straight and serrated cutting edges, a flipping fork, a kebab separator tool, and a bottle opener built-in. It has a handsome wooden handle that provides an 18″ reach.

FidgetThings created this unique variant of the everyday utility knife which allows for its blade to be used for cutting in either direction or scraping. Its blade stows securely in its handle using magnets, then flips into place when you need it. It’s available in aluminum, copper, or brass. Blades not included.

Measuring just 2.28″ across, this pentagonal stainless steel tool manages to incorporate 23 different functions. It packs a variety of metric hex and Allen wrenches, as well as spoke wrenches, Phillips and slotted screwdrivers, as well as a bottle opener. It’s keyring friendly as well and comes in raw stainless or black finishes.

Mono+Mono’s carabiner clip packs in 18 functions in one. Available in aluminum, steel, or titanium, the tool has a bottle opener, wire stripper, glass breaker, screwdrivers, bit holder, box cutter, pry tool, and more – all quickly accessible from your backpack or belt loop.