Awesome Living

This palm-size flashlight has a super cool titanium housing (we love the rainbow PVD finish), a bright Cree XM-L2 LED and high-transmission lens to output 550 lumens. Has multiple brightness modes, a strobe function, and a sturdy belt clip.

Thailand sculptor Mari9art’s incredible build is made from recycled car parts and scrap steel. It measures 2.2m tall (~7.2 ft), and includes free door-to-port shipping, though getting it to your house might be a challenge from there. His lifesize T-Rex is even more mindblowing.

Stay festive and slightly buzzed in the 24 days leading up to Xmas with an assortment of tiny bottles of booze. Includes a variety of gin, whiskey, and flavored vodka. New to the selection this year, a yummy brown sugar bourbon.

This prop chandelier measures about 6′ in diameter, yet weighs just 12.5 lb thanks to its zip-tie-together PVC construction. Comes with a dozen LED flicker candles. If you’re feeling crafty, you could build your own based on designer David Andora’s Instructables version.

A hand-powered coffee maker that does the best to replicate the pressure and brew quality of professional coffee machines. Simply place your ground coffee and hot water inside, pump, then take it with you since it doubles as an insulated travel cup. Demo at 1:46.

This adjustable titanium band not only looks great, it’s perfect for guys who normally skip jewelry because it’s strictly decorative. That’s because this ring doubles as a driver for any 1/4″ hex bit. The set includes the ring, 4 hex bits, and a keychain bit holder. Limited stock.

Why carry both a lighter and a pocket knife, when you can have a single tool that performs both duties. The matte black LighterBro Stealth slips over your disposable lighter, and adds a small knife, scissors, and an eyeglass screwdriver. Save 25% in The Awesomer Shop.

Want to expand your cocktail repertoire? Shaker & Spoon has got you covered. Each month, they prepare a box filled with unique and flavorful ingredients, along with three specialty recipes, and enough mixers for 12 drinks. Just add spirits.

An impressive survival implement made from S-7 tool steel with a black Cerakote finish. Its head’s shape reduces weight to less than a pound without affecting integrity, and accepts pry bar, hammer and spike accessories. Comes with a MOLLE compatible G-10 sheath.

The perfect place for keeping your stash of post-apocalyptic soft drinks, this desktop mini refrigerator holds up to a dozen cans of soda, or a mix of cans and bottles. An optional light you can place on top helps guide your way through the wasteland to cold refreshment.

An idiotproof and universal temporary mounting solution for action cameras, smartphones and other small objects. This rubber-based sticky ball is reusable, sticks to a variety of surfaces, leaves no residue and supports up to 7oz. (200g).

Dinara Kasko combines her training as an architect and as a chef to create cakes with eye-catching geometric shapes and lines. She designs her own silicone molds and makes them on a 3D printer. Siliko Mart will soon mass produce and sell her molds.

The textured handle on this Italian-made flipper knife looks amazing in G-10 or titanium, but it’s the Palissandro Santos wood version that appeals to us most. Its recurved 3.5″ blade is made from Bohler N690Co stainless steel, and is ideal for both piercing and cutting tasks.

The third part of Tesla’s bid to make going green appealing and reasonably-priced. The Solar Roof is a set of tempered glass tiles that look just like normal roof tiles. Paired with the new Powerwall 2 batteries, the system can easily power a four-bedroom house.

This minimal analog timepiece not only works as a traditional alarm clock, but its magnetically-attached hourglasses flip over to provide 1-, 3-, and 5-minute timers, which let countdown at a glance. Save 26% in The Awesomer Shop.

When it comes to survival, there are few items more critical to have at the ready than a knife, a flashlight, and a way to tell time without your smartphone. Our pals over at Everyday Carry assembled 10 ready-to-go gear combos for every budget and situation.

Whether you take pills every day, or just need some on hand in a pinch, keep your meds handy at all times with one of these durable waterproof metal containers. They come in a wide variety of sizes, in both stainless and titanium.

Each of these adjustable desktop lamps is handcrafted from one or more beautiful woods by the Colorado Springs’ artists of FishRule Studios. It’s hard to pic just one, but the organic textures of the beetle-killed pine make it our favorite.

Poligon’s etched metal calendars not only look cool, but offer a satisfying feature – the ability to punch out each day as it passes. Choose from a foldable triangular design or a flat version with hidden magnets for fridge mounting.

We dig the roughhewn look of BlackDog Iron Works‘ hand-forged steel bottle openers. They’ve got a wire-brushed finish, a sueded leather tassle, and are sealed with beeswax. They’re available with stamped personalization, making them perfect groomsmen’s gifts.

Frost Auto Decor makes a variety of home furnishings from reclaimed car parts. Our favorites are these lamps made from engine valve covers, mounted on harmonic balancers. They can also be made as wall sconces.

Give yourself a boost of energy with a shot of espresso, any time and any place. Steamm’s hand-pulled 2oz. shots come from organic beans, have a touch of raw cacao, and are slightly sweetened with organic stevia or cane sugar. They’re super delicious with milk too.

So you’ve got a cool pen and it runs out of ink. You could just buy any old refill, or you could follow Everyday Carry’s advice to help you pick a great smooth-writing instrument that won’t let you down. Our inexpensive pick is the Pilot G2, but those Schmidt cartridges are fantastic.