Awesome Living

Inspired by hi-fi tech, the bright Swedes at Bookman invented Volume Light, controlled by a Power Wheel to easily adjust five levels of brightness. Even better, the replaceable light battery recharges via USB-C while you ride, helping it win this year’s Eurobike Award at the world’s leading bike trade show.

This glass and wood decanter set from Viski adds a touch of class to your drink service. Its globe-shaped 32 oz. decanter and tumblers are each etched with a world map design. The tumblers hold 12 oz. and are curved to concentrate aromas of whiskeys and other spirits.

Toast your seasonal reunions with Cocktail Courier’s limited-edition “Home for the Holidays” cocktail kit featuring St-Rémy Signature, the only French brandy that features a double aging process: first in charred new oak casks, then seasoned in brandy oak casks. The kit has everything needed for a brandy twist on a classic Old Fashioned.

Spigen’s carabiner-style clip allows for fast and easy access to your keys from your belt loop or backpack. It’s made from zinc alloy and stainless steel with a durable nylon connecting strap. Like all good everyday carry accessories, it has a built-in bottle opener too.

This set of five dram-size bitters from Woodford Reserve adds a big punch of flavor to whiskey drinks and other cocktails. The box includes 10 ml bottles of chocolate, orange, aromatic, sassafras and sorghum, and spiced cherry bitters so you can sample each and decide which flavors to keep stocked in your bar.

This unique metal accessory from Design The Everything is designed for connecting multiple keychains or carabiner clips. Its hex shape and triangular cutouts are reminiscent of the wedges in a thin slice of orange. Available in brass, copper, titanium, or 304 stainless steel.

If you’re going to carry just a single tool in your pocket, you can’t go wrong with a Swiss Army Knife. Made exclusively by Victorinox, these versatile knives come in all shapes and sizes these days, and Everyday Carry has picked their top models in the budget, outdoors, travel, keychain, and overall categories.

Zippo is best known for its lighters, but they also make this versatile tool that combines two critical campsite features in one. Its stainless steel axe head can chop firewood, while its 15″ blade saws through branches and sticks up to 4″ in diameter. Its axe is sharp enough to shave tinder, while its back end doubles as a hammer.

Always be prepared wherever you travel with REDI’s Roadie emergency kit. This compact nylon pouch is packed with 113 items for administering first aid, and an everyday essentials pouch for your glovebox. It’s organized with resealable supply bags, each marked with a QR code for resupply orders. Includes mounts for your vehicle’s trunk or cargo area.

RECCO created a technology that helps rescuers find you in the event of an emergency in mountainous terrain. It uses radar waves to help detect your location, even in an avalanche. This small, inexpensive stick attaches to your pack to reflect radar waves and improve your chances of being found by a RECCO-equipped search team.

MSCHF’s Gobstomper shoes are designed to be distressed. So, the mischief makers teamed up with Dremel to bundle the shoes with a rotary tool kit. The shoes come in a black-white-blue colorway, ready for you to wear away their four layers for your own personalized look. The limited purchase drawing ends at 2 pm EST 11.29.23.

This upgraded version of Tacray’s titanium mini knife adds a bottle opener and pry tool to its tail end. Its scalpel-style utility blade is extra sharp and replaceable with the turn of a thumbscrew. Choose from grey or blue finishes.

Since 1865, Don Q has consistently delivered great rums. Don Q Reserva 7 is a robust Puerto Rican blend of rums aged in American white oak barrels for seven years. Rich in flavor, it’s just the ticket for seasonal hot drinks like Hot Buttered Rum and many other tasty cocktails.

Many modern microwave ovens have a popcorn button, but microwave popcorn bags have a notice saying not to use that button to cook their product. Technology Connections offers an entertaining explanation of the issue, the rationale behind the warnings, and how to know if the forbidden button is okay to use on your particular microwave.

The minute you take a case of beer out of the store fridge, it starts changing temperature. But if you’ve got an insulated Kase Made cooler bag from Kanga, your beer will stay cold for up to seven hours without ice. Simply slide the case into the bag’s side, zip it up, and carry. Available in 12-pack, 24-pack, and 30-pack sizes.

We’ve seen some pretty clever use of space in tiny houses, but never anything like this. Inventor Handy Geng challenged himself to build a fully functional steel safe house with just 30 sq. ft. (2.8 sq. meters) of space. It has a living room, computer desk, bed, kitchen, and even a bathroom, all way too close for comfort.

BrüMate’s hard-shell bottle sleeve keeps your beer cold and your hand warm and dry. Its triple-insulated stainless steel body keeps beer chilled for longer than ordinary neoprene koozies, and its base is designed to resist slipping and spills. It holds most U.S. standard 12 oz. beer bottles and comes in a number of colors and patterns.

Tired of tools lying all over? This aluminum tool rack is great for organizing screwdrivers and other small tools. It has 50 cutouts and holds tools at a 45º angle for easy access. Its two-layer construction keeps tools straight, and its bottom shelf can be used to hold hardware – though we suggest adding a magnetic strip.

Made in Scotland with infusions of rose and cucumber, Hendrick’s Gin is unusually smooth and much more than just juniper berry flavored. Hendrick’s 10 other botanicals are chamomile, elderflower, lemon peel, orange peel, caraway, coriander, cubeb berries, angelica root, yarrow root, and orris root. To make one gin, they actually make two.

The EDC Four Bucket Bag is the latest collaboration between Adam Savage and Mafia Bags. The versatile open-top bag is made from repurposed sailcloth with a spring steel frame. It has interior sleeves for gadgets, pen/pencil holders, and exterior pockets at each end. The bag’s design was inspired by the BucketOwl, a vintage folding bucket from Japan.

This oversized padded mat covers a 31.5″ x 15.7″ area on your desktop with a world map, offering an expansive mousing surface and protecting your desk surface from scratches. It’s easy to clean, features a rubberized backing to prevent slipping, and stitched edges for durability.

Lowe’s tool brand Kobalt is selling a 243-piece mechanic’s tool set that comes packed in this extra-tough molded toolbox. The locking lid box can withstand drops without denting or spilling tools and has dedicated locations for each and every wrench, socket, hex key, and bit that it comes with.

These tiny sheaths provides the perfect home for mini multitools like the Gerber Dime and Leatherman Squirt PS4. They’re made from the same durable Kydex material used for gun and knife holsters and come in black, carbon fiber black, and carbon fiber red patterns. A retention screw lets you tweak how tightly it holds.