Tools

Based on the flashlights used by US Army Rangers and Marine Corps, this compact LED light has a bright 500-lumen beam, along with five display modes, and an adjustable zoom lens. It’s made from aircraft-grade aluminum, and comes with a padded case.

With this cool plasma arc lighter, you’ll never have your flame blow out in the wind, and never refill butane again. It’s USB-rechargeable, and has a built in glass breaker and carbon steel knife with a partial serrated edge. Save 48% in The Awesomer Shop.

UpCart hand trucks have a six-wheel setup that allows them to traverse uneven surfaces, including stairs. The UpCart Lift is the new flagship model, able to carry up to 200lb and equipped with a grip wide enough for two hands. It folds flat in seconds for storage.

Caliper’s wristwatch has a circular slide rule around the dial. Turn the slide rule using the crown to multiply or divide. The watch has a self-winding movement, a stainless steel case and a sapphire glass crystal. It’s water-resistant up to 328ft.

Firefox Send is a free experimental service from Mozilla. Available on any modern browser, it lets you share files up to 1GB. Aside from encrypting the file, Send will delete it when it’s downloaded once or if 24h have passed, whichever comes first.

A tiny circular ruler. Rollbe is perfect for taking short measurements, whether straight or curved. It’s available in two sizes: 4″/10cm and 8″/20cm. It would’ve been neat if it made a sound or had a larger knurl to indicate a full rotation.

A handsome, and useful place to keep your EDC tools. Hitch and Timber’s handmade leather pouch holds a pocket knife and a small flashlight or other similarly sized tools, along with a mil-spec pen. It can also be optioned with a credit card slot on back.

The open scales of Gerber’s Airlift framelock pocket knife reduce weight while improving grip. It features a 2.8″ long 5Cr13 stainless steel blade, and a dual thumb stud design for left- or right-handed opening. It comes in silver or black designs.

The Kirk Wrench is a modular and adjustable wrench that can reach places that traditional tools cannot. It consists of four handles, three arched wrenches and a clamshell head. It works with all SAE 1/4, 3/8 or 1/2 inch heads such as crowfoot, socket, and hex key.

La Fabrique DIY made a simple tool to fish out the cork – or other small objects – from a wine bottle in case it falls in. It’s for a niche use case, but at least it’s easy to make. It’s basically three-armed tongs made from thin wire.

Choosing a pocket knife can be a daunting task. There are so many designs, and quality is all over the map. Fortunately, our pals at Everyday Carry have sifted through the crowd to pick out 20 of their favorite flipper blades you can buy, no matter your budget.

Formerly called the Qliplet, the Heroclip is a carabiner that has a hook attached to it. The hook sits flush with the carabiner when locked, so you can use it as normal. The hook has a rubber tip to add grip and can rotate freely, providing added versatility.

The WOHO WOkit 2.0 is a lightweight carabiner that incorporates practically all of the tools you’ll need to tweak your bicycle, and then some. It has hex, Torx, flat screwdriver and Philips screwdriver bits, a chain rivet extractor, nine wrench sockets and a bottle opener.

StatGear’s bolt-action pen doubles as a pocket knife, as well as an emergency window breaker. Its body is made from aircraft-grade aluminum, with a 440x stainless blade, and a tungsten carbide punch. It writes with Fisher’s smooth-rolling Space Pen cartridges.

Dürholt Zangen’s versatile pliers get their name from the shears inside their nose. The shears can handle sheet metal, wires, and other flat and relatively soft materials. The Fit also have a wire cutter on the handle side of the rivet.

A versatile and durable demolition tool, this 8.5 pound forged steel pry bar provides tons of leverage, and has a two-tiered jaw for grabbing frame and deck boards, a large nail puller, and a sledgehammer face for striking. Measures 30″ long, and has a textured rubber grip.

Smash and grab. Walls and nails, that is. DeWalt’s upcoming hammer has an oversized striking face and a wedge on the handle to make it easier to tear through drywall, floor boards and more. It also has a 2×4 gripper and a three-layer grip.

When you think of multi-tools, you probably have the classic Leatherman style tool in your mind. Everyday Carry gathered up a collection of 10 non-conformist tools that fit into keys, pens, credit cards, wristbands, and more.

Never be without a blade when you grab this 3-pack of knives from Neva Tech and The Awesomer Shop. Measuring just under 3″ when folded, these knives are small enough to carry on a keychain, have a built-in bottle opener, and a wrench in the handle.

A pocket-sized flashlight packed with a dozen UV LEDs. It’s perfect for spotting hidden stains, illuminating fluorescent paints, or quick-charging glow-in-the-dark objects. Just don’t stare directly into its beam. Save 50% in The Awesomer Shop.

We’ve seen lots of credit card size multitools, but what makes this one different is the built in comb on one edge. Guardman’s flat stainless steel tool has box wrenches, a flat blade screwdriver, and bottle and can openers. Word has it that it’s not TSA-friendly though.

Sapetti’s Chairless Chair is a wearable leg support that locks when you assume a sitting position, and unlocks when you stand up. It’s meant for factory workers who stand or crouch for extended periods, but a casual version for queues and concerts would be nice.

I Like to Make Stuff has another project that’s incredibly useful yet fairly easy to build. His take on the mechanic’s creeper is mainly made of plywood, casters and foam, though he did add a tray for tools on the side as well as small flashlights on flexible mounts.

The Czur ET16 overhead scanner uses a 16MP Sony image sensor to scan one page per 1.5s. It has the usual scanner features such as OCR for extracting text, and can correct distortions from curved pages. The downside? Users say its manual and software could use some work.

The company behind the original liquid plastic welder is back with an improved version of its versatile tool. The BondicEVO has an ergonomic and ambidextrous handle, aligned tip and UV LED, and an easy to access cartridge and battery compartment.