Tools

Xtend & Climb Telescoping Ladder

$309.99 Amazon »

Home maintenance. It's an upward climb. Got a good ladder for the ascent? Reviewers love Xtend & Climb's residential Telescoping Ladder. The aluminum climber extends incrementally by the foot to a max height of 12.5'...

Door-Ease Lube Stick

$4.99 Amazon »

I haven't tried this Door-Ease Lube Stick yet - and I understand it's been around for years - but it caught my eye because my condo has those space-saving (i.e., cheap-ass) bi-fold doors installed on all the closets...

Right Shears Scissors

Sold Out Amazon »

Current approach not cutting it? Maybe it's time to take a different angle. A right angle. A Right Shears angle...

Rollbe Super Compact Measuring Wheel

$16 - $20 Kickstarter »

Rollbe is here for all those times you've gotten into it with your friend Cornelius about how high or long or...girthy something is. The discs on these tiny wheels are either 4" (10 cm) or 8" (20 cm) around, marked in...

QuadHands Soldering Tool & Vise

$41.95 Amazon »

Though less QuadHands and more QuadPincers, this soldering tool and vise drives home an important point: every now and then we could all use an extra hand pincer. For makers and tinkerers, 4 pincers is even better...

Auto-Guard Razor Blade Scraper

$6.99 - $12.98 Amazon »

The Auto-Guard Razor Blade Scraper, according to maker Kripto Tools, can assist with at least 66 tedious household tasks. Which is at least 60 more than I can. Designed with an ergonomic handle and retractable blade guard...

Magna Cart Folding Hand Truck

$52.99 Amazon »

I've used the Magna Cart to haul everything from my beer-filled cooler and portable grill, to giant boxes of old books the used book shop told me they didn't want either, to my girlfriend's fiddle leaf fig tree. Five...

Flameless Arc Lighter for Candles & BBQs

$19.97 Amazon »

Like the slide, this flameless arc lighter is electric, so you can boogie-woogie-woogie through wind and rain, and without filling and refilling it with gas fluid. The long handle provides easier and safer access to hot...

Vacuum Cleaner Mini Attachment Kit

$10.54 Amazon »

Think of a mini attachment kit for your existing vacuum as a more dynamic, more effective, and way, way more adorable way to clean out the crevices of your computer keyboard, electronics, and car consoles than compressed...

WETNFIX Wall Plug Securers

Discontinued

WETNFIX gets it: sometimes you just need a little boost, get a little bigger to keep it from falling out of, or getting swallowed inside, the hole. Because the hole itself, that's already there. And whether it's just...

Laser Level & Measuring Tape

$9.85 Amazon »

A laser level for pinpoint scale, an 8' measuring tape for...8' of spatial knowledge, and a 58% discount for justification for buying it. The Handy Laser Level & Measuring Tape goes with a "3-pronged approach" that combines...

The Grypmat

$30 - $70 Grypshon Industries »

I hate it when my tools keep sliding off the nose of the F-16 fighter jet I'm working on! Tom Burden, a mechanic in the US Air Force, developed the Grypmat because that lucky SOB actually had this problem. Maybe you do...

Butterfly BBQ Fork & Bottle Opener

Discontinued

Pretty fly for a grill fork. Man-Up-Gear gives the classic butterfly handle a chewy, meat-flipping center with this foldaway BBQ fork. It also has an integrated bottle opener at the base of its stainless steel prongs...

RediTape - EDC Duct Tape

$7.99 Amazon »

How many times have you reached down for a strip of duct tape to repair your busted bag / cracked water bottle / ripped bike seat / dislodged car bumper (oops), only to realize you decided not to put the 55-yard roll...

iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit

$74.95 Amazon »

Does it feel like you have "iFixit" stamped across your forehead? Does everyone ask you to fix their computers and troubleshoot their phones just because you wear glasses and T-Shirts that say things like, "There are...

Millennium Falcon Multi-Tool Kit

$29.99 ThinkGeek »

If you've always dreamed of piloting the Millennium Falcon, your dreams are about to come true. In a sense. The Millennium Falcon Multi-Tool Kit won't sit you alongside Chewbacca and power you through interstellar shenanigans...

Japanese Brass Kiridashi Craft Knife

$7.80 Amazon »

Feeling extra sharp, brassy, crafty, and Japanese? Make no mistake, this Kiridashi carving knife isn't just for slicing through Christmas present packaging and scrapbooking fun. The brass-handled blade arrives with an...

Mininch Tool Pens

$69 - $89 Amazon »

Tired of wearing that Inspector Gadget trench filled with screwdrivers and bits? The Mininch Tool Pen gives you an alternative to schlepping around your DIY and In Case of Emergency tools in your coat lining (or your...

Tube Cube Rotary Organizer

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StorTECH's Tube Cube Rotary Organizer packs and compacts all of your small hobbyist and homeowner parts into side-opening Twist Tubes that store as a vertical carousel inside an open Cube. Supplies such as screws, washers...

Crab Multi-Tool

$22.95 Amazon »

Highly functional with myriad practical skills, but very, very crabby. How lucky I am to have found the multi-tool version of the girlfriend who will come home to me after a full Black Friday of shopping...

Dummy Placeholder Batteries

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Looking to mod your Nerf gun with some lithium-ion muscle? Or maybe just use a single, more powerful rechargeable battery in a device than normally runs on a pair of alkaline AAs? Dummy Batteries mimic the cylindrical...

Big Squeeze Tube Squeezing Tool

$34.95 - $39.99 Big Squeeze »

The Big Squeeze isn't just some plastic tube pincher and goop nudger. Check out the GIF. The Big Squeeze says it delivers industrial-grade, Wile E. Coyote vs. a Train levels of tube flattening, and tube content non-wasting...

Paint2iT Pro Anti-Gravity Paint Tray

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What, you don't like splatter painting your carpet purple--sorry, eggplant--too when your girlfriend convinces you it's a "gender neutral" color perfect for your living room walls? Or spilling the whole tray of paint...

Brass Honcho Armored Flashlight

$39.98 Brass Honcho »

Reduce, reuse, recycle may not be Brass Honcho's mantra, but when you buy one of their flashlights made from a real machine gun bullet you can still feel good about doing your part to eliminate some of the world's waste...