Tools

In the past, I've spoken of Nocs' monocular telescope, the Zoom Tube, with much admiration. And I still think it's a nifty little lightweight tool for viewing from afar. But if you happen to have two eyes...or just happen...

CIVIVI's Precision Tweezers request entry into your first aid and survival kits with the promise of a surgeon's accuracy, a ballerina's finesse, a strongman's durability, Hugh Jackman's versatility, and Mick Jagger's...

With their stealth and svelte Cordless Power Washer, HOTO claims it will make me "enjoy the car washing experience." Ha! I don't even enjoy the car washing experience when someone else is doing it. Including "when someone...

I'm pretty sure "Mini-Saber" is just a fancy way of saying "torch lighter," but hey. Whether it's lifehacks, gearhacks, or wordhacks, they don't call themselves "Hacksmith" for nothing...

Here's a lil' chainsaw for the lil' bit of yardwork you'll have to do this spring. Haha, sike! Only the POTENCO Mini Chainsaw part of that statement is lil'. After the winter this country - dare I say this world? - has...

Zippo-dee-doo-dah, Zippo-dee-ay / My, oh, Mag Strike will add a spark to your day. Or, or, how about: Dudes, I built a big ol' pyre / Come on, Mag Strike, light my fire...

Cleaning out your roof gutters by hand: more or less gross than scooping out pumpkin guts by hand? This roof gutter cleaning tool does for the unsavory task of removing leaves and gunked-up debris from your roof drainage...

Cold Steel calls their Gunstock War Club "culturally significant." It's a replica based on American Indians' 16th century war clubs, themselves modeled after the rifle stocks of European settlers, which the natives observed...

Let me axe you: do you need a tactical tool with an SK-5 carbon steel blade and glass reinforced nylon handle to assist you in your camping, survival, or other outdoor pursuits? Would it sweeten the pot if this tool were...

Where there's muck, there's brass. Plastic muck, and Oceanus Brass, to be specific. The Oceanus Brass Cablelaid is a cordage tool and on-demand recycling companion that breaks down plastic bottle waste into yards and...

Trade in the ax for a Jerax. The Jerax Tools Kindling Cracker doesn't have the same heartwarming story behind it as Ayla Hutchinson's Kindling Cracker, but as a wood-splitting drill bit, rather than an entire apparatus...

You can't slip Zippo's FireFast Bellows into your pocket like this little blow-it fire starter, but then again, the FireFast Bellows isn't for little fires. And as its name suggests, the Zippo brand of flame stoker doesn't...

I heard we're heading into a recession. Know what that means? Yep. Time to start treasure hunting! Last weekend I went to my mama's house, intending to haul out the ol' metal detector just like I did after the Y2K dot-com...

Knuckle duster meets axe. Is that a good idea? Certainly the axe won't fall out of your hand when you use it to chop whatever's on the chopping block today, but again I ask, is that a good idea? All those steel spacers...

If I could have only one fireside friend, would it be Estwing's Special Edition Fireside Friend Axe, or my friend Cornelius? Hmmm, I can't decide. Let's go over the merits of both...

Uberleben's Tindar Wick & Bellow tool sees the company's trademark KeroDry paraffin-wax infused hemp wick spooled through a hollow rod you can detach and use as a micro bellow to stoke your fire once it's started. With...

4 inches of pure power! OK, maybe the Mini Electric Chainsaw is more like 4 inches of maybe medium, like 5/10 power, that makes up for it with a light, 2.8-pound weight, 13" total length, and rechargeable 20v, 2.0Ah battery...

Ready for some adventure, mate? The AM-V2 from Adventure Mate is a 5-in-1 multi-tool ready to help you chop up, shovel up, hook up, hammer down, and saw through the outdoors. But, like, in a nice way...

ACLIM8's COMBAR FoldaXe Pro is a Red Dot Award-winning adventurer's multi-tool that integrates the company's FoldaXe base with the knife and saw from their Pro Kit. Beautiful and compact, this new COMBAR is built to help...

"Go with rrrribbit!, and you'll never say you bit it!" Nah, that's not Ladder Frog's tagline...though for a small thinker upper's fee, I'd be willing to sell it to them...but it is the gist of the company's ladder stabilizing...

When Mother Nature throws darkness, you throw Olight. And when some dude in the park throws shade about your obnoxious flashlight, you...don't even notice because the Warrior X Turbo is throwing a full 1,100 lumens of...

The Zoom Tube Monocular Telescope weighs just 9.5 ounces, so you can pack it up and take it along on any adventure. Non-creepy adventures only, please, peeping toms and stalkers! Sporting events. Hiking and mountaineering...

If soap on a rope is your go-to gift for Dad, mix things up this year with Rapid-Rope. AKA rope in can! The extreme utility rope is a Shark Tank-backed piece of outdoor and survival gear that sees 120 feet of flat-braid...

There aren't many times I'd pick a hand tool over a power tool, but Bushcraft Survival's Scotch Eye Auger is definitely...well...not one of them. My mama makes me do enough manual labor at her house without throwing a...