Neither do we, but we don’t have awnings. You’ll find something else to use these nylon hook-and-loop awning straps for--like keeping your extension cords and small garden hose nice and tidy when you’re not using them. You could also use a strap or two to achieve some sense of order with your computer and entertainment center cables. Measure 24” long x 1” wide with 3/8” steel D-rings at one end, and they’re reusable. You’ll get (6), (1) each in red, white, black, yellow, blue and green. (Can you say color-coded cables?)

Since the corner of a door has only so much real estate to hang stuff on, we all need to expand at some point. We do it with these durable, stylish, chrome-looking over-door hooks. No screws or drills needed. Just slip them over the top of any door up to 1-5/8”—bathroom, bedroom, entry, craft room, workshop, garage—and watch how much stuff ends up hanging from them instead of piled in a heap. They hang down 9” and stick out about 7” from the door, with a nice round ball on the end, and require a mere 1/16” clearance at the top for the door to close. That’s not a problem for most doors. Our each is a (3)-pack.

These small swivel plate casters have dual 1-3/8” dia plastic wheels on coincidentally 1-3/8” square mounting plates with (4) holes. Measure just under 2” tall and are screaming to be used to make rolling plant holders, because nothing is more boring than plants that just sit there in one place all the time. They have a little dirt on the wheels that cleans up nicely with some soap and water. That's Surplus for ya'.

You know, like a baby chick, or a Smurf's nose. In the case the round and attractives are magnetic steel balls. They measure 19.55mm, which is just a smidgen over 3/4" (49/64ths of an inch if you want to be precise), with nice strength—enough to hang onto a vertical steel surface.

This little Wi-Fi smart socket plugs into any grounded wall socket and lets you control lights, holiday decorations, TVs, or anything else that plugs in. In white, with a function button and LED indicator, it supports Alexa, Google Assistant/Home and IFTTT. Search for “Smart Life” in the App Store, or scan the QR code. App allows timer settings or on/off control from any Android or iPhone/tablet. Easy to set up and easy to use. Pat didn't even read the instructions. Just make sure to turn off your 5GHz for the setup. UL. FCC approved. Model Hyleton-311 XP61065.

This is our cutest, and handiest, adjustable beam UV (395 nm wavelength) flashlight. Has a 3-stage switch: 50% brightness, 100% brightness or flashing. It comes on a lanyard if you don't have a pocket. Measures 3-3/4” long x 1” dia, in aluminum. You add a “AA” battery

This goldenesque rubber chicken can talk! Actually, squawk. Known as the Shrilling Chicken, it’s 11” long, in chicken-skin goldish color, complete with goose bumps, a squish me tag and don't forget the gaping mouth. Squeeze it for hours of humorous, attention-grabbing squawks. Work it into your stand-up routine or sneak it into parties. You’re hilarious!

Handy for storing the assorted small brick-a-brack that mysteriously accumulates in that drawer in the kitchen and on the shelf by the washer/dryer; these nearly opaque amber plastic (PETE) bottles hold 175ml (5.9 oz) and come with a gasketed red screw cap. Measure 3-7/8" tall x 2-7/32" dia.

Our 200-lumen COB LED work light lets you get your projects done at any wee hour of the morning or night. It’s 6.5" long x 2-1/2”, sort of wand-shaped, like a light stick with a black plastic body and an integrated rear magnet. Everybody loves a hands-free light. Has (3) modes: 100%, 50% and strobing, and requires (3) AAA batteries, not included. But look at that price, you know?

From Feit Electric®, this LED floodlight is dimmable and rated for 17W—equivalent to 65W incandescent. Standard medium base with a warm light tone and a brightness rating of 1065 lumens. Run it (3) hours a day and it'll cost $2.05 per year and last until the middle of October, 2043. Make a note to get a replacement. Or buy (2) and you're good till summer, 2066.

Our sturdy 24VDC 6A linear actuator motor with intermittent duty extends from 56-7/8" to 85-5/8" and has a 337-lb push. The extending shaft is 1-1/4" diameter and the U-joint at the end has a 7/16" ID hole for attaching. Use it to make something go up and down, or in an out. Like an awning, the door on your chicken coop, your holiday yard displays or something in your basement bar, man cave or she shed. Please Note: Your entire order will ship UPS ground with this item and allow a few extra days for shipping time. 

That’s a bad back joke, which is no joke. These Dr. Ho hard plastic back braces are the same ones you’ve probably seen on the TV, curved to hold your spine in the correct position. We've got both pieces, front and back, but no straps to tighten them. You could add your own, or do as Pat does and put the back piece on your chair for the relief it provides. These are Dr. Ho's size medium, which fit Pat's 6-foot x 180-lb frame just right.

We don't know if this is a specialty-use tape for a specialty we've never heard of, or just a beautiful mistake. But it's good quality duct tape, 2" wide on a 60-yard roll in your standard duct tape gray, and when you get halfway through the roll, it turns to red, or another color...it's a surprise! Call it special, and buy it because, well, you're special, too.

Wood or wooden you like to never see another pun on wood or wooden? Too bad--we’re not even trying to quit. Meanwhile, you can try this wooden wiggling fish automaton that you crank to move. Made from laser-cut pieces that you peg or glue together, it will measure 10-1/4” x 8-1/4” x 4-3/8” when finished. Comes with instruction booklet, glue, sandpaper and wax.

Each has black lettering stenciled on bright yellow plastic tape, with the message repeated over and over. They are 3" wide by 200 ft or 1000 ft long. All are the real thing, made for sale to police and other serious users. Some have an obvious industrial application, some will work in the school playground, some seem appropriate to cordon off the kids’ rooms.

Yes it is. This safety light is a 2-1/2” x 2” sandwich with a magnet inside that you slip over the back of your collar. The magnet holds it very securely. Has a red LED with on/slow flash/fast flash modes. Visible for 2,400 feet, or just shy of half a mile. Get two and put one on the front for visibility in both directions. Runs on a replaceable 2032 coin cell and will last 40+ hours in either strobe setting.

No wonder they call it the Shizz Seat cushion. Apart from insalubrious names, however, it’s a back saver, offering blessed relief for anyone suffering a pain (you should pardon the expression) in the butt. Or back. In gray, it measures 19” wide x 17” deep x approx 5” of dense, memory-foam thickness. Ventilated and non-slip, with a removable and washable cover, it’s made to fit office chairs, auto seats and wheelchairs to ease back, hip, sciatica and tailbone pain.

Hey, that’s like a frog that swallowed a flashlight. But also this kneadable and stretchy lab putty, which is puttier than slime and glows really brightly. Did we mention it’s bouncy? It comes in a tin, approx 3” dia x 1” deep, like shoe polish, except it’s more fun than shoe polish. Might even be more fun than a barrel of monkeys, but it depends on the monkeys.

You should carry your own luggage, given how little exercise you get. On the other hand, this clear plastic oblong jar (not to be confused with oval or elliptical) measures approx 3-1/8” tall x 2-1/2” x 2” and has a snazzy red plastic screw cap. Holds (4) oz. It’s one of those things you don’t know you need until you’re looking for it. You’ll get (10) per order.

These are goofy in the extreme, with fuzzy hair. Made to clip onto zippers, backpacks, key rings—anyplace you need a little goofeyness. Heads measure approx 1-3/4” high x 1-1/2” dia on a 1” chain with a 1” plastic-gate clasp. They have a 3/4” dia opening in the bottom so you can stick them on your fingers like little dopey puppets.

These brand-spanking new 12VDC motors are made to move automobile seats but are willing to change. They spin at approx 190 rpm, draw 1.5A no load, and stall at approx 25A. Threaded shaft is at a right angle and is 4-1/8" x 7/16". Shaft thread is non-standard, so treat it as a smooth shaft and mount pulley or gear with a setscrew. Measures 5-5/8" x 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" overall, not counting the shaft, and has power terminals opposite the gearbox with (2) 1/4" mounting holes opposite the shaft. If you're looking for a power supply, we've got one. Just snip the plug of this regulated switching power supply and wire it up. 

Stainless steel mortar and pestle set. Mortar measures 5-1/4” dia x 3” on a 4” dia attached saucer-like base. Holds approx 250ml. Pestle is 6-3/4” long with 1-1/4” and 2” dia heads. Nice for the lab, or for folks who want everything in their stainless steel kitchen to be stainless steel. You know who you are. And we salute you.

There's optical science and high school physics, and then there's making pretty colors with this little 4-1/2" x about 1" acrylic prism. It makes the same rainbows that the beveled edges on the glass in the French doors to your grandmother's living room used to make on the floor in the afternoon while she was making supper. If you had a grandmother with French doors with beveled glass, who made you supper. If not, you'd better buy this prism or you won't have anything to remember after she's gone.

Stuff your duds in these giant bags, roll 'em up to expel the air, then slide the sturdy zip-seal zipper to vacuum seal your clothes for storage or travel. No pump required—you be the pump. You pick: the Lg/Med collection with its (10) bags, (5) large at 28” x 20” and (5) medium at 24” x 16”; or the Lg/Med/Sm collection with its (10) bags, (4) large at 28” x 20”, (4) medium at 24” X 16”, and (2) small at 20” x 14”.

In 1958, Buddy Holly came out of radios like these. This retro version of the first transistor radios measures 4-1/4" x 2-1/2" x 1" in dark blue with a wire handle that doubles as an antenna. AM works better than the FM, but who listened to FM in 1958? Plenty loud (guaranteed to not fade away) with classic thumb-wheel tuning and volume. You add a pair of “AAA” batteries. To make things even more like 1958, carry the radio in your shirt pocket.

What's a backwards light socket? A socket light. This vanadium steel socket adapter for 1/2" and 3/8" drives has a bright white LED that shines through your sockets, so you never have to ask someone to hold the flashlight. Runs on (3) AG-13 batteries, included along with a spare set of (3) more.

Yes, of course from i-Zoom. One of our best sellers, this all-purpose everyday workhorse has a super-bright white LED that focuses from ultra-wide to a tight spotlight, with settings at high (1600 lumens), medium (435 Lumens) and low (118 lumens), plus strobe and an emergency mode that flashes SOS in Morse code (…_ _ _ …). Strobe and SOS are both at 1600 lumens and have a max throw of approx 1500 feet. In black anodized aluminum with knurled handle, a personal security tactical head and weatherproof O-rings; the whole shebang and measures 10-1/4” long x 1” dia at the handle. Includes (9) “AAA” alkaline batteries with a 10-hour lifespan. We suggest keeping one in the car, on the boat, with your camping/hiking gear and elsewhere.

Our Associate VP for Residual Tackiness says this cloth tape is not as residual as duct tape (meaning it won’t leave as much residue behind when you pull it up), but tackier than gaffer’s tape. Strong and sticky, easy-to-tear, and just right for repairing vinyl, upholstery, plastic, canvas and most other stuff. On 4-meter (approx 13-foot) rolls, they’re 1-7/8” wide on a 1-1/2” core. You pick red or white.

Graduated and made of heat resistant glass, these beakers are perfect for the lab or science project, for parties, as flower vases or a toothbrush holder for your science-minded sweetie. Select from the listing above. 

If the question is whether to tie a bunch of these giant latex professional weather balloons to a lawn chair, the answer is no. (The balloon bursts at about 82,000 feet anyway.) This is a true high altitude weather balloon, with plenty of fun, nonfatal uses. The cream-colored latex balloon is approx 40" dia when flaccid, you should pardon the expression, but has an 8-foot dia when inflated. The neck is 9" long x 1" dia. Scientists and meteorologists launch balloons to measure atmospheric conditions like wind speed and air pressure for weather forecasting, but clever inventors, teachers and the imaginative filmmaker are warned to launch the balloon carefully. The synthetic rubber material is delicate and not made to survive brushes with pavement, pine branches, or clumsy physics students. Red not available and only available in egg shell/cream color only.

Brand new 2' x 2' LED panel lights. 3000k (Warm Light) and operates on 120vac with the included driver. These panels fit into standard drop ceiling tiles and only draw 40watts of power making them ideal as replacements for larger fixtures. Surplus Fact: Driver might be different than photo shows. 

Note: Item is not available for expedited shipping. Retail store customers: available by special order only.

From Zimpli kids we bring you SnoBall Battle Pack. A packet of Sodium Polyacrylate that turns Science into an all-out snowball fight. Just add water to create your own snow. Packet contains 2.82oz to create up to 60 snowballs. The rest is up to you and your kid's friends. Winter not included.

No, O-rings. Get ’em here, because we got ’em. These black rubber (neoprene, we believe) O-rings are nominally 1-1/2” ID and 1/8” thick, and made in the USA. Use them for crafts, tiny ring toss games, in dioramas or dollhouses, as vibration pads, or in actual O-ring applications. Because, after all, they’re O-rings.

No, but this chain will fool the eye of passersby and save you beaucoup bucks. Our each is (10) feet of #8 plastic chain with 2" long x 1" wide links. For decorative use, landscape and perimeter marking only. Won't keep out wildlife, but does has a maximum load of 175 lbs, so it won't break when you trip over it. You pick white or black chain.

Wood or wooden you like to never see another pun on wood or wooden? Too bad--we’re not even trying to quit. Meanwhile, you can try this wooden wiggling fish automaton that you crank to move. Made from laser-cut pieces that you peg or glue together, it will measure 10-1/4” x 8-1/4” x 4-3/8” when finished. Comes with instruction booklet, glue, sandpaper and wax.

Veterans will know this as an entrenching tool, but to everyone else it's a folding camp shovel. Our hardened steel version is 22-1/2" long when open, folds to a measly 9-1/2", and weighs just over 2-1/2 lbs. Blade is 8-1/4" long x 6" wide, serrated on one side. Fits into the light canvas pouch, which you can carry on your belt because you never know when you'll need to dig a hole.

Our micro rocket packs a lot of fun into a small package, much like hockey's original Pocket Rocket, Henri Richard, the 5' 7" brother of Maurice "The Rocket" Richard. Unlike Henri, this rocket's powered by baking soda and vinegar (not included), and actually flies quite high. Bullet-shaped, it's just 2-3/8" tall x 13/16" dia and sits on a launch base 2-3/4" tall x 3/4" ID. For rocket scientists over 5 years of age.

These little plastic bots have movable arms and swiveling heads, and come seated in non-motorized, three-wheel cars for sliding fun for the kiddies. Pull ’em out of the cars, and stick on the cute feet and they’re pedestrians. And yes, they come in a bucket. Stand approx 3” tall and sit in 3” long cars. We’ll pick from the (6) interchangeable styles available. For ages 3+.

You’re a rocker and you’ve always been one. That’s why this white SPST rocker switch from RLEIL® is for you. Rated for 10A at 125VAC, it comes prewired with 3" leads. Mounted on a 1-1/4" x 1-1/8" x 3/4" steel bracket with 1/2" mounting wings. UL.

Our squishable silicone coffee cup looks like the takeaway cups you get at coffee shops, complete with the slide-up cuff that keeps your fingers from burning or freezing. Now you can drink your frappalattes or milkshakes out of reusable silicone instead of paper and save the planet. Our cup handles freezer temps down to -40F, and hot temps up to 446F. Squash the cup when you’re done, and put it in your pocket to use again later. Holds 10 oz and stands 5” tall x 3-1/4” dia at the top. Push on its head and watch it sink to just half its size. We’ll send you one in white and aqua, navy, red or lime green to match your eyes.