Jumbo blacklight measures 10-1/2" long x 2-1/2" x 1-3/4" and holds an 8" UV fluorescent tube plus a white LED flashlight on one end. Adjustable strap extends to 22" or lays flat. Takes (3) D-cell batteries. A must-have for security or crime scenes, but don't shine it on the furnishings in your hotel room if you don't want to be disappointed.

This fitted, hinged plastic box from American Tool Group would be worth buying even if it didnt come with hundreds of O-rings. And it does. Black nitrile O-rings sorted by size. O-rings that will stay in their places until you need them. The 407-piece set includes 32 sizes from 1/4" OD x 1/8" ID x 1/16" to 2-1/4" OD x 2" ID x 1/8". It includes the size you're going to need. At your fingertips. Instead of in aisle 12 at the home center.

What a cool little clamp! Only 8" long overall, the jaws open to 4" when you press the release button and close incrementally as you pull the trigger. The 3/4" x 7/8" pads on the metal-and-plastic tool won't mar the surfaces they're sandwiching. Makes you want to find something to clamp!

Hemostats are the clamplike devices dangling from veins and arteries in melodramatic operating scenes. Our particular collection are Pakistani surgical-grade instruments made of magnetic stainless steel. As such we rate them pretty good, but not fantastic. Hemostats look like little pliers. The jaws are relatively fine, with rounded tips. The inside faces are lightly serrated to get a grip on tubing or body plumbing. And the handles are much longer than the jaws. Now the heavenly part. Great hobby clamps that can be worked into small areas. Fine heat sinks for electronics. Good hook extractors for trout fisherpeople. Excellent tubing clamps for flow-sensitive chemistry experiments. Sizes are approximate length.

When the lights go out, and everything else goes with them, grab this dynamo light, radio, siren and power source. The am/fm radio has an antenna; the flashlight switches from (1) to (3) LEDs, all through collimating lenses; and there are both a 1/8" headphone jack and a 3.5mm power output jack, plus a 22" USB jumper cord. All this in a packable 7-1/2" long x 2" dia hand-crank flashlight-shaped unit with a recharging storage battery.

These are the gold standard of twist ties, not to be confused with those skinny little suckers that come on all electronic cords in the known universe. These are Gear Ties®, coated in protective, grippy black rubber with heavy rubber tips, 3" long x 1/8" dia (they look sort of like boot laces with match heads on the ends), suitable for indoors or outdoors, reusable veritably ad infinitum, and oh so satisfying to twist and creatively crimp. Use them for bread bags, earbuds, napkin and silverware sets, power cords, USB cables, mic cords or garden hoses--or turn them into jewelry and be the most interesting person at the party. You pick: the (4)-pack of 3” long ties; or the (2)-pack of 12” long ties.

That’s a seldom-heard auto and woodshop taunt. Also true of this, our largest ratcheting long-nose plier clamp. Measures 9-1/2” long with 3-3/4” long serrated jaws that have pivoting end pads. Opens to a yawning 3-1/8” and has a quick-release trigger.

Wallace’s pooches before Gromit came along? Nope, just a handy 2-3/8" long x 3/8” ID steel snap hook attached to a 13/16” ID ring that swivels 360 degrees. In some fashion circles, hanging your keys from a belt loop of your jeans with one of these is considered mandatory.

Sometimes an ordinary zip tie just isn’t going to do the job. When you need, for example, to tie your kangaroo down, sport, these monster black nylon ties are the answer. You’ll get a package of (25) ties, each measuring 23” long x 5/16” x 1/16” thick and rated for 176 pounds of tensile strength and temps up to 185 degrees. Will wrap around stuff just shy of 7” dia.

You’ll get a great big bunch of hooks, including cup hooks and gate hooks, plus assorted eyes in assorted sizes and finishes--steel, brass, white. It’s a gallimaufry of hardware and it’ll save you years of trips to the hardware store because you’ll have the stuff you need already on-hand, barely taking up any space. You’ll get an assortment of (5) packs in, yes, assorted sizes.

These standard pegboard hooks fit, wait for it, standard pegboards, with 1” spacing on the legs, and made of 7/32” steel. Not really hooks, these are the long straight thingies with a slight upward angle to approx the last 3/4”. You pick the 3-1/2” long or the 5-1/2” long ones. Very handy in pantries, basements and garages. And isn't it time you finished that organizing project from last year? 

With a taste for tarpaulins. These thick plastic tarp clips are the best we’ve seen, tooth-gripping-wise. Measure 2-1/2” long x 1” wide with 1/2” ID eye-hook, and have toothed 7/32” jaws that grab on as tight as an angry toddler via an adjustable locking clutch. Unlike a toddler, though, these have an easy, push-button release, and they won’t tear a hole in your tarp.

No, not Beverly Hillbillies, just super-handy small plastic spring-loaded clamps, 3-1/2" long with 2" padded jaws. We'll pick (4) from our array of neon colors, but you can call them Jed, Granny, Elly May and Jethro if you want.

This simple, clean-lined chromed cabinet latch will tell every visitor to your home that you're standing right at the cutting edge of elegant home design. Each latch is 3/4" x 1-3/8" long with a 1-3/8" x 5/8" plate and a 1-1/4" long handle centered on a tasteful dome. Includes a mounting nut. Made in the USA.

If so, you don’t have to bend paper clips to hang stuff from them. You could just buy a bunch of these 2" white plastic ring thingies that twist onto the 1” tracks that hold most ceiling tiles. A 1-3/8” dia tab with a 7/8” dia hole sits perpendicular to the ceiling, ready for whatever you want to suspend from it.

Big sack o' springs. You get (10) springs, mostly compression but probably with a few extension springs thrown in for dessert. Great for art projects, kinetic sculpture or creating tension in any number of scenarios. In sizes ranging from 3/4" long x 1/2" dia up to 2-5/8" long x 1-7/8" dia.

Devices used to hold spring in place, thus ensuring eternally promis-ing, but changeable and wet weather. No? How about this then: Steel grips, spring loaded to keep their tips tightly closed on whatever you chose to target. The handles and tips have been coated with a light plastic to improve grip and provide a bit of insulation. The clamp is about 4" long x 5/8" wide and opens about 1-1/4". They have strong grips and will crush fragile items, but do a good job of holding things while the glue dries, you do the soldering, or the materials bond.

If you feel your furniture would feel better with little felt feet, we feel that way too. Save your floors and tabletops with this selection of self-adhesive circular felt pads. Each package has (8) pads at 3/8" dia and (8) at 1" dia, and you'll get (2) packs.