BEST SELLERS

Stocking cap, actually, or (Navy) watch cap, but the hip kids call them beanies now, so we’ll try our darnedest to stay “with it.” This black acrylic knit beanie lights up with 5 white LED's. Has a small battery holder with a little switch under the fold. Put this one size fits most hat on when you walk the dog, shovel snow or shooting hoops at night. They come with (2) CR2032 button-cell batteries that work but may need to be replaced soon. Good thing we have them here. Click. Now go shovel, your driveway looks terrible.

It’s always hot somewhere. Stay cool with a hyper-evaporative towel. In a sports-jersey-ish fabric, you wet it and wear it--around your neck or head--and the evaporative quality keeps you cool. Measures 40” x 12” in a flattering blue, and comes in a plastic bottle with a carabiner-like clip on top so you can wet it and hang it on your belt until you heat up.

Made of wound-up stainless steel coil springs and tough as rhinoceros jerky, these 35-gram stainless pot scrubbers will make you scoff at those dollar retailer pads that look like shredded wheat and sound like you need help at sea. In your PKG (6) each will be wrapped individually. Bonus: science fair material potential!

You will survive with this Survival Candle, a 3-wick burner made of soy and palm wax in a 3-1/8" dia 2-3/8" tin can with a lid. Rated to last up to 36 hours.

Feel free to open your eyes underwater and leave ’em open as long as you like with these super-nice, adult, unisex SealBuddy Panoramic Swimming Goggles. They have a comfortable, tight fit with a rubber headband that you adjust with a pinch button and band ridges, plastic frames, soft silicone gaskets and 2.1" wide x 1.3" high tapered plastic anti-fog, anti-scratch lenses. They come with a hard-shell case because without it you’d lose them like we all do when they don’t come with a hard-shell case. Available in your favorite color scheme for goggles, as long as that’s black with stylish white accents.

Originally a fire safety escape kit, you'll get a headlamp (which is the meat and potatoes of the kit) with (8) white LEDs on a pivoting bracket with adjustable elastic straps that are nominally approx 8" across and powered by (3) included “AAA” batteries. Also comes with a screw hook, a suction cup child locator, and (10) reflective 2" arrow stickers. But it’s the LED lamp, at our great price, that makes this one so attractive.

Once upon a time, tweeting is what birds did, and also what people calling birds did. Return with us now to those trilling days of yesteryear with this little hand-held Audubon bird call. Measures 2-1/4" long with a cast-aluminum shaft inside a birch barrel. Twist it to tweet, and there’s no limit to how long you go on.

Travel size umbrella in shades of Santa Claus Red and Traffic Cone Orange (we'll pick), measuring 11” collapsed and opening to a 41” dia canopy. It has a little black handle with a pop-open trigger button, as they often do. The real beauty of this umbrella comes when you press the button a second time and the top of the umbrella collapses saving you the trouble of messing with that little metal tab. You'll still have to push the body back together to reload it, however. Needless to say we are impressed with this innovation in umbrella technology. Added Bonus: They’re easy to spot in a lost and found drawer.

Us, too. We’re using this flameless, rechargeable USB-powered, electric lighter from Pilot™. In understated matte black, with a solid metal body and a classic flip top, this 3-1/4” x 1-1/4” x 1/2" lighter will give you (100) lights on a single charge. Super-hot coil activates when you press a button on side opposite the hinge and is protected in a 1/4" deep x 1/3" dia. well. Won’t turn on when the lid is closed and auto-shuts off in 15 seconds for pocket/bag safety. USB charger slides out when you need more juice, turning on LED in power button, and back in when you’re charged up.

Call it the bag of a lesser messenger. This dark olive Extreme Pak™ tote looks like a mini-backpack but has a shoulder strap plus a pair of handles. Measures approx 11-1/2" tall x 8-1/2" wide x 6" deep front to back, it's got a big inside zippered compartment, a smaller zippered pouch on the bottom, a pair of hook-and-loop closed pockets on the top, plus a plethora (that'd be 10) of band loops to hang stuff off. Mfg suggested retail is over $30. Just saying.

This Stansport product is called the Finger-Tip Saw (although all you really need to cut off fingertips is a good garden pruner). This is actually a survival/hunter's wire saw, a 20" long, thin and sharp serrated wire with a 1-1/8" slip-ring at each end (for your fingertips). Coil it up and you can store it in a shirt pocket. Cuts "wood, plastic, bone, etc." and includes instructions for making a one-handed saw with a short tree branch.

You will survive, too, just like Gloria Gaynor, and in the woods, even. But only if you have this U.S. Army manual, cleverly titled: SURVIVAL, Department of the Army Field Manual FM21-76. It's 287 heavily illustrated pages of techniques for staying alive (add your own BeeGee jokes here) including orientation, food & cooking, fire- and shelter-making, rafts, animal, insect and plant recognition, and much more. This is the 1970 edition, but staying alive in the woods hasn't changed a whole lot since then. In soft-cover.

Our smallest leather-type-person multitool is made to hang on your keychain, and we know that because it has a 1-1/4” carabiner attached to it. Measures approx 3” long x 1” x 1/2” when closed, and opens to a spring-loaded needle-ish nose pliers with wire cutter, wire stripper, knife, file, (2) slotted drivers, #0 Phillips, serrated blade/saw, nail cleaner, bottle opener and the ever-popular awl. It’ll do most of the jobs you need done. The lightweight, stainless-steel construction means it won't drag down your pack or belt. A must-have for any scout or handy-person.

A Syracuse interior lineman with an umbrella. Also, this (20)-liter orange dry sack, big enough to keep a week's worth of camping clothes and French bread dry. Measures 23” long with a 13-1/2” dia top tapering down to a 9” dia bottom. Fill 'er up, fold the top down three times, and snap the molle buckle for maximum water resistance.

And you’ll get found again, and you’ll also know what time it is. This 1-3/4” dia x 1/2” thick device has a pull-up pointer flap that makes it a working sundial positioned above a compass. Folds flat and has a ring that’s attached to a lobster clip, so you can hang it on your belt or pocket clip. A handy companion for traveling through time and space, if that’s your thing.

Grab your fuel pellets and stick them in your backpack with this tiny folding Commando Cooker from Rothco®, the ultra-light emergency/camping stove you've surely seen elsewhere. Measures 4-7/8" x 3-5/8" x 1" closed and 4-1/2" x 3-5/8" x 2-5/8" when open. Made of plated steel, and can be used in two positions. Standard fuel pellets (not included) can be stored inside for toting.

Not much bigger than a stick of gum, this multitool is a 1-1/2” long knife with a single bevel, bottle opener and flathead screwdriver. Shaped like a key, it’s 3-1/4" long and less than 1” wide at the widest, and has a loop to hook onto a keychain. This is the thing you didn’t know you needed until you need it.

Made to strap onto the headrests in your car, this super-squishy pillow puts those airplane neck thingies to shame. Made of microfiber that’s irresistible to touch, it measures 10" wide x 6” tall and is approx 4” thick before you squish it with your head. Black back and neon orange front. Excellent for post-prandial naps after drive-through lunches.