This digital stopwatch includes a clock, alarm clock and lap modes. Reading appears in a 7/8" x 7/16" tall LCD display, graduated down to 1/100th of a second. Includes a 16" neck cord. From United Scientific. In assorted, but dignified, coach-appropriate colors.

It’s a black mesh minnow (and frog?) net, 8” deep x 8-1/2” wide, but the best part is that it’s on a sturdy 7-draw handle that will extend from an easily stored and carried 8” long to a tad under 39” from handle to tip. That makes it especially good for snaring foul balls, so you could be on TV and get thrown out of major league stadiums from coast to coast.

What a bright idea! Our emergency blanket is reflective silver Mylar on both sides. Measures 68" long x 23" wide x a heat-sealing 1/16" thick. Comes with attached straps to roll it up and store it, plus a little carabiner to clip it to a pack. Keep it in the car and it might save your life. Or use it as a slim 21st century bedspread if you have a stainless steel bedroom.

And people won't crash into you, because nothing says safety like this high-quality reflective tape, the same material that's used to make stop signs. You get (4) glossy, self-adhesive red reflective tapes, 12" long x 3/4" wide. We're thinking bike fenders and helmets, dog collars, garage door frames, anything that could benefit from a heightened visibility.

Orienteerer alert. This compass has (3) scales and a 4X magnifier. Can be used to read topographical and tourist maps, and to determine azimuthal locations. Perfect for use with overhead projectors. The 2” dia compass is graduated from 0-360 degrees in 2-degree increments, has a liquid-filled capsule, declination correction scale and luminous points, and hangs on a yellow lanyard. Meridian lines help with accurate plotting of angles. Scales are in mm 1:25K, 1:50K. Measures 2.5" (60mm) x 5.5" (140mm).

Nifty device that takes maxi air and squeezes it down into a mini condition. The device is roughly 6-1/2"" long x 6" tall x 4" wide. It has a 10 ft. cord that plugs into an auto lighter socket: i.e. it runs on 12VDC @ 10 amps. Air output is via a 12" hose with a variety of valve adapters for tires, soccer balls, rubber rafts, and just dusting off the environment. Complete with a 0-250 psi gauge. Which should be plenty of pressure to explode a weak bike tire or flimsy beach ball, so please be careful!

Always be prepared. Even if it's not raining, toss one of these one-size-fits-pretty-much-everybody (they're 61" x 65") assorted colored polyethylene hooded ponchos in the car, another in your backpack, a third in your coat pocket or purse. They're thin, emergency-type protection and come folded up in a packet about 3" x 5" x 1/2" thick. You get (3) because you just can't be too prepared.

Konvenient for kamping! And kramped kitchen kabinets! These nesting, collapsible silicone and plastic bowls are made for campers but they work great at home, too, particularly for apartment-dwellers, whose space is precious. In gray and powder blue. You’ll get an 8” dia x 5” deep bowl, a 7” dia x 3-3/4” deep bowl, and a 7-1/2” x 4-1/2” deep colander. Smoosh them down and they turn into one 11” wide (counting handles) x 2-1/2” deep nest. Pay no attention to the temperature misprint on the package; these bowls are good for up to 160 degrees Fahrenheit.

Make your dashboard one with everything for under seven bucks. This Buddhist monk-on-a-spring wears an off-the-shoulder saffron robe and a blissful expression that will make your daily commute a little slice of Nirvana. Sits 4-5/8" tall with an adhesive base.

From Nite Ize®, these extra-light NextGlo™ Visibility Markers and ID Tags have S-biners (double-headed carabiners) to hold your keys and clip them to something (like a pack or belt loop) while you’re on the go. No more fussing with split rings; these quick-change clips save your fingernails and your time.The NextGlo material charges in minutes under any light and lasts for hours so you can find your tent zipper, backpack or last piece of pizza at night.  You pick: the set of (2) ellipsoidal ID tags that you can write on, 1-1/4" x 5/8" with one orange, one yellow; or the single larger 2-1/4" x 5/8" glower in an extruded X shape, our choice of orange or yellow.

If you, like most people, are a little directionally challenged, you’ll surely benefit from this little compass. Really, it’s tiny. Smaller than a nickel. At 3/4" dia and 5/16” thick this compass has cardinal and ordinal directions marked, and markings every 12 degrees, too. Drop it in your pocket every time you leave the house, and hand the others ones we send you to your directionally challenged friends!

Including bubbles as big as your grandmother. You get 2 oz of fluid; (4) straws; a mouthpiece; cubical, pyramid, star and round frames, 108" of yarn (for the bubbe-sized bubble); a tray and instructions for (11) kinds of bubble activities. For ages 5 and up.

The CamJam XT is a clever cast-aluminum rope-tightening tool and carabiner. Has a 7/8” ID carabiner hook at one end, and a 1-1/4” toothed ratchet at the other. Made to take braided rope between 1/8” and 3/8”. Has a working load limit of 500 lbs, and a break strength of 1500 lbs. Measures 4” x 1-3/4’ x 7/8”. Marked “not for climbing.”

You like little, high-quality tools? Yeah, us too. Here’s a (5)-piece multi-pack set from Schrade®--not your typical cheapo $5 discount store brand--and it’ll all fit in your front pocket. Includes a folding multitool with pliers, cutters, file, saw, bottle opener, 1-1/4" knife and slotted and Phillips drivers that fold to 3"; a folding knife with 2" blade and lock; a keychain knife with scissors, file, and 1-1/4" blade; a keychain driver with an 1/8" slotted and #0 Phillips, and a paracord braid with a 1" split ring and approx 6 feet of cord.

This Rechargeable 1000-lumen floodlight/Phone recharger from iZoom® has the power to be a real retina-scorcher. Throws a warm white light from the 1-1/2” COB LED inside a 2-7/8” x 2-1/2” reflector that draws 10W. Its powerful Li-Ion battery will last (3) hours on a 5-6 hour charge. Housing is 6" x 3-5/8" x 1" with an easel that separates, so you can hang it on a pipe or rod. Comes with a USB adapter and a 3-foot cord. As a bonus even has a 3600mAh USB-out to charge other things like cell phones and tablets! Includes a high/low/off switch, and is listed as weatherproof. Yours will be red or yellow, not that it matters.

More compass than you usually get for the price, this transparent plastic, liquid-filled version is 1-15/16" dia with a black outer ring marked every 5 degrees and knurled for easy turning. Bottom has lines and an arrow for ease of plotting. On a 17" long neck cord.

It’s a whetstone for sharpening knives and no, it doesn’t need to be wet to use. (“Whet” means to hone.) This one is small, pocket knife-size. Some folks use a little mineral oil, but that isn’t necessary either. This stone is 220-grit, and measures 3-7/8" x 1" x 1/2". Lay it on a wet paper or cloth towel, so it doesn’t slip, then pull your blade across it a dozen times on each side with the edge tipped to a about 22-1/2-degree angle or less, which you approximate by standing it up at 90 degrees, then tipping it halfway to 45, then halfway again.

These mighty handy wipes start at 3/4" dia x 1/2" thick and come alive (in a manner of speaking) when you drop them into a glass of water. Unfold one to 9" x 10" and use it to clean up the kids--or yourself--and you'll never leave home without them. Each pack is a plastic tube of  (8) wipes, which makes them great for purses, glove compartments and campsites.