Walking sticks have moved into the space age! This walker's/hiker's friend has futuristic features and the look of an inter-galactic weapon. The high-quality collapsible aluminum stick extends from a packable 27" to a full 43", and has a carbide tip with a rubber cover, a removable 2" dia disk to keep the stick from sinking into soft ground, and an internal shock absorber that can be turned on or off. At the top, a 5-LED flashlight with a 90° pivot is embedded in a molded-plastic cane-style handle to light your way. For mountain trekking, lengthen the stick, slip the adjustable canvas wrist strap over your hand, and clutch the stick by the padded foam section below the cane handle. Directions, diagrams, and 1100mm to 1350mm gradations are marked clearly on the 3-draw pole. We'll pick a black or anodized red, blue, or silver version for you.

Stop wrapping duct tape around your vise, and protect delicate material the right way with this pair of hard-rubber, ribbed pads made to cover the jaws. The pads have (2) rare earth magnets embedded inside the rubber. Made for a 4" vise, they measure 4" long x 1-1/8" high x 3/8" thick with a lip along one long side. The rubber is 3/32" thick.

Our each is a set of (4) removable sink strainers with stainless steel mesh wells and flat rims. The set includes (1) 4-1/2" dia for 2-1/4" drains, (1) 2-3/4" dia for 1-1/8" drains, and (2) 2" dia for 3/4" drains.

These are the split rings with the beveled profile, the good ones. The bevel and the largeness of these rings translate to fewer chipped fingernails and blurted-out obscenities. Measure 1-1/2" dia x 1/8" thick, in steel, and hold a bunch of keys.

Call it a gonzo version of our best work-light, this 4-5/8" x 2-1/4" x 1" cigarette-pack-size light has (60) white LEDs in a 3" x 1-1/2" window with a bright mode and a way brighter mode that would blind a turkey vulture, plus (4) more for a standard flashlight mode. Includes a flip-out easel, hook and a disc magnet. Comes with (3) "AAA"s. Manufacturer rates this bad boy at 900 lumens. 

Hang it all with this set of (10) magnetic hooks. The 1-3/16" long x 9/64" hooks screw into 1-3/8" dia magnetic bases with an approx 8-lb pull, which is lighter than most jackets and keys. Good for horizontal or vertical mounts, and dandy for adding hooks to gym or school lockers.

Cut your own. Our each is 16 feet of black flexible wire coated with 3/16" dia soft rubber, ready for you to snip off for your heavy-duty, padded twist-tie needs. Very nice stuff. Reusable. We're thinking cable bundling, sports equipments, tools, hoses, like that.

It's officially a watch-case holder, and indispensable for jewelers and watch collectors, but it's equally useful for holding anything small and squirrely while you work on it. A pair of 1-3/4" long x 15/16" tall brackets have (4) sets of (6) holes that take (4) movable posts. Spring-loaded jaws dial open to a max of 1".

For bundling and identifying cables. Our each is a 10-pack of 7" long hook-and-loop tape, (2) each in red, green, black, blue, and yellow. For the superorganized, each strap has a small violet, scarlet, lime, gray, or orange loop tab on the end for attaching the bundle to something and further color-coding it.

In black. Our wire ties will tie things up, tie them down, or bundle all those errant wires into a nice neat package--and make that satisfying zzzziiiiiiiip sound while they're at it. We love that sound. Our each is a pack of (100) ties 7-3/8" long x approx 3-16" wide with 50-lb tensile strength for bundles up to 1-3/4" dia. UL.

No large ones, but (101) amazingly assorted small extension, compression and torsion springs -- most, but not all, 1" to 2" long. Assorted lengths, assorted widths, assorted finishes, asorta handy bag of replacement parts to have around the house.

Hook these on the zipper pulls on your jackets and you'll never be in the dark again. Tiny LED lights measure 1" x 9/16" in a 5/16" thick oblong, and come on a 7/8" long lanyard clip. We'll pick some that will go with your eyes, in blue, green, black or red. Include little button cell batteries that can be replaced if you're the sort of person who does that.

Five guys playing the electric brobdingnag? No, just gigantic red rubber bands, made to hold stuff on pallets together. Striated along their lengths, they measure 48" long x 3/4" wide x 3/32" thick and will stretch to a 7- or 8-foot circle, or more, depending on your nerve.

Velcro®, Velcro®, Velcro®. We get so tired of all the time having to say “hook-and-loop fastener” that we get super-excited whenever we have actual self adhesive Velcro® brand Velcro® in stock. Which is what this is. Each piece is 5/8" wide x 13-1/2" long, in black, and includes both sides. Our package of (5) nets you (5) sets. Velcro®!, Velcro®!, Velcro®!

Eggs comes in sets of a dozen so why shouldn’t molle buckles? Use these (12) always stylish black buckles to make cool paracord bracelets or to fasten something more utilitarian. Each buckle measures 7/16" x 9/16" x 1-1/8" when connected. These fun, festive and functional buckles will brighten your mood no matter what’s being connected.

Our smallest vise, and arguably our handiest around the house: call it the Jaws of Aluminum. Clamp this small table vise onto a surface up to 3/4" thick and let it be your third hand. The jaws are 1-1/2" wide and open to a maximum of 1-1/4".

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.

Staggeringly useful hook-and-loop fastener tape for do-it-yourself fastening and hanging needs. And trust us, the more you buy, the more uses you'll find. You get (2) strips (yes, one with hooks and one with loops) in black with a peel-and-stick self adhesive back, measuring 1m long x 20mm wide, which in English is approx 39" long x 11/16" wide.