Cool Useful Things to Buy Thread - Page 2

On August 15 2012 14:35 Powerpill wrote:


Damn you! What am I ever going to do with those medieval hand blades I just spontaneously bought.

On August 15 2012 14:54 analyze wrote:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000IE0EZO

That's pretty cool. It is a little gadget that can get you can use to cut your way out of your seat belt should you need to.

On August 15 2012 13:33 PH wrote:

Be careful about this. Apparently the little blade is considered a concealed weapon in some states. My friend, here in California, got arrested and taken to a police station because they found one of those. They eventually let him off because they weren't realistically going to charge him for carrying around what essentially amounted to a pocket mirror, but if a cop is already pissed at you, that thing won't help.

On October 02 2012 19:37 URfavHO wrote:

Awkward... I actually visited my state capital about a week after this post.

I approached the entrance of the capital from a detached glass structure with some security guards armed with semiautomatic pistols, tasers and batons. Carelessly, I walked to a queue with my visiting friend. After waiting patiently, I greeted the first guard with a "Hello" and proceed to place my pocketed belongings in a plastic tray that feed a mundane looking x ray machine. I walked through the metal detector uneventfully.

Finally, they detected something questionable that looked like a blade in the x-ray and couldn't figure out what it was. I realized that it was my multi tool that I was carrying in my wallet and promptly alerted the x-ray operator of this. I then instructed her to pull out the multi tool from my wallet. Confused holding a red plastic card, I guided her to the blade. She fumbled about finding the can opener/flathead-screwdriver first until I pointed to the other tab in the card.

She found the blade and then informed me that she would have to hang on to the multi tool until I depart from the capital....

So that could have been pretty awkward if the guards had considered me to be more of a threat.

On August 15 2012 11:37 FabledIntegral wrote:
I recently bought a breathalyzer for $26 only to find out it's complete shit. Basically, if you take a shot of vodka (completely sober) and blow into it immediately after, it think you're at least .25 or something crazy. But if you've been hammered for a while and haven't drank in say 45 minutes, it'll give you like a 0.05.

On October 02 2012 20:03 r.Evo wrote:

When I last flew to the UK I had my swiss multitool with me by accident.
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The girl in front of me got her nail file taken away because it was considered a weapon. My multitool was apparently less dangerous. <3

On October 03 2012 01:06 Tewks44 wrote:


I can't believe they let you on a plane with that when I can't even get my shaving cream past security