Grandes Poches

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LRI, an innovative flashlight manufacturer, already responsible for excellent EDC flashlights like the Photon or the Proton, is releasing a very clever upgrade of its keychain minimalists lights : the ReX.

A little wider than the classic Photon light, the ReX got four Nichia 5mm LEDs embeded in the polycarbonate body - that means that it’s […]



Atwood new creations

I’ve just seen last week three very interesting variations around the classical Atwood design of an EDC prying tool : the BugBites, the BottleBug and the Crawdaddy.
Departing from the Prybaby, each model have its own specific usage, beside the prying and the screwdriving. The BugBite, a wonderful titanium keychain tool, comes with an integrated hexabit, […]

Creative Zen Stone Plus

Being the big brother of the Zen Stone and I think, the true son of the excellent Zen Nano, the Zen Stone Plus appeared this summer and provide a simple screen and twice the capacity of the peeblish Stone in the same package.

The Zen Stone Plus offers a FM radio (32 stations presets), a […]

Parker Executive Multipen

An alternative to the cheap Bic Quatre Couleurs or the beautiful Lamy multisystem pens, the Parker Executive is a sleek writing stick.

Available in four variations (glossed chrome or matte black, with horizontal or vertical lining), this pen provides you two ballpens (black and blue), a 0.5 mm pencil and the choice of an orange […]

Leatherman Skeletool

That strange looking multitool is the new offer from Leatherman, and it’s rather innovative, at least in the concept : you won’t have every tools for every occasion, but you’ll have the basics in a light and everyday carryable form factor.
I like the facts that multiple specialised screwdrivers are dismissed for switchable hexabit screwdrivers, this […]

  
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