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Leatherman Monarch 500

It seems that Leatherman is going to offer besides its quality tools and knives a line of Cree ledlight. It risks to be heavy (6 AAA batteries in a stainless steel body…) but don’t seems to be bulky, not much than classical 2 x CR123 tactical flashlight alla Surefire 6P.
Price TBA.
Discuss it on EDC Forum
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Tiny Meat The Wallet

That slick looking helvetican wallet is available in five catchy colours and seems to be a very limited series (but you can find a lot of very cool designs at Tiny Meat shop).
The design is extremely thin and minimalist (think “Duck Tape wallet”, but with cool vinyl construction) and can hold cash and got four […]

JetBeam C-LE Ver.2 Q2 BIN

JetBeam, like Fenix, is the new kind of chinese products of very good quality. Both brands are now very appreciated with flashlights aficionados for thier innovation (when most american brands still stay on three years technologies) and overall quality and reliability.
Always on the edge of last LED technology, JetBeam offer one of the last Cree […]

Pocketwrench II

This little wrench is highly EDCable, since it’s flat enough to be carried in a wallet. You can use it as a back-up wrench (obviously), a screwdriver, a tiny rule and a lever tool.

Only 4″ long, 1″ wide, and 1/8″ thick, the Pocketwrench II handles hex nuts from 3/16″ to 11/16″ (even metric sizes) using […]

Fenix Q5

Fenix L1D/L2D CE line use Cree LED in one of the most useful package available on the market, and for prices very acceptable. Only two years ago, the idea of tiny flashlight running on standard batteries for hours and able to put shame on best “tactical” flashlights there was was truely audacious.
The chinese brand […]

Reebok Gym Ball

The Gym Ball is not only a great exercises tool, it can also be a pretty good chair. I’m not sure how much comfortable it is, but it’s clearly great from a design point of view.

About 20 euros and 66 cm of diameter.
• Ideal for sit-ups, back exercises and general fitness
• Made from Anti-Burst foam […]

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