Cool Keychain Gadgets - Some are Cool, Some Stupid

Now That's Nifty ^ | 05 01 09 | Nick

[Notoriously Conservative]

You know that excitement that wells up inside of you when you get an unopened parcel? Well, Bandai wonders: What's the best part? Opening it, or getting what's inside? If you get a little tingle out of ripping the seal, then look no further than Bandai's Peri Peri keychain toy. For whatever reason, it'll simulate just that — for as many times as you like. "No more wasting time. Enjoy your life forever!!" the product’s description reads.

The keychain even includes a built-in speaker that makes sound effects of, um, "roulette mode, cat mode, bingo mode and so on." I can only begin to wonder what "so on" entails. But beware. The website warns: "Once you play this Peri Peri toy, you could get addict as sooner. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed." If opening mail is so fun, why is this guy crying?

[mbraynard]

I’m content with an 8gig jump drive and a mini swiss army knife on mine.

[JimSEA]

LifeStat is an emergency airway device for use in respiratory obstruction or failure. This innovative device facilitates a lifesaving method (cricothyroid notch) in emergencies when other efforts have failed.

This strikes me as a really bad idea. I can recall, after a first aid class featuring the ball point pen technique, one guy with the metal age of about twelve kept talking about how cool using the pen would be and staring a people's throats. A friend's comment was, "Now I know I will die with a ball point jammed in my neck after fainting from the heat."

[backhoe]

The two most consistently useful keychain accessories I have found are a penknife ( blade, scissors, file, tweezers ) and a tiny LED light.

[edzo4]

love my swiss tech 6 in 1 keychain tool

[ctdonath2]

Wow. Those were ... dumb.

So where’s the cool ones?

Like a survival keyring consisting of:
- mini knife
- firestarter flint
- flashlight
- capsule for meds, Tylenol, Benadryl
- capsule for water purification tabs
- multitool
- compass
- micro radio

[ravingnutter]

Geez...and here I only have an “I may be a B***h, but I’m the pick of the litter” key fob.

[Just another Joe]

The bubble wrap is the best. ;^)

[KarlInOhio]

You need more tools.

[5thGenTexan]

The bubble wrap is the best. ;^)

And there's an iPhone app for that!

[edzo4]

I got the leather man for that, I like the smaller one cause it fits better in the pocket

[jagusafr]

One more for the tiny LED light - got one at the BX for $1.99.

Colonel, USAFR

[rpierce]

[Fast Moving Angel]

Cool! Where do you find THAT?

[rpierce]

Go here: http://www.geekalerts.com/16gb-swiss-army-knife-usb-drive/
(or you could just click on the picture. ;)

[Fast Moving Angel]

Very cool ... thanks. (OK, I feel stupid — didn’t even think to click on the picture. ;-) )