{"id":22845,"date":"2014-11-28T02:01:53","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T09:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=22845"},"modified":"2014-12-18T11:46:13","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T18:46:13","slug":"cool-tools-2014-holiday-gift-guide-gifts-for-10-or-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/cool-tools-2014-holiday-gift-guide-gifts-for-10-or-less\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool Tools 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for $10 or less"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the weeks leading up to the holidays, we\u2019ll be presenting a series of gift suggestions selected from the pages of Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities<\/a> (which itself makes a great gift). This week: great gifts for under $10.<\/p>\n

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\nGiottos Rocket Blaster ($10)<\/strong><\/a> “This rubber rocket doesn\u2019t provide as much pressure as Dust-Off, but it exhales a forceful-enough blast for dusting photo\/electronic gear, and standing upright on its base sidelines as playful desk dressing\/stress-relief toy.”<\/p>\n

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\nCoghlan\u2019s 12-in-1 Scissors ($8)<\/strong><\/a> “A silly looking and cheap tool that is surprisingly useful. It will cut fairly heavy material, has a bottle opener, screwdriver, and will come apart so you can use it as an awl or hole punch in an emergency.<\/p>\n

\"Photon
\nPhoton Microlight II ($9)<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0“This is a very handy little light that is small enough to carry around in your pocket on a keychain. It weighs only 4.8-grams and the LED \u201cbulb\u201d is very bright for its size, more than adequate for finding your way around in a dark spot, reading a map, finding key holes, etc, with a simple thumb press on the button”<\/p>\n

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\nFantastic Ice Scraper ($4)<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0“It\u2019s been my go-to ice removal device. I now keep one in the kitchen for cleaning counter tops, glass tables, stove tops and any other hard surface that needs an occasional scrape down. I also keep one in the garage for general scraping and cleaning.”<\/p>\n

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\nRowan LT-36 Clip-On Tuner ($10)<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Update! in the comments, Slideguy says the Rowan is a better $10 tuner than the Snark:<\/em> “There are lots of good headstock tuners on the market now, and the the Snark has a big drawback besides short battery life. The display is too dim to be used in daylight. Even Snark recognized the problem and came out with an improved display on their SN-8.\u00a0But the Rowin LT-36 has a bright display that changes colors when you get your tuning just right. It’s smaller, lighter, and has longer battery life. I sell guitars for a living, and always have one of these in my pocket to tweak an instrument before I hand it to a customer.”<\/p>\n

Want more $10 gift ideas? Take a look at our 2013 Low Cost Gift Guide<\/a><\/p>\n

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