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I was hoping to see some things I was unaware existed. I was fulfilled. The first thing is that liquid plastic welder; that is fantastic. Fixing tools, cracks in scenery. If i had one of those in the shop it would have gotten pretty good use this show. ONLY $22. I will be adding that to my wishlist.
The giant dustpan is pretty funny. They call it a giant debris collector, and I honestly see the benefit. Its as wide as a push broom so no bending down. Downside is that storing that thing would be ridiculous.
Smart Measure Pro, something you don't need, but I get it. You draw lines around the area you need to paint, cover, whatever, and it tells you how much material you need. So an expensive area calculator. Maybe use a ruler instead.
The infinity level. It can do angles. You can plump something by putting the level on both sides at once. Simple concept, infinite use. It's kind of pricey at $220 but hey if you can afford it.
Last thing that stood out to me was the flexible sand paper. I can think of ten times off the top of my head where that would have been useful. If anything on this list is something we should have, its this.
Is it bad if I really want all of these tools except maybe 2 or 3? I just love tools and some of these I have never seen before like the Smart Measure Pro. That tool is so cool. You can just take a picture and get a full estimate for a job. I don’t estimate jobs that this would be useful on too often if at all, but I still really want one. I can imagine how helpful this tool would be for people who estimate jobs all the time. I would be skeptical of just an app that says it does this but I really trust Stanley and it is an additional device that must have a lot of technology to make the estimates accurate. Now I am a little shocked by the Dewalt battery powered miter saw. Ryobi has one and I thought it would stop there. Dewalt, to me, is a pretty good brand and a battery powered miter saw just doesn’t seem like it would have enough power or be successful enough to bear the Dewalt name. And that Milwaukee tool chest, ugh, so pretty. And there was an article here before about the Mosley level, but essentially it is nice but out of my price range for something that isn't that great.
How are we not talking more about the plastic welder?? Holy crap that thing is amazing I want five. There are so many times that having that would have be so helpful. I’ve had to get two new water bottles in the past year because the loop is not strong enough. And it’s a nalgene, so the rest of the bottle is indestructible. The fixing of exposed charges is something that I really need to do for my computer charger because I ran it over with my rolling chair. There are just so many projects that I could do right now if I had this. I also really like how you can build sculptures with it. I honestly probably would just waste all the plastic making fun cute sculptures. I wonder if you can reuse the plastic. Probably not, but can you imagine if you could? That would be the coolest toy for kids (assuming it doesn't heat up a ton and burn them).
So, I think a lot of these things are cool gadgets, but they end up being a little gimmicky, and may get in the way of the fundamental tool doing its job effectively. I can't imagine that the smart measurer, phone camera thing would work effectively at such a low price point, and the first time you can't trust the measurement, you could never really trust it again. The level with the twisty knobs is another one that seems super cool, but it also seems like it wouldn't be very robust, which is a problem on a jobsite. I'm kind of a wet blanket though...
There are a couple things from this article that I thought were AWESOME. Namely, the flexible sand paper and the WD 40 with the flexible straw. I may have startled a baby awake when I saw the WD 40, because I was so excited about how useful that would be. I do wish that you could take the flexi-straw and transfer it from can to can, so that you didn't have to buy a new fancy straw every time you bought a can of WD 40, but I suppose that is how they keep generating revenue...
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I was hoping to see some things I was unaware existed. I was fulfilled. The first thing is that liquid plastic welder; that is fantastic. Fixing tools, cracks in scenery. If i had one of those in the shop it would have gotten pretty good use this show. ONLY $22. I will be adding that to my wishlist.
The giant dustpan is pretty funny. They call it a giant debris collector, and I honestly see the benefit. Its as wide as a push broom so no bending down. Downside is that storing that thing would be ridiculous.
Smart Measure Pro, something you don't need, but I get it. You draw lines around the area you need to paint, cover, whatever, and it tells you how much material you need. So an expensive area calculator. Maybe use a ruler instead.
The infinity level. It can do angles. You can plump something by putting the level on both sides at once. Simple concept, infinite use. It's kind of pricey at $220 but hey if you can afford it.
Last thing that stood out to me was the flexible sand paper. I can think of ten times off the top of my head where that would have been useful. If anything on this list is something we should have, its this.
Is it bad if I really want all of these tools except maybe 2 or 3? I just love tools and some of these I have never seen before like the Smart Measure Pro. That tool is so cool. You can just take a picture and get a full estimate for a job. I don’t estimate jobs that this would be useful on too often if at all, but I still really want one. I can imagine how helpful this tool would be for people who estimate jobs all the time. I would be skeptical of just an app that says it does this but I really trust Stanley and it is an additional device that must have a lot of technology to make the estimates accurate. Now I am a little shocked by the Dewalt battery powered miter saw. Ryobi has one and I thought it would stop there. Dewalt, to me, is a pretty good brand and a battery powered miter saw just doesn’t seem like it would have enough power or be successful enough to bear the Dewalt name. And that Milwaukee tool chest, ugh, so pretty. And there was an article here before about the Mosley level, but essentially it is nice but out of my price range for something that isn't that great.
How are we not talking more about the plastic welder?? Holy crap that thing is amazing I want five. There are so many times that having that would have be so helpful. I’ve had to get two new water bottles in the past year because the loop is not strong enough. And it’s a nalgene, so the rest of the bottle is indestructible. The fixing of exposed charges is something that I really need to do for my computer charger because I ran it over with my rolling chair. There are just so many projects that I could do right now if I had this. I also really like how you can build sculptures with it. I honestly probably would just waste all the plastic making fun cute sculptures. I wonder if you can reuse the plastic. Probably not, but can you imagine if you could? That would be the coolest toy for kids (assuming it doesn't heat up a ton and burn them).
So, I think a lot of these things are cool gadgets, but they end up being a little gimmicky, and may get in the way of the fundamental tool doing its job effectively. I can't imagine that the smart measurer, phone camera thing would work effectively at such a low price point, and the first time you can't trust the measurement, you could never really trust it again. The level with the twisty knobs is another one that seems super cool, but it also seems like it wouldn't be very robust, which is a problem on a jobsite. I'm kind of a wet blanket though...
There are a couple things from this article that I thought were AWESOME. Namely, the flexible sand paper and the WD 40 with the flexible straw. I may have startled a baby awake when I saw the WD 40, because I was so excited about how useful that would be. I do wish that you could take the flexi-straw and transfer it from can to can, so that you didn't have to buy a new fancy straw every time you bought a can of WD 40, but I suppose that is how they keep generating revenue...
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