{"id":22885,"date":"2014-12-12T02:01:11","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T09:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=22885"},"modified":"2014-11-25T17:26:18","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T00:26:18","slug":"cool-tools-2014-holiday-gift-guide-readers-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/cool-tools-2014-holiday-gift-guide-readers-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool Tools 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: Readers’ Choice!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the weeks leading up to the holidays, we\u2019ll be presenting a series of gift suggestions. This week, we’ve asked some of our most active commenters to make gift recommendations.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Fenix MC11 Flashlight ($61)<\/strong><\/a> “As a stagehand for over 30 years I have spent a lot of time in the dark. All of us in this profession have a love of flashlights, as they are a very important tool in our trade. The MC11 flashlight gives me a choice of presetting the mode to blinding high, medium, or low light levels, strobe, and even SOS. It’s powered by a single AA battery so it is small (4″ overall) and a very easy carry. A really aggressive and strong clip means I can clip it to my belt or pocket or even a hat brim. The adjustable 90-degree tilting head is a great help. I can point the beam where I need to see it, and there is an easy-to-find pushbutton power switch on the top.” — Kent Barnes<\/p>\n

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4Sevens Preon 2 Penlight ($41)<\/a><\/strong> “Aging eyes need more light, and this penlight is totally wonderful for men who generally wear a shirt with a pocket. I automatically reach for it in dim-light conditions, and also use it to search for things.” — Michael Ham<\/p>\n

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“My top recommendation for the holidays is the Kindle of Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing ($10)<\/strong><\/a>. A one-time Shinto shrine maiden, Kondo bases her “KonMari” method on the assumption that one’s house and all the objects in it have consciousness but, boy howdy, even if you’re a die-hard materialist, follow her method and you’ll zoom to a wiggy new oxygen-rich level of tidy.” — C.M. Mayo<\/p>\n

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The Flavor Bible ($26)<\/a><\/strong> “This book contains hundreds of charts listing ingredients and flavors that taste great together.\u00a0It\u2019s perfect for anyone who loves to experiment and create new recipes.” — Troy Packrat<\/p>\n

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“I’ve tried a couple of fancy honey dispensers, but the best one I’ve found is free. (That is, after paying for the honey it comes with.) It’s a 16-ounce plastic bottle of Safeway’s O-Organics honey<\/strong>. (Don’t get the larger sizes — they won’t work.) It dispenses honey only when the bottle is squeezed. When the pressure is released, a clever valve in the spout shuts off any further flow, so there are no dribbles. (Perhaps — in fact, probably — other sources have a similar bottle. It’s surprising that more don’t.)” — Roger Knights<\/p>\n

Want more gift ideas? Take a look at our other\u00a02014 Holiday Gift Guide<\/a> and 2013 Holiday Gift Guide<\/a>\u00a0posts.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Favorite gift ideas from the readers of Cool Tools<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[238],"tags":[1561],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22885"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22885"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22903,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22885\/revisions\/22903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}