{"id":27765,"date":"2016-11-25T02:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=27765"},"modified":"2016-11-22T17:11:41","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T00:11:41","slug":"cool-tools-2015-holiday-gift-guide-tools-under-10-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/cool-tools-2015-holiday-gift-guide-tools-under-10-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool Tools 2016 Holiday Gift Guide: $10 or less"},"content":{"rendered":"

This month and next month, we are presenting a series of gift suggestions selected from the pages of Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities<\/a> (which itself makes a great gift), and from the website. This week: gifts for $10 or less<\/p>\n


\nThermos Stainless Steel Can Insulators<\/a> ($10) are double-wall, stainless steel, vacuum-insulated coozies for 12-ounce beer or soda cans. They work on the same principle as regular Thermos bottles. I have been using them for years. — Karl Chwe<\/p>\n

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\nThe Nitecore Tube<\/a> ($10) is my go-to keychain flashlight after using many giveaway promotional products or $1 LED lights sold next to convenience store cash registers. The extremely light-weight rechargeable lithium-ion battery is quite a change from the expensive coin cells that made me unwilling to use other small lights. — Trace Gilton<\/p>\n

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\nThe Stanley 12-Foot PowerLock Tape Rule<\/a> ($10) fits comfortably in my left front pocket along with my loose change. I am never without it. Never. Unless I\u2019m not wearing pants. — Bob Raiselis<\/p>\n

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\nThe binding on Engineers Field Book<\/a> ($6) holds up incredibly well to abuse, this is the point of failure I have found in most other small format notebooks. The covers are thick and hardy, and a lovely shade of orange \u2014 easy to spot when you\u2019re hunting around a messy desk or studio. — Michael Lorsung<\/p>\n

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\nI\u2019ve been using these Felt Picks<\/a> (2 for $10) for more than 20 years as a semi-professional bass player. They are great for ukulele players, but using them for bass allows me to play with a pick (which is easier than using my fingers) but the sound created is \u201csmooth\u201d like finger plucking. — Andre<\/p>\n

\nWant more? Check out our other 2016 gift picks<\/a> as well as our 2015 Gift Guide<\/a>, 2014 Gift Guide<\/a> and our 2103 Gift Guide<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Favorite gift ideas for under $10<\/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":[41],"tags":[2331],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27765"}],"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=27765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27777,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27765\/revisions\/27777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}