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Save your bills to the the chiropractor.  For those who work mostly alone on a job site or home improvement, moving a 4×8 sheet of drywall, plywood, and paneling around is challenging if not impossible by yourself.  With the Troll, you can just roll your panels.  It supports a maximum loaded weight of 300 pounds–that lets you roll 1-2 sheets of drywall at a time. The Troll weighs less than five pounds and works great on long tables and doors. The dual 5-inch wheels easily roll over job site clutter and cords.

Price: $34

Telpro Troll 300-Pound Capacity Panel Handler

New for 2008, Leaterman is introducing the new Skeletool CX. The new Skeletool offers minimal weight, compact size and capabilities with out sacrificing quality and true functionality.

The Skeletool CX has a large knife blade that can be accessed while the tool is closed; to open it, just place your thumb in the thumbhole at the base of the blade and rotate it out until it’s fully extended — which will engage the safety lock. This locking mechanism is noted with a padlock symbol on the tool. To unlock the blade, press the locking mechanism towards the handle until the blade slides past the lock.

Equipped with a universal bit driver, the Skeletool offers real utility options like no other multitool. To change the tool bits, simply unfold the tool and remove the bit from the bit driver — and pop it out. And replacing bits is just as easy. Just press a new one into position and you’re good to go. There’s even a spare bit located in the handle side opposite the knife blade. This tool includes the following bits: Phillips #1 and #2, screwdriver 3/16-inch and 1/4-inch.

In the plier jaws you’ll find a hard-wire cutter and a regular wire cutter. The regular wire cutter is great for softer grades of wire, but the hard-wire cutter is excellent for heavier jobs — like cutting and bending fishhooks.

Key Tech Specs:

• Length: 4 inches/10 cm closed
• Weight: 5 ounces/142 grams
• Materials: Stainless steel, Tungsten DLC coating, 154CM, carbon fiber (handle scale)
• Included Bits: Phillips #1 and #2, Screwdriver 3/16-inch and 1/4-inch

Leatherman 830850 Skeletool CX Multitool

This seems to be one of those hit or miss products. The Story Blanket is a blanket/comforter with integrated LEDs (133) and music to tell a story. Powered by 3 D cell batteries, the lights and sound are enabled to tell four different Story Blankets: Space, Kitty, Heroes, and Princess.

It also have 2 modes:

• Sleep Mode - One minute of gently lights slowly dissolve and end the story.
• Story Mode - Two minutes of rhythmically moving lights with soundtrack.

The Story Blanket is made of fire-resistant polyester viscose and is available in single/twin or double.

Fly an airplane indoor? Yes, you can do it with the Palm Z Micro Airplane. It’s lightweight, safe and easy to fly. Palm Z is one of the hottest Remote Control Airplanes. The Palm Z is so small, it fits in the palm of your hand! Fully controllable remote control airplane with EPP Foam means bendable/unbreakable wings! You can crash the item a number of times and nothing happens to it! Best of all, its made by the Silverlit company which is one of the hottest R/C Companies in the industry! Comes to you complete with remote control, airplane and rechargeable battery. Another cool thing about the Palm Z is that you do not need a wall charger, you can charge the airplane on the remote control for hours of fun!

Product Features

• Super-wide infrared control
• Slow fly design feature which (special for small indoor environment control)
• Built-in Li-Poly batteries for long flying time
• Will fly for 4 to 5 minutes after a 12 to 15 minute charge
• Easy and convenient recharging process through the transmitter

Palm Z Micro Airplane

Planning a landscape project? How about solar lighting? Well, these are not your typical lighting you buy from your local hardware store. These are designed to be embedded into the pavement. The folks at Solar Cynergy have introduced a LED lighting product for residential use. The lights can be set into stonework, gravel, or even soil to provide accents or create a safe walk or driveway. It comes in circle, square or rectangle shape and colors (red, blue, white).

Features

*All RSC Series are made of Polycarbonite Resin and PC/ABS

Working Temp: -4 degrees to 158 F

- Made in Japan
- NO Battery! (capacitor technology)
- 10 Year Warranty, 25+ year life
- Uses quality Nichia LEDs
- Weather resilient!
- Drive over them!
- Perfect accent for landscapes, pathways, driveways

Price start at $699 for a set of 6. www.smarthome.com

via TreeHugger