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When you need to pop open a bottle of Corona, it’s easy to be prepared. Just about every Pocket Multitool has a bottle opener, plus they’re even built-in to Caps, Sunglasses, and iPhone Cases. But if wine is your drink of choice, those bottle openers won’t help you pull the cork during a [...]

Most every flashlight shines its beam the same direction–through the front tip. Often this is fine, but sometimes it is far from ideal. We take a hands-on look at an extraordinary flashlight that shines to the side in this True Utility AngleHead LED Flashlight Review. Constructed out of aircraft [...]

In the past we’ve reviewed quite a few products from True Utility, a company based in England that designs and manufactures high quality pocket tools. Now they sent GeekAlerts a whole range of new products, and we’re taking a hands-on look at one of them in this True Utility TU194 FrameWork [...]

GeekAlerts, like many of our readers, has a weird obsession with multi-tools and survival gadgets and gear. It could be that a few of us are afraid of the Zombie Apocalypse and the Mayan prediction of the world ending in 2012, or maybe it’s just that we like cool gadgets. Either way, this True [...]

Are you looking for a quick and easy gift idea that will make any outdoorsman happy? The True Utility Key Tool is a cheap and very practical little gadget that you can have on you almost all the time. Designed to slide over a key on your keychain, you won’t even know it’s there [...]

Here at GeekAlerts we love gadgets that are well designed, functional, and are a good value. We’ve shown you plenty of them and we will continue to do so with the True Utility LED TrueLite FlashStash. We’ve shown you some cool True Utility products in the past and this week we are reviewing [...]

GeekAlerts appreciates a good outdoor adventure probably more than most, but we also understand the importance of being prepared and so does True Utility. True Utility started out as just an idea by founder Lee Berman, and has turned into reality with over 3,000 stores carrying their designs. GeekAlerts [...]

A while back GeekAlerts introduced you to Scixors, a tiny set of keychain scissors. Now we have our hands on a sample from True Utility, so we’re able to present this SciXors Micro Scissors Review. Measuring just 2¼ by ½ inches when closed, SciXors are indeed very tiny scissors. For me this ideal, [...]

I recently went on a trip and went through a lot of trouble when I realized that I had left my pen at home and had a ton of forms to fill out at the airport. The first few times, I just borrowed a pen from the person beside me. He eventually threw me [...]

We understand that not everyone can carry around Giant Swiss Army Knives with them at all times. Alternatively, there are simpler all-in-one’s that’ll help McGyver your way through some of life’s technical difficulties. There’s the Kelvin 23 Super Tool for times when you don’t [...]

When it comes to keychains, some of us geeks pick ones based on their look such as Ghostbusters, Serenity, or Darth Vader, while some of us choose functional key rings such as the GPS Backtrack Homing Device, Spy Camera, or Multi-Function Keyport. The new SciXors Micro Scissors definitely fit on the [...]

GeekAlerts has shown you some pretty hot keychains, but none as hot as the Fire Stash Keyring.  This keyring actually has a refillable lighter stashed inside it.  Perfect for when your lost in the woods and you need to start a fire to survive; ok that’s a little much, but it would be perfect [...]