Like you said, hopefully I won't need it. Therefore I shall not buy it. Besides I bought 6 of those other LED flashlights with the questionable on/off buttons already... Combine that with the three Kershaw knives in my glovebox and I got this covered (I hope).
@mehdaf what useless button? Mine work just fine. And with the Gerber emergency tool and the Kershaw knife, I thought I should be covered. So much for that. My wife made me buy one for her. Just in case. You never know when that ludicrous-obedient-uncle is coming to haunt you...
Meh... I'm thinking too much for the price... maybe if it were 2 for $6... But I have a lot of the lights from the last round... the ones with the useless rape whistle.
@sohmageek but if you're ever in your car in a lake at night and don't have one of these to break the glass with, cut your seatbelt, and illuminate your escape, you may never find opportunity to use the rape whistles!
Sith cents -- four hundred to be exact..maybe they will make a movie about it..to CHANGE it up a little from the well known similarly titled movie where a child saw dead people.
I got one because I feel like if I didn't I would definitely end up needing one. You could probably replace your knife revenue just by catering to people like me who don't want to jinx themselves.
if i bought one of these, stored it in my glovebox and then really needed it to break out of my car, would i have the presence of mind to remember that i had it and to use it?
@annwat The bigger question is would you be able to reach the glove box from the driver's seat, assuming you were either alone or the front seat passenger was incapacitated.
Not that most people don't have problems reaching over in normal circumstances, but this isn't a normal circumstance.
@annwat You have to keep it somewhere where it easy to access. A glovebox probably isn't the best place to keep it, especially if you're a trapped driver. Also make sure you use the "hammer" on a corner of the window or you may not break the glass easily; the corners are the weakest part of a safety-glass window.
On the other hand if you don't have something to break the glass you'll most likely drown in a submerged car. Isn't it worth $4 to have something on hand?
It isn't so much where it is in the car, but rather remembering after a year or more that it is in there.
Already have one of those yellow devices that does the exact same things - they were big sellers at least 5-7 years ago. Now I have no clue where it is.
Time to get more? These Meh versions are a lot less pricey. Hmmm.
@RedOak I still have one of those from Woot, and had used the flasher on it a few times. I had 2 of them, but the other stopped working just this week. And the flashlight function, with only one normal LED, always was pretty useless. ๐
@MehnofLaMehncha And you'll probably still die of drowning, although you'll make the undertaker work harder to make you forehead pretty once again. ๐
@annwat If your memory is that poorly, then buy 10 and hang them like ornaments on an xmas tree throughout the vehicle. You'll never forget and they'll always be in reach.
@Anonymouss it's not so much my memory being poor it's the potential panic that would kick in and overshadow being able to remember where i stored that handy dandy escape thing.
@MehnofLaMehncha The side-window glass is tempered, designed to shatter into relatively harmless little pieces without jagged edges rather than splintering like, say, the original carafe from my Meh-special Capresso espresso maker that I dropped on the floor. This shattering is made especially easy by applying force directly on the surface with a hard, small point -- a safety hammer, a centerpunch, or (as a co-worker related to me about his misspent youth in Florida) the points on the ends of sparkplugs thrown at a passing car. Since rock/debris strikes on the side windows are less likely and tend to be very oblique when they do happen, usually accidental shattering isn't a big problem.
The tempering process treats the glass with heat in such a way that the surface is under compression and the interior is under tension. For an extreme example of this phenomenon and how it affects the fracturing of glass, I give you Prince Rupert's Drops:
So the review on Amazon says you can't replace the batteries. Hey meh is this true? Could someone please take a closer look? I was thinking 3 gifts down and beg some others to buy some for me to outfit the entire gang at christmas would solve my christmas problems cheap (I'd need 15 total) but if the batteries aren't replaceable that is kind of a bummer.
It's godda stand!.. I like stands 'cause I got not hands, well at least not enough to hold the light steady while changing the oil AND sucking down a long neck.
How come there are no testimonials? How many actual rollovers/submerged vehicle accidents in the US are there, and how many times has one of these been useful?
@mehod Btw, in thinking about it, I don't have a keyed ignition. Like many newer cars, it's just a pushbutton. Having this on a keychain would more than likely mean it's sitting somewhere in a cupholder or center console and could very easily get tossed into an unreachable place during an accident. I would have to find a place to actually attach or store it somewhere within reach. Regardless of which device it is, personally I'd probably put it in the console under my armrest.
@cinoclavOn cars with push button ignition, NHSTA also requires a push button to break the glass. And another to sever the seat belt. Check yer manual.
@RedOak It made so little sense I thought you might actually have read something bizarre somewhere. Being that I'm the type to read my car's manual, I knew there was nothing silly like that in there.
@comics360 I think that Tydalforce was "illustrating" the google image for her confirmation phrase, HOWEVER, I didn't see this image anywhere on the page that popped up for me... I also did NOT
scroll
all
the
way
down
as far as possible before I did see this one:
Which made my SWMBO laugh out loud!!
Have a great day all and Happy Thanksgiving early! T
@comics360 An innocent amusement has traditionally been to google your order name and post illustrative images. That's fine for most people, but the order name generator really has it in for some, and they get awkward names (or worse). In that case, they are free to post whatever image appeals.
My aunt died last year and every Christmas we could count on getting some piece of crap like this. It would be something she found like 8 of at a flea market and would think to herself - everyone would just love these.....we would open and smile politely and wonder what in the hell we are gonna do with this because throwing it away would be rude.....so I am gonna honor her memory this Christmas and give an honorary "Aunt" gift to everyone...
@richmondhokie Could your aunt possibly been the mentor of BOTH my mom and dad, because we ALL EACH got similarly cruddy gifts from what were candidly obviously the cheapest flea market sources possible yearly...
This year might be a little different, but only because my dad [GRHS] passed in August.
In for 5 for co-worker gifts for the religious or secular holiday of choice:
Complex-Cylinderical- Hen
I have looked at these before, but the prevailing prices have been too, well, pricey, so this is cool.
I have seen the resQ-me's, but the last thing I need is another thing on my multitudinous key ring[s].
They say that the measure of a man's importance in any hierarchy is inversely related to the number of items on his key ring.
I confess that despite diluting mine by having multiple rings [one for each vehicle and milieu], I am consistently the low man on that totem pole because I like to be prepared.
This includes, but is not limited to several styles of beer openers, knife-like things, tiny multi-tools, a tiny Crescent adjustable wrench, and a tape measure... at present.
I'm gonna use these in flashy red mode for bike lights, since my backpack has exterior pockets. bonus that I can potentially rescue somebody and/or put some flashy lights out if I come across an accident.
Today I feel safe from all the SJWs who are doubtless doing good work at shelters and soup kitchens, to prove that they Really Do Care and aren't just empty talk. I bought a couple of these, and of course the order name generator picked me to mess with. I refuse to engage, so my heady-opaque-room looks like this. And it's a good thing I didn't get tydalforce's order name.
So I gave these for Christmas to every sibling, niece, nephew, and spouses of those relatives (well to each one of these people who had cars, the under car aged kids got $5 folded into a bow tie). In multiple households these were turned into light sabers and surprisingly people were actually happy to get one. Of course the trillion dollar Santa chocolate bar (In Santa we trust) everyone got as well might have helped too (Russell Stover chocolate, thank you food stamps) and no one had a clue how little I paid. Thank you meh!
Specs
Condition: New
Warranty: 1 Year Lifegear
Estimated Delivery: 12/4 - 12/7
Shipping: $5 or free with VMP
Whatโs in the Box?
1x Life+Gear Auto Light Multi-Tool
1x AA battery
Pictures
Retail packaging
Back of packaging
Hand for scale
Detail of the base
Flashlight
Sith vs Sith
Price Comparison
$11.99 List, $8.05 at Amazon
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Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, February 11th - Friday, February 15th
Flash deal
Like you said, hopefully I won't need it. Therefore I shall not buy it. Besides I bought 6 of those other LED flashlights with the questionable on/off buttons already... Combine that with the three Kershaw knives in my glovebox and I got this covered (I hope).
@mehdaf useless yellow on/off button? I have same problem. I just pulled off the top of the button & it works much better.
@mehdaf what useless button? Mine work just fine. And with the Gerber emergency tool and the Kershaw knife, I thought I should be covered. So much for that.
My wife made me buy one for her. Just in case. You never know when that ludicrous-obedient-uncle is coming to haunt you...
If I had a hammer I'd hammer in the automobile I'd hammer in the evening all over the "VAN"
Not enough meat on the bone to flip these suckers. But tossing a few into the ol' bug out bag won't hurt.
Five Dolla Special strikes again. A lady sooo sleazy she'll get you to buy just about anything under five dollars.
Nice price.......might be a worthy justification for my Meh dues this month.
Darth Mehl?
@thismyusername The farce is strong with this one.
@mike808 @thismyusername not sure why. But you had me in stitches with this one
These might cut out early, could be a smashingly bright day for Meh
Meh... I'm thinking too much for the price... maybe if it were 2 for $6... But I have a lot of the lights from the last round... the ones with the useless rape whistle.
@sohmageek but if you're ever in your car in a lake at night and don't have one of these to break the glass with, cut your seatbelt, and illuminate your escape, you may never find opportunity to use the rape whistles!
Owning one of these will result in intrusive thoughts of how easily it would actually break your window with it.
FTFY
@stoopkid
I got a 5 and 3 year old. I'm guessing, statistically, I'd replace a window every three months, compared to it saving my life once every 23,000 years.
(Been driving for 35 years without ever mistaking the fishing pier for my driveway. But it could happen ...)
Sith cents -- four hundred to be exact..maybe they will make a movie about it..to CHANGE it up a little from the well known similarly titled movie where a child saw dead people.
@AttyVette Sorry to break it to you, but Sith Scents is just rebranded Fart-In-A-Can.
I got one because I feel like if I didn't I would definitely end up needing one. You could probably replace your knife revenue just by catering to people like me who don't want to jinx themselves.
annoying-woven-cheese
Had to get a few for cheap (and probably disappointing) stocking stuffers. Still better than a visit from the Krampus! ๐
if i bought one of these, stored it in my glovebox and then really needed it to break out of my car, would i have the presence of mind to remember that i had it and to use it?
@annwat The bigger question is would you be able to reach the glove box from the driver's seat, assuming you were either alone or the front seat passenger was incapacitated.
Not that most people don't have problems reaching over in normal circumstances, but this isn't a normal circumstance.
@annwat You have to keep it somewhere where it easy to access. A glovebox probably isn't the best place to keep it, especially if you're a trapped driver. Also make sure you use the "hammer" on a corner of the window or you may not break the glass easily; the corners are the weakest part of a safety-glass window.
On the other hand if you don't have something to break the glass you'll most likely drown in a submerged car. Isn't it worth $4 to have something on hand?
@Kerig3
Isn't that an ankle/hand cuff scenario? I'm breaking the window with my GD-forehead before I just sit there and drown
@annwat your better bet is to velcro it somewhere within reach, even if you're upside down and your reach is limited for some reason.
@annwat Came here to say the same thing.
It isn't so much where it is in the car, but rather remembering after a year or more that it is in there.
Already have one of those yellow devices that does the exact same things - they were big sellers at least 5-7 years ago. Now I have no clue where it is.
Time to get more? These Meh versions are a lot less pricey. Hmmm.
[Edit] Oh here it is - at least a photo of it:
@RedOak I still have one of those from Woot, and had used the flasher on it a few times. I had 2 of them, but the other stopped working just this week. And the flashlight function, with only one normal LED, always was pretty useless. ๐
@MehnofLaMehncha And you'll probably still die of drowning, although you'll make the undertaker work harder to make you forehead pretty once again. ๐
@annwat If your memory is that poorly, then buy 10 and hang them like ornaments on an xmas tree throughout the vehicle. You'll never forget and they'll always be in reach.
The passage of time (age) affects us all. Your time will come. ;-)
@Anonymouss it's not so much my memory being poor it's the potential panic that would kick in and overshadow being able to remember where i stored that handy dandy escape thing.
@RedOak I think this is the same one - $12 including shipping http://www.boomstreet.com/national/51043-handy-auto-emergency-tool?utm_source=SailThru%20-%20Marketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=US%20-%20National%20Deals%20Daily%20-%2011/28/2015%20-%206&utm_term=Moolala-Active-active
@Kidsandliz yep, sure looks like it. Timeless product design and usefulness makes for timeless products.
What kind of crap windows is Detroit making that you can break one with a four dollar hammer?
FWIW, I saw the Four Dollar Hammers open for REM back in '92
@MehnofLaMehncha the glass breakers can be made and sold for cheaper. It's not a fault in the glass, but a better design on emergency tools.
Pro Tip;
Type "I broke a few windows ..." and autocorrect does nothing
Type "I'm using crap Windows ..." and autocorrect capitalizes the W.
@MehnofLaMehncha Hell, you can break a car window with a piece of a $4 spark plug!
@Kerig3 Ceramic is perfect for breaking glass.
@Thumperchick
sorry, trying to be funny
Just picturing the engineer who spent 18 months on window design, then found out someone broke it with a $4 hammer
@Thumperchick
Don't have any pix of it .., But can personally attest, a 10k USMA graduation ring can break the glass on a '73 Plymouth Fury III
(Cost more than $4, though)
@MehnofLaMehncha The side-window glass is tempered, designed to shatter into relatively harmless little pieces without jagged edges rather than splintering like, say, the original carafe from my Meh-special Capresso espresso maker that I dropped on the floor. This shattering is made especially easy by applying force directly on the surface with a hard, small point -- a safety hammer, a centerpunch, or (as a co-worker related to me about his misspent youth in Florida) the points on the ends of sparkplugs thrown at a passing car. Since rock/debris strikes on the side windows are less likely and tend to be very oblique when they do happen, usually accidental shattering isn't a big problem.
The tempering process treats the glass with heat in such a way that the surface is under compression and the interior is under tension. For an extreme example of this phenomenon and how it affects the fracturing of glass, I give you Prince Rupert's Drops:
@MehnofLaMehncha I always imagine the face of the engineer of the turn signal...each and every time a driver changes lanes without signalling! ๐ต
@kensey I ๐ Smarter Every Day!
The Prince Rupert's Drop episode is one of the best! ๐
So the review on Amazon says you can't replace the batteries. Hey meh is this true? Could someone please take a closer look? I was thinking 3 gifts down and beg some others to buy some for me to outfit the entire gang at christmas would solve my christmas problems cheap (I'd need 15 total) but if the batteries aren't replaceable that is kind of a bummer.
@Kidsandliz They answered this in the questions on Amazon. You can change the battery.
@Thumperchick thank you. I hadn't looked that far - just through the reviews, not the Q&A (they weren't loading for me for some reason)
Cool I could buy all 15 instead of the usual limit of 3!!! Done for all the people who own cars. Now just some of the kids left.
@Thumperchick Great. Now I know where to put my leaky batteries...
@einrad perfect!
It's godda stand!.. I like stands 'cause I got not hands, well at least not enough to hold the light steady while changing the oil AND sucking down a long neck.
How come there are no testimonials?
How many actual rollovers/submerged vehicle accidents in the US are there, and how many times has one of these been useful?
drowsy-miraculous-sorcerer
w3w: North of Rio de Janeiro
have one like this but was too big to keep within reach in emergency. then found resqme tool, $$ more but love it. have had mine on keychain since oct 2013, has never accidentally released, including provided keyring itโs only 18g/0.65oz - mfg product info http://resqme.com/resqme/ - Amazon 2pk from $15.30 - http://www.amazon.com/resqme-Original-Keychain-Escape-Tool/dp/B000IE0F12
@mehod From a resqme seller's A to a shopper's Q: "sharp pieces that can cause sever lacerations." Well played, random typo.
@mehod Omg, the video for this thing on Amazon...
@mehod Btw, in thinking about it, I don't have a keyed ignition. Like many newer cars, it's just a pushbutton. Having this on a keychain would more than likely mean it's sitting somewhere in a cupholder or center console and could very easily get tossed into an unreachable place during an accident. I would have to find a place to actually attach or store it somewhere within reach. Regardless of which device it is, personally I'd probably put it in the console under my armrest.
@cinoclav On cars with push button ignition, NHSTA also requires a push button to break the glass. And another to sever the seat belt. Check yer manual.
@RedOak Huh? Nothing in my manual like that. That makes no sense at all.
@cinoclav pls don't tell me you took that seriously. ;-)
@RedOak It made so little sense I thought you might actually have read something bizarre somewhere. Being that I'm the type to read my car's manual, I knew there was nothing silly like that in there.
@cinoclav you can tell I'm a huge believer in the infallibility of NHTSA. ;-)
@cinoclav I'm putting mine in the little garage door opener hidey place, which currently has a spare pair of sunglasses.
kinda big and bulky, No where to keep it. I have had a tiny little ResQme tied to the handle on my car door for years.
godly-answer-behavior
Why are you hawking your book here? MEH set this up as a free community, so that we would all have a place to complain about speaker docks...
@comics360 I think that Tydalforce was "illustrating" the google image for her confirmation phrase, HOWEVER, I didn't see this image anywhere on the page that popped up for me... I also did NOT
scroll
all
the
way
down
as far as possible before I did see this one:
Which made my SWMBO laugh out loud!!
Have a great day all and Happy Thanksgiving early!
T
@comics360 An innocent amusement has traditionally been to google your order name and post illustrative images. That's fine for most people, but the order name generator really has it in for some, and they get awkward names (or worse). In that case, they are free to post whatever image appeals.
My aunt died last year and every Christmas we could count on getting some piece of crap like this. It would be something she found like 8 of at a flea market and would think to herself - everyone would just love these.....we would open and smile politely and wonder what in the hell we are gonna do with this because throwing it away would be rude.....so I am gonna honor her memory this Christmas and give an honorary "Aunt" gift to everyone...
@richmondhokie Could your aunt possibly been the mentor of BOTH my mom and dad, because we ALL EACH got similarly cruddy gifts from what were candidly obviously the cheapest flea market sources possible yearly...
This year might be a little different, but only because my dad [GRHS] passed in August.
T
The blue background and red text is killing my eyes.
@jkinz - Thanks for speaking up, they'll get that changed for you by tomorrow.
In for 5 for co-worker gifts for the religious or secular holiday of choice:
Complex-Cylinderical- Hen
I have looked at these before, but the prevailing prices have been too, well, pricey, so this is cool.
I have seen the resQ-me's, but the last thing I need is another thing on my multitudinous key ring[s].
They say that the measure of a man's importance in any hierarchy is inversely related to the number of items on his key ring.
I confess that despite diluting mine by having multiple rings [one for each vehicle and milieu], I am consistently the low man on that totem pole because I like to be prepared.
This includes, but is not limited to several styles of beer openers, knife-like things, tiny multi-tools, a tiny Crescent adjustable wrench, and a tape measure... at present.
I'm gonna use these in flashy red mode for bike lights, since my backpack has exterior pockets. bonus that I can potentially rescue somebody and/or put some flashy lights out if I come across an accident.
I got some of the last batch of LED glow sticks. I attached them to bicycles for greater visibility - they work great.
Today I feel safe from all the SJWs who are doubtless doing good work at shelters and soup kitchens, to prove that they Really Do Care and aren't just empty talk. I bought a couple of these, and of course the order name generator picked me to mess with. I refuse to engage, so my heady-opaque-room looks like this. And it's a good thing I didn't get tydalforce's order name.
daunting-alluring-glass . how fitting
So I gave these for Christmas to every sibling, niece, nephew, and spouses of those relatives (well to each one of these people who had cars, the under car aged kids got $5 folded into a bow tie). In multiple households these were turned into light sabers and surprisingly people were actually happy to get one. Of course the trillion dollar Santa chocolate bar (In Santa we trust) everyone got as well might have helped too (Russell Stover chocolate, thank you food stamps) and no one had a clue how little I paid. Thank you meh!