Tools
Braille Label Maker
Embosses tactile labels so containers can be identified without sight.
56 items
Embosses tactile labels so containers can be identified without sight.
Appears inBlindness
A magnetic needle and a transparent baseplate for working with a paper map. Nothing about it can be jammed or lose signal.
Appears inAvengers: DoomsdayAnnihilation
Load-rated connectors with a gate that locks. Climbing-rated, not the hardware-store kind.
Appears inGravity
Reaches height and collapses to a fraction of it. Duty rating is a weight limit, not a suggestion.
Appears inTremors
A support cane for walking rather than for detecting ground.
Appears inBlindness
Throws sparks at several thousand degrees, wet or dry, for thousands of strikes.
Appears inThe Grey
Falling pressure precedes bad weather by hours. It needs no power and no forecast.
Appears inLeave the World Behind
Leverage for opening what will not open. Also a lever, a nail puller and a hammer.
Appears inAlien
Paper with a synthetic coating that takes pencil in rain. Ordinary paper turns to pulp.
Appears inA Quiet Place
Cloth-backed tape that holds under tension and tears by hand. The repair material for things not designed to be repaired.
Appears inThe Martian
A dedicated key for the gas meter valve, kept at the meter rather than in a drawer.
Appears inSan Andreas
A maintenance kit for a specific mechanism, kept with the thing it services.
Appears inThe Stand
Names, numbers and addresses on waterproof card, because a phone answers none of that when it is flat.
Appears inGreenland
Appears inBird Box
Plugs and a reamer to repair a puncture without removing the wheel.
Appears inMad Max: Fury Road
Slows corrosion on metal in salt air, which attacks constantly and invisibly.
Appears inWaterworld
A single piece of steel through the handle, so there is no joint to fail under load.
Appears inThe Last of Us
Thicker protection for handling debris, rubble and rough material.
Appears inSan Andreas
Wakes you silently, which matters when noise is a problem or someone else is asleep.
Appears inA Quiet Place
A larger folding saw for shelter timber and firewood rather than trimming.
Appears inCast Away
A sewn binding that survives a pack, unlike glued blocks that shed pages.
Appears inI Am Legend
Small drivers and picks for electronics and mechanisms that ordinary tools destroy.
Appears inGravity
A treadle or hand-crank machine that sews without power. Slow, and entirely independent of a grid.
Appears inStation Eleven
Timekeeping with no battery and no charge. Loses seconds a day, and never goes flat.
Appears inWar of the Worlds
Higher magnification for identification at distance, at the cost of a narrower, shakier field.
Appears inTremors
Concentrated flame for soldering, thawing and starting fires in wet conditions.
Appears inThe Thing
Announces the time aloud. Useful without sight and in full darkness.
Appears inBlindness
Moves liquid between containers without a mouthful of petrol. A one-way valve is what makes it work.
Appears inMad Max: Fury Road
Pliers, drivers and a blade in one hinge. The pliers are what you will actually use.
Appears in127 Hours
Cuts wood far faster than a blade and folds into a pack. Tooth pattern decides whether it cuts green or seasoned wood.
Appears inThe Grey
Sockets, spanners and drivers covering the fasteners on a vehicle or machine.
Appears inInterstellar
Appears inWorld War Z
Reads wind speed and direction directly, rather than relying on a forecast.
Appears inThe Happening
Saw, hammer, chisel and plane — woodwork with no power at all.
Appears inKnowing
Reads voltage, current and continuity, which is how you tell a dead battery from a broken wire.
Appears inThe Martian
Sheathed nylon cord rated around 250kg, with inner strands that can be pulled out as thinner line.
Appears inBird Box
Leverage for cutting padlocks, chain and fencing. Jaw hardness and handle length set what they will cut.
Appears in28 Days Later
Distance vision in a pocket. The second number is the objective lens — bigger gathers more light at dusk.
Appears inChildren of Men
The same tape in quantity, because it is consumed faster than expected.
Appears inThreads
Tape wound onto a flat card rather than a roll, so it takes almost no space.
Appears inWorld War Z
Pulls snow load off a roof from the ground, before the weight becomes structural.
Appears inDante's Peak
Moves snow to clear a vent, a doorway or a vehicle. Blade shape matters more than length.
Appears inThe Terror
Motors, sensors and a controller. A way to keep a mind occupied and a skill current.
Appears inSilent Running
Breaks side glass and cuts a seatbelt. Kept within reach of a seat, not in a boot.
Appears in10 Cloverfield Lane
Raised adhesive dots that identify controls and containers by touch.
Appears inBird Box
Material that catches from a spark when everything natural is damp.
Appears inThe Grey
Appears inChildren of Men
Counts distance by paces on a cord. Navigation that works with no battery and no visibility.
Appears inAnnihilation
A minimal tool that lives on a keyring rather than a belt.
Appears in10 Cloverfield Lane
Patches, levers, a pump and a chain tool — the four failures that strand a bicycle.
Appears inThe Stand
Hand protection that still allows grip. Leather palms outlast coated fabric.
Appears inAlien
Adds grip and a tactile edge to steps, handles and controls.
Appears inBlindness
Moves weight you cannot carry, over ground a wheeled case cannot manage.
Appears inWar of the Worlds
Two extra points of contact, reducing load on knees and testing ground before you commit weight.
Appears inThe Road
A vehicle's cabin filter, which is the only thing between outside air and the inside of the car.
Appears inDante's Peak
Needle, thread and buttons for repairing clothing and fabric gear.
Appears inSnowpiercer