The Houdini and Houdini Pro are two emergency car tools that improve your chances of not dying when faced with a crashed or sinking car. It’s much like the seatbelt cutters and window shatterers that have been on the market for a while, but also comes with a safety whistle and LED light. The Pro upgrades the seat belt cutter to the big boy status that can get you out of automotive messes that leave you upside down. They’re $US25 and $US40 respectively. Until the days when your kung fu training enables you to punch out a window with your fist and clip your seatbelt with “scissor fingers”, we’d go with these. [Houdini Tool via Gear Diary]
StevoTheDevo
Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 1:04 PMWow!! talk about being paranoid!!
Seatbelt cutters??
How many people in the US are killed by drowning in their cars to create the “need” for these devices?
blowfly
Monday, November 8, 2010 at 5:28 PMGosh! I guess you don’t count people trapped in their cars by jammed seatbelts after a wreck, maybe upside down, with a strong odor of gasoline fumes!
Denise
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 9:32 AMYou would be surprised at the number of people trapped in their cars when flash floods hit. This device is a lifesaving tool that everyone who drives should have. I want one for each of my kids to keep on their keychains too! You cant be too safe!!!