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I’ve Got 99 Black Chrome Stanley Sockets, But A Ratchet Ain’t One

11:40PM February 24, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

It’s more than one! There’re also sockets for wrenches too, in this massive Stanley toolcase that’s been done over in luxuriously sharp black chrome. It’s only $US87 over at Amazon. [Amazon via Werd]


Gadgets

All Power Plugs Should Be Like The Stanley Safety Socket

11:00AM January 7, 2011 | Joel Johnson

For years, only deep fryers and Apple laptops had breakaway cords. Stanley’s new Safety Socket adds breakaway protection to anything with a power plug. Expect it within the month for something like 20 bucks. [StanleyTools.com]


Gadgets

A Bit Of Genius Design Perfects The Common Tape Measure

12:00PM October 26, 2010 | Sam Biddle

Anyone who’s had to measure anything with a tape measure knows the annoyance of losing your grip because of that infuriatingly small hook. So why not make the hook bigger? Why did it take so long to think of this? More »


Gadgets

Stanley/Brando Watch Has A Built In LED Torch

9:40PM December 30, 2009 | Brian Lam

Joining its brethren the compass, tape measure and calculator-ruler watch is this torch watch. Is it an official Stanley gadget? I dunno. But I still find it inspired: all watches should have built-in LED torches. More »


Software

Stanley Level Becomes First iPhone App Designed By a Major Tool Manufacturer

5:20AM April 14, 2009 | Sean Fallon

Several level applications have made their way to the App Store but as far as I can tell, none of them has been especially accurate. Stanley appears to have changed that.

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Stanley Brings out a Pair of Watches, One of them Strange

11:09PM October 5, 2007 | Addy Dugdale

Ah, Brando. The soft “ping” in my inbox that heralds yet another slice of pedestrian weirdness from everyone’s favourite purveyor of odds ‘n’ sods. And today’s offering was no different: a pair of watches from toolmaker Stanley. One sports a 16-position compass, but it’s the other one that got me all excited—a calculator watch with 6″ ruler. Full specs for both after the jump.

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