Living as I do in tornado alley, I built a storm shelter when I built my latest home. Inside is the BOB / Firearm storage etc. As it is inside the structure of the house, I thought it prudent to store some tools also to aid in getting out if the house fell-in opposed to blowing away. (2 Stanley FUBAR's, fire axe, crow bars, and hand saws)

Just wondered if anyone has any experience with this item I saw today while donating to Home Depot's P&L report.


The company is called Dead On, and for 14" it really looks like it could be useful. The website also showed some speciality tools that look like gas/water cut-off tools combined with pry bars, but couldn't find them later.

Yeah, I know it is one of those jack-of-all trade tools, it masters none (just like Stanley's FUBAR).

Also don't think I want a carbon steel (SPARKING) gas shut off tool.

Tell me what ya'll think.

I have a FUBAR and use it and a hammer together works good for demo. I didn't like the Dead On wrecking tool because of the spike... it could hurt me a LOT more (and easier) than the FUBAR or a regular hammer. IHMO that tool is more of a weapon and accident waiting to happen..

There are a bunch of different versions of the gas/water shut off wrench, Sears has one for $10.99 online.

I posted a picture of the version I bought 2 of, but it looks like it was removed (I may have broken a rule), had a "hammer" and pry bar feature that seemed kinda useless, but I have shut off water and gas with the wrench I own.

The tool above looks scary, eh? Conan style....

That's a new one on me, so I did some googling. Here is a site with a few comments. Most are just BS, the last one appears to be a real evaluation by a user. Better pic too...

I've seen that tool before, I gotta admit it's definitely cool looking, I'd buy it. But I'm a sucker for things like that, I'm a tool nut.

However, I see this tool as a solution looking for a problem. They look great, and you really want to find a use for them just to justify buying one, but for all practical purposes they really aren't very useful. They are meant for a very specific job, so if you're a contractor demolishing houses for a living, then maybe you'd find it useful. But for the typical person this is more of a want than a need.

Honestly, how often do you use the Fubar's? I have two also, and aside from some very specific jobs or just to have fun, they aren't my first choice for tools. What could the Annihilator accomplish that your fubars, fire axe, and crowbars wouldn't?

After thinking about this a little bit, if I were concerned about having my house come down around my safe room, I might keep something like this in that room. Might come in handy to cut some of the debris away. Goggles, gloves, and a hardhat too...

Why mess around? ;-)

http://www.allhandsfire.com/page/AHF/PROD/FHU-K12-24T

Jeff

Nice. Kinda pricey tho...

Jeff...

I like your thinking!!!!!

Gotta keep a can of gas, with Sta-bil of course, with it...