# Essential Tools/Gadgets/Hardware etc...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/essential-tools-gadgets-hardware-etc/795165>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 31, 2017, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/essential-tools-gadgets-hardware-etc/795165 "2017-08-31T11:55:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/essential-tools-gadgets-hardware-etc/795165/61 "2017-10-03T21:54:00Z")

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A Dachshund.

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**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/essential-tools-gadgets-hardware-etc/795165/62 "2017-10-04T20:21:12Z")

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As someone else noted, I’d include my smartphone as an essential as well. It has a flashlight, calculator, wire gauge/load calculator, magnifier, plug pinout lists, e-compass, gps, and about a dozen other things I use almost everyday.

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