These 12+ oddball tools are surprisingly useful, and they're all on sale right now

Black Friday is just a week away, but I've been searching the web looking for the most useful gadgets that make great gifts.

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Black Friday is just weeks away (days really), and time is funny at this time of year -- blink a few times and it will be December! I find that it's a good idea to get a jump on gift buying, because it takes the strain out of doing it all last-minute, and there are also some great deals out there ahead of the Black Friday/Cyber Monday period.

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