7-in-1 Survival Tool

Consider that for $15.95 you get:

• A loud, piercing emergency whistle audible over a mile away

• A liquid-filled, freeze-resistant floating-dial compass to show you the way home (assuming that, unlike me, you possess rudimentary compass skills)

• A bright LED flashlight

• A safety mirror that swivels out for emergency use as a signalling device, or to check your lipstick

• A magnifier to help you focus the sun's rays to light a fire

• A watertight storage compartment to keep six wooden matches dry (I don't know how many times I've told you things like this, but I had better chime in once again: do NOT take this device with matches to the airport.

Without the matches is fine: stick some money in there or something)

• A digital thermometer that switches from °F to °C.

"All in a sleekly engineered, indestructible case!"

I'm always drawn to things that do lots of stuff from a small space.

Since Swiss Army knives are no longer travel-approved, you've got to find alternatives.

Perhaps this is one.