"Life Hammer" for breaking window glass too flimsy?

wrote:

> Why would you spend $10 plus s&h for a piece of junk like this
> when you can buy a small REAL hammer for under $5 at any store.

Just after you try breaking a side window with a small REAL hammer and fail to do that.

> I guess they say you coming, and said "we got a sucker:.

Try it yourself, and then get a VERY large towel for your face.

>
> On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 18:31:24 +0000 (UTC),
> (Jonathan Kamens) wrote:
>
>> I wanted to get myself one of those gadgets they sell for breaking
>> the glass in a car door if you're trapped in the car, e.g., in an
>> accident.
>>
>> I searched the Web and ended up ordering this:
>>
>> http://www.5starshine.com/info-auto-emergency-tool.html
>>
>> When it arrived and I opened the box, my first reaction was, "Gee,
>> this seems like a piece of crap." The thing I am most concerned
>> about is that it is made out of what feels like rather flimsy
>> plastic and has no weight to it at all.
>>
>> Perhaps I am confused, but I expect a hammer whose purpose is to
>> shatter car windows to have a little heft to it, and this thing
>> weighs almost nothing. Of course, there's no practical way for us
>> to test it, but my gut tells me that were my wife or I to swing it
>> at a car window, the hammer would be more likely to break than the
>> window.
>>
>> I'm suspecting that maybe I should send it back and order either the
>> ResQMe:
>>
>> http://www.resqme.com/
>>
>> or the "real" Life Hammer:
>>
>> http://www.lifehammer.com/
>>
>> instead. Does anybody have any advice or opinions to offer?

Shawn Hirn wrote:
> In article >,
> (Jonathan Kamens) wrote:
>
>> I wanted to get myself one of those gadgets they sell for breaking the
>> glass in a car door if you're trapped in the car, e.g., in an accident.
>>
>> I searched the Web and ended up ordering this:
>>
>> http://www.5starshine.com/info-auto-emergency-tool.html
>>
>> When it arrived and I opened the box, my first reaction was, "Gee,
>> this seems like a piece of crap." The thing I am most concerned about
>> is that it is made out of what feels like rather flimsy plastic and
>> has no weight to it at all.
>>
>> Perhaps I am confused, but I expect a hammer whose purpose is to
>> shatter car windows to have a little heft to it, and this thing weighs
>> almost nothing. Of course, there's no practical way for us to test it,
>> but my gut tells me that were my wife or I to swing it at a car window,
>> the hammer would be more likely to break than the window.
>>
>> I'm suspecting that maybe I should send it back and order either the
>> ResQMe:
>>
>> http://www.resqme.com/
>>
>> or the "real" Life Hammer:
>>
>> http://www.lifehammer.com/
>>
>> instead. Does anybody have any advice or opinions to offer?
>
> Why not just buy a regular hammer from your favorite lumber yard and
> stash it under your drivers seat? A decent hammer shouldn't cost much
> more than $5.
Haven't bought a hammer lately, have you? But the other guy is right-
wrong tool for the job, and not much room to swing it in the car. The
self-rescue tools I have seen (but never bothered to buy) didn't even
have the spring-loaded plunger- just a shallow (but sharp) carbide
point sticking out of a weighted plastic handle, that also had a seat
belt cutter built into it. (think giant 'safety' letter opener- blade in
a slot.) I figure the odds of remembering and being able to find a
self-rescue tool while trapped upside down under water in the dark are
pretty slim. Because of all the soldiers dying in just that fashion in
the Iraqi canals, they actually had to field-fabricate flip and dunk
trainers for the humvee crews, similar to what Navy used to used for
fighter jocks in the old days.

--
aem sends...

writes:
>Why would you spend $10 plus s&h for a piece of junk like this when
>you can buy a small REAL hammer for under $5 at any store.
>I guess they say you coming, and said "we got a sucker:.

Because $5 hammers don't have seatbelt cutters built in, don't have
heads specifically designed to crack tempered glass, don't have
glow-in-the-dark components so that you can see them easily in case of
an accident (although granted you could add glow-in-the-dark tape), and
don't have mounting brackets specifically designed to allow them to be
safely mounted on the dashboard or roof of the car, where they are
easily within reach in case of an accident, and where they won't
ricochet all over the car in case of an accident.

--
Jews for Obama (http://www.jews4obama.com/)

On Aug 3, 3:34 pm, "Rod Speed" > wrote:
> wrote:
> > Rod Speed > wrote
> >> Thats certainly the sort of hammer you are looking for.
> >> I bet it works fine.
> > Not on la

Strange how a topic over a life hammer turns into a flame war. %{

wrote:
> On Aug 3, 3:34 pm, "Rod Speed" > wrote:
>> wrote:
>>> Rod Speed > wrote
>>>> Thats certainly the sort of hammer you are looking for.
>>>> I bet it works fine.
>>> Not on la

> Strange how a topic over a life hammer turns into a flame war. %{

No if you know anything about usenet, stupid.

On Aug 3, 8:04*pm, Scott in SoCal > wrote:
> In message >, "Anonymous"
>
> > wrote:
> >Regarding the testing, I suspect your neighbors would
> >probably frown on your practice on their cars left on the
> >street overnight<g>, you may have these options:
>
> >. A vehicle junkyard, or a vehicle glass replacement shop.
>
> Some other possibilities:
>
> An abandoned auto (with a bright orange sticker on the window).
>
> A vehicle without a handicapped placard parked in a handicapped space.
>
> A vehicle parked in front of a fire hydrant.
>
> A vehicle parked in front of a driveway.
>
> A vehicle parked in a fire lane.
>
> Any double-parked vehicle.
>
> A vehicle taking up more than one space in a crowded parking lot.
>
>
> --
> Q: What's the difference between a traffic snake and a real one?
> A: The traffic snake's asshole at the *front* end.

Sometime one should think outside the box. I am thinking plate glass
windows. Start your way with a Seven-Eleven move up to like Macy's and
then try one of the exotics like a jewlery store or pawn shop. For
extra effect one could go to one of those modern skyscrapers that are
clad in glass and see what happens to a thirty foot square section,
that would be cool.

On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:41:01 +1000, Rod Speed wrote:

> wrote:
>> On Aug 3, 3:34 pm, "Rod Speed" > wrote:
>>> wrote:
>>>> Rod Speed > wrote
>>>>> Thats certainly the sort of hammer you are looking for. I bet it
>>>>> works fine.
>>>> Not on la
>
>> Strange how a topic over a life hammer turns into a flame war. %{
>
> No if you know anything about usenet, stupid.

Time for a Nazi reference.

"jellybean stonerfish" > wrote in message
news:fFomk.6480> Time for a Nazi reference.


American law enforcement is slightly less ruthless than the Gestapo.

On Aug 3, 11:31*am, (Jonathan Kamens)
wrote:
> I wanted to get myself one of those gadgets they sell for breaking the
> glass in a car door if you're trapped in the car, e.g., in an accident.
>
> I searched the Web and ended up ordering this:
>
> *http://www.5starshine.com/info-auto-emergency-tool.html
>
> When it arrived and I opened the box, my first reaction was, "Gee,
> this seems like a piece of crap." *The thing I am most concerned about
> is that it is made out of what feels like rather flimsy plastic and
> has no weight to it at all.
>
> Perhaps I am confused, but I expect a hammer whose purpose is to
> shatter car windows to have a little heft to it, and this thing weighs
> almost nothing. *Of course, there's no practical way for us to test it,
> but my gut tells me that were my wife or I to swing it at a car window,
> the hammer would be more likely to break than the window.
>
> I'm suspecting that maybe I should send it back and order either the
> ResQMe:
>
> *http://www.resqme.com/
>
> or the "real" Life Hammer:
>
> *http://www.lifehammer.com/
>
> instead. *Does anybody have any advice or opinions to offer?
>
> --
> Jews for Obama (http://www.jews4obama.com/)

I bought one at Tuesday Morning (forgort what is was called) but it's
very sturdy and probably could be used as a weapon as well (watch out
car jacker