Mr. 7-Hands: A Solution Seeking A Problem?
By Sean O'Hara
Not to be confused with Mr. Potato Head’s disfigured third cousin or an over-active teenager on a date, Mr. 7-Hands is a screwdriver-based multi-tool with an entire shaft for each of its multiple bits — seven in all. The shafts stow into the driver’s handle and deploy for use. Two AAA batteries additionally power a small flashlight in the handle.
OK, we admit that we’d probably have never posted this if it wasn’t for its goofy name, but we couldn’t help it. What sort of engineer looks at a multi-bit screwdriver and thinks, “What this needs is multiple shafts?”
Mr. 7-Hands [Apollo Tools]
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April 24th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
Maybe they kept losing the bits??
April 24th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Recessed screw holes in most electrical stuff won’t take a standard 1/4″ hex bit holder, so one of these is useful for that.
April 24th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
This item is available for $2.79 here:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1146
April 25th, 2007 at 3:20 am
Reminds me of the SwissTech ScrewBall.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:53 am
Pass.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:57 am
I’m not sure I could hold my head up high if a friend came over to borrow a tool and saw that in my toolbox.
April 25th, 2007 at 7:23 am
I’d rather have Mr. Potato Head … maybe I’ll get one of these and use the bits for arms and legs and the handy dandy flashlight as a cyclops eye … then I’d have the Mr. Cyclops Potato Head
April 25th, 2007 at 9:39 am
Good point cybergibbons. I have had that trouble before.
April 25th, 2007 at 10:27 am
You can get extended 1/4″ narrow-shank bits, but they’re not common. The Performance Tool by me has them, and I adore my 3″ #2 Phillips.
I’d have to try one of these suckers, but I think I see the point. It’s not unlike the folding hex key sets, but with a rounder handle. On that note, I wonder if they could build a double-ended “Mrs. 14 hands” version?
April 29th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
I like it. I always get these big itches just between my shoulder blades. This looks perfect for that…
June 27th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
HELP!! how the hell do i put the batteries in the mr 7-hands tool??
July 19th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
yea how do i put the batteries in ??????
July 19th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
There might be a compartment at the top end of the screwdriver that you may or may need to unscrew.
In any case, you can email the distributor. If you follow the above link, you’ll see an email at the bottom of the page for US Sales.
mailto:sales.usa@apollotools.com
September 2nd, 2007 at 12:02 pm
To put in new batteries put pressure (pushing down) on the on/off arrow and then push the clip up. Had to have my husband figure it out for me He is good with puzzles I can’t solve.
December 28th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
I got one of these for christmas and am still not sure if I like it? How do ya lock the blades so they don’t collapse while screwin, so to speak?
January 6th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Thanks Trisha. I got the battries in but the flashlight still didn’t work has to “adjust” the switch.
April 4th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Yay Trish and Trish’s husband!
I agree this is kind of a sissy tool but it’s a handy thing to keep in the car. Also I have a lot of trouble with pain in my hands so the large handle is nice.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Woohoo! Let there be light… again!
Thanks Trish!