Oberon Design’s Sonoma Tote carries your gear and does some good, too

The new Sonoma Tote from Oberon Design is beautifully designed and US bench-crafted, as we expect from Oberon Design.  The bag is made of black leather with tooled leather panels on the front and back of the bag.  The image seen here is the Oak Leaf design in the middle; other choices for the tooled panel include Acanthus in navy, Cloud Dragon in wine, Paisley in orchid, and Wild Rose in black.

Each bag measures 12″ X 14″ X 5″, has straps with a maximum of 12″ under-arm space, and weighs 1.8 pounds.  Construction details include triple-stitched, taped, and bound seams and solid brass Sam Browne studs to attach the straps and close the bag.  The interior has a 9″ x 7″ zippered pocket, 2 additional pockets, and a pen pocket; these are made from spill-resistant, top-grade ballistic nylon.  You’ll also find a key loop at the mouth of the bag, so you’ll never need to scrounge for your keys.

The Sonoma Tote is $295.00, priced according to their new Oberon Direct program, which means no wholesaling of this bag results in a very reasonable price direct to the customer.  And now for the “do good” part:  In support of the vital ongoing efforts controlling the Sonoma, California fires, with this introductory offer,  $20 of every purchase will go directly to the Sonoma County Fire Relief Fund.  The Sonoma Tote can be purchased at Oberon Design.

Wine bottle not empty? Put a planet-sized cork in it!

Well, these wine-bottle stoppers aren’t planet sized, but they are planet shaped.  The Solar System Glow-in-the-Dark Bottle Stoppers are made by Chinese artisans using lamp-working techniques to turn colored glass rods into beautiful spheres representing the Sun and some of the planets.  As they are being made, a luminescent powder is mixed into the molten glass to make the spheres glow in the dark.

The stoppers are made of chrome, glass, and silicone.  The stoppers are 3.75″ tall, and the glass spheres are 1.5″ in diameter, except for Saturn, which is 2.25″.  In addition to the Sun, you can also select from the Earth, Moon, Mercury, Saturn, or Neptune.  Saturn is $26.00; all other designs are $24.00 each.  Choose your glow-in-the-dark cosmic bottle stopper at UncommonGoods.

Charge your Apple Watch with an iMac G3

Okay, it’s not an actual iMac G3, but this cute charging stand from Elago is styled to look like one of those 1998 iMac G3s in the juicy colors.  As you can see, the Elago W4 stand holds the Watch horizontally, so it supports Nightstand Mode.

The stand is made of silicone, so you don’t have to worry about it scratching your watch.  And the silicone will prevent the stand from sliding around or scratching your night table.  You feed your own charging puck into the stand for power.  Get the Elago W4 stand in blue ($12.99) or in pink ($14.99) at Amazon.

Other Gadgeteer posts that you might like…

Just like all books, this book will illuminate your life

You won’t be clipping this Book Light to the top of your hardcover book, but it will delight the book lover or the painfully-obvious pun-lover!  When turned off, it folds down to look like a black journal.  When you open the book, the “pages” fan open and the lights come on to provide accent lighting.  You can even open the book all the way to form an accordion-folded cylinder.  Strong magnets hold it open in the cylinder position, or they can be used to attach the lamp to a metal surface.

The book measures 7″ x 7.75″ x 1″ when closed.  You can choose one of five light colors (white, red, blue, green, or purple) by simply opening and closing the book to select to the next color.  Power is supplied with 3 AA batteries, so you won’t have to worry about dangling wires ruining the book illusion.  The Book Light is $24.99 at ThinkGeek.

Other Gadgeteer posts that you might like…

Fight toe flab with the Foot Gym

I’ll admit that when I first saw the Foot Gym that I immediately checked my calendar just to make sure that I hadn’t slept through February and March and woke up on April 1st. Although the Foot Gym sounds like a product that you might see on April Fools Day, it’s real.

The Foot Gym has been designed to help people with a variety of foot and ankle related problems like plantar fasciitis. It features light, medium, and firm resistance bands and a massage roller. Instructions show you 7 exercises to help promote strength and stability for your feet and ankles.

The Foot Gym is available in two versions. The regular version is priced at $39.95 and the Pro version is $59.95 and comes with additional resistance bands and a pivoting handle that will let you use the massage roller on other body parts. Visit The Grommet or Amazon for more info.

Other Gadgeteer posts that you might like…