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Expediters Online.com Driver Lifestyles What can you get someone who spends much of his, her or their days in a small compartment, accessible only via cell phone or email?
Plugs into the cigarette lighter socket. Drip stop feature to catch that first cup before the pot is done. Brew selector adjusts the strength to taste. First cup in 15 minutes.Full pot in 30 min. 6' power cord. 144-300 watts/ 12 amps. www.iowa80.com GG Bailey offers more gift ideas. The company sells custom-fit, luxury floor and trunk mats. You can design your own mats with unique carpet coloring, edging and heel pads. Initials, names, logos or collegiate emblems can adorn the mats. www.gg.bailey.com Roadtrucker offers a navigation system for truckers that does not need a computer and at a cost you can afford. The TeleType WorldNav GPS w/Truck Routing Its features include:
Also from Roadtrucker... The MarinePro 3 Million Candle 12-Volt Spot Light. A very powerful light and handy to have around for those emergency repairs. Works well for those places where running a power cord is inconvenient. In addition, www.Roadtrucker.com offers a limited edition 40-channel CB radio for $113.55. The device comes with a nine-inch microphone cord and is decorated with a Dale Earnhardt logo. Here's a heart-warming gift. A Roadpro Ceramic 12-volt heater is a 250-watt unit that will plug into the cigarette lighter socket and mounts either adhesively or with screws. www.roadtrucker.com Paperback books are cheap, easy to find and are especially useful for truckers ready to chip away at the hours spent at truckstops or between loads. Audiobooks available in both cassette and compact disc format. Besides being accessible to the driver while he or she is driving, audiobooks hold a power their printed-format counterparts just cannot produce. Looking for a more unusual gift? Convoy Crafts of Tennessee offers eight styles of Christmas ornaments, all shaped like trucks. A ma and pa operation, Pa shapes the wood ornaments and Ma paints them. Styles available are straight trucks, tankers, coal buckets, covered wagons, dry vans, flatbeds and double wides. All of the trucks can be customized with traditional and Christian themes, and initials can be painted onto each of the trucks for 50 cents. 865 397-4996 If your gift's recipient likes die-cast models, check out www.TrickMyTruck.com. When you purchase a 1/43, 1/32 or 1/24-scale die cast model, you can get a name on the doors and a license plate free of charge. www.trickmytruck.com Headlight restorer Clear Solution Technologies has introduced its new Headlight Lens Restorer that will correct the problem of dingy headlights. The product is a coating with a UV stabilizer that will recondition a cloudy headlight to like-new condition in less than 30 minutes, the company says, and after reconditioning, your night vision will be significantly improved. Clear Solution Technologies (419) 438-8485 www.restoremylights.com Accident-prevention camera Mobile Awareness recently announced the release of VisionStat, a new series of industrial wired and wireless commercial vehicle camera systems. The camera systems are rugged and cost-effective, the company says, and they can be configured with up to four infrared, night-vision CCD cameras. All camera types (front-, side- and rear-mounting) are waterproof and produce high-resolution images. Advanced features of the 5.6-in. color monitor include a control interface embedded into the monitor enclosure, a built-in audio speaker, turn signal switching and multiple mounting methods. Designed with the same form-factor as the wired version, the wireless edition has an embedded 2.4 GHz radio for quality video image transmission. Mobile Awareness (866) 653-5036 www.mobileawareness.com Waterless hand cleaner Permatex has introduced Ultra Cherry Pumice Hand Scrub, a professional-strength, waterless hand cleaner with natural pumice scrubbers, skin conditioners and a clean cherry scent. Made to tackle the toughest clean-up jobs, Ultra Cherry quickly powers out the heaviest grease, oil, tar and adhesive, the company says. Permatex Ultra Cherry’s finely ground pumice provides a deep-scrubbing action without irritating hands. Ultra Cherry does not use kerosene or phosphates and is compliant with federal regulations for VOCs. Permatex (860) 543-7548 www.permatex.com Fan light FoxFury’s Fan Light is designed to slide around a user’s wrist but could easily be attached elsewhere on a person or on gear. It is powered by two AAA batteries, offering up to 40 hours of light output. The four-LED, two-color light is available with white LEDs and two custom red and blue color inserts. FoxFury’s Fan Light offers four modes. The first three modes are activated by motion. For example, the light will shift from one color to the next in response to arm movement. The light’s final automatic mode is a simple flashing sequence between the two colors. The light weighs 1.9 oz and is water- and impact-resistant. FoxFury (760) 945-4231 www.foxfury.com For more driver-related gift ideas, visit www.gotruckstop.com and www.truckergifts.net. © Copyright 2005 by Expediters Online.com |