AA Emergency Car Hammer £1.49 @ Amazon

crystallove · 10-08-2011 3:16am #1

Found this @amazon，;cheap price。。:D

papu · 10-08-2011 5:33am

A link would be cool

Joseph · 10-08-2011 5:47am

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001DYGJ3O

homer911 · 10-08-2011 8:38am

Essential for any car in case your electric windows fail!

KeRbDoG · 10-08-2011 9:39am

Gone up to an extortionate £2.18!

(before postage)

peckerhead · 10-08-2011 9:43am

Higher demand since all that trouble kicked off in Tottenham over the weekend.

Tabnabs · 10-08-2011 10:50am

No one likes to think about accidents happening, but preparation is the best form of defence. Give yourself extra peace of mind by keeping an AA Emergency Car Hammer in your glovebox. Sometimes seat belts jam after a collision and power locks and windows become disabled. The AA Emergency Car Hammer has an integral seat-belt cutter to cut through a safety belt in an emergency situation. The double-ended steel tips can quickly break through a window should you find yourself in a situation whereby there is no other means of escape. Every vehicle should have one.

F' all good a hammer in the glove box and my seat belt jammed eh AA

ShooterSF · 10-08-2011 11:20am

Tabnabs wrote: »

F' all good a hammer in the glove box and my seat belt jammed eh AA

Yeah it's listed under technical details. "Perfect for any Glovebox" unless you actually need it to break into your car

Matches · 10-08-2011 11:59am

Perfect for car thieves.

johnnykilo · 10-08-2011 3:36pm

Actually since watching a Mythbusters about your car going underwater, this is something I think every car should come with as standard.

They showed that unless you can get out right away or have a hammer like this to break the window and escape, the pressure of the water means your car has to sink to the bottom of the river, and fill with water (possibly a couple of minutes i.e. unless you can hold your breath for a considerable period of time you're mostly likely a goner) before the pressure is equalised enough to either open the doors or windows and escape.

topper_harley2 · 10-08-2011 4:10pm

Tabnabs wrote: »

F' all good a hammer in the glove box and my seat belt jammed eh AA

Read on a bit farther.....

No one likes to think about accidents happening, but preparation is the best form of defence. Give yourself extra peace of mind by keeping an AA Emergency Car Hammer in your glovebox. Sometimes seat belts jam after a collision and power locks and windows become disabled. The AA Emergency Car Hammer has an integral seat-belt cutter to cut through a safety belt in an emergency situation. The double-ended steel tips can quickly break through a window should you find yourself in a situation whereby there is no other means of escape. Every vehicle should have one.

That Mythbusters episode did make this look like a handy thing to have in the car

chris1970 · 10-08-2011 4:57pm

that or a scuba set..

nightster1 · 10-08-2011 5:23pm

ShooterSF wrote: »

Yeah it's listed under technical details. "Perfect for any Glovebox" unless you actually need it to break into your car

What if the glove box gets jammed:eek:

nulabert · 10-08-2011 6:07pm

What if the glove box gets jammed

Well, you should have this glove box hammer in the back seat just in case

coylemj · 10-08-2011 6:11pm

johnnykilo wrote: »

They showed that unless you can get out right away or have a hammer like this to break the window and escape, the pressure of the water means your car has to sink to the bottom of the river, and fill with water (possibly a couple of minutes i.e. unless you can hold your breath for a considerable period of time you're mostly likely a goner) before the pressure is equalised enough to either open the doors or windows and escape.

Agree about the door, the pressure outside would be too great to open the door until the interior was almost full with water but when the car goes into the water the upper part of the door where the window is located would not be under pressure so unless the electrics were shorted the windows should open and it should be possible to wind down a manual window even if the car was well submerged in the water since you would not be competing with the inward pressure of the water as you would when trying to open the door since the door opens outwards.

By the time the car is completely submerged you would have no hope of opening electric windows because the car's electrical system would have shorted and the battery would be dead.

Johnny Storm · 10-08-2011 6:25pm

nightster1 wrote: »

What if the glove box gets jammed:eek:

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uck51js9zml2yt · 10-08-2011 6:52pm

9.95 postage....makes it a dear bargain

Reg'stoy · 10-08-2011 7:08pm

Bryce Sweet Sidewalk wrote: »

9.95 postage....makes it a dear bargain

Bought two of these as a 'filler' to get up to the 25 free postage limit, save it to your wish list and when you're a wee bit short get it then. Well worth it at 1.49.

the groutch · 10-08-2011 7:17pm

Alternative:

asharkman · 11-08-2011 8:58am

Gone up to 3.98 now!
I do want one though.
Yea I seen that mythbusters episode too.
Refuse to drive along rivers or lakes since!

Tabnabs · 11-08-2011 9:16am

topper_harley2 wrote: »

Read on a bit farther.....

That Mythbusters episode did make this look like a handy thing to have in the car

Yeah, entirely missed my point...

fermeen · 11-08-2011 9:45am

Top Gear did a feature on this too
Richard Hammond tried to escape using the wait until the pressure equalises.
Spoiler:
Would have died without scuba gear. Frightened the bejaysus out of me.

bpb101 · 11-08-2011 2:05pm

2.87 now

bpb101 · 11-08-2011 2:07pm

the groutch wrote: »

Alternative:

i do love my brick

11-08-2011 5:38pm

Dont know about elsewhere, but driving around dublin the only place i think i could end up in the drink is if i somehow veer off the east link bridge:D

Ill take my chances.

11-08-2011 5:38pm

Dont know about elsewhere, but driving around dublin the only place i think i could end up in the drink is if i somehow veer off the east link bridge:D

Ill take my chances.

loopymum · 11-08-2011 9:53pm

Would be handy alright, even with electric windows isn't there a good chance that if they are working as you are sinking that once you start to wind down the window that the electrics will die with the water flooding in?

We don't have any manual winders but do have sliding doors in the back,
what about escaping that way, that should work shouldn't it?

Wertz · 11-08-2011 10:33pm

Sliding doors still need to open out a little before they slide...the weight of the water stops that being possible for human strength.

AA Emergency Car Hammer £1.49 @ Amazon

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