Tool Time, My Everyday tools. Click on Picture for link

Wherever I am on the boat, this is next too me.  The core tools  are the same and I swap out the other tools for a specific job.  The soft outside is nice for bumping around, but it has an internal structure and doesn't collapse on itself.

I have owned this flashlight for MANY years!  Well not this exact one...  A close friend gave me one as a gift and I used it daily in my machine shop.  Move onto a boat, one week later, off to Davey Jones' Locker.  NOOOOO!

Well, this changed my life!  I have always used a 20V impact driver for screws.  Since everything I now tighten is stainless, this would snap the head off of at least 25% of fasteners.  Also, the gyro feature is cool!

I have had these Snap-on crimpers for years.  They are awesome!  I would not suggest these on a boat, since the are pricey.  Klien tools makes basically identical pliers.  You also will not cry as hard when they join my flashlight in a oneway Scuba dive.

This little tape measure has been abused!  I love the plastic case, no rust!  The self lock function is great for working in cramped spaces.  Second only to my flashlight, this is the tool I am usually reaching for.  

Yes, this might be a strange go to, everyday tool.  I know.  But, I am doing a lot of custom wood and metal work.  I am often measuring the minor and major diameters of fasteners.  Screwing a stainless fastener into aluminum when the hole is too small, you will have a fastener with a broke off head.

I like to do final tightening by hand.  I have found that the cordless screwdriver above almost never over tightens, but sometimes I do not chance it.  Bits click in.  3 settings, Forward, No ratchet, and reverse.

Multi use!  That is all I can say!  I have a high end cutter for removing the jacket from large battery wire, 2/0 and 4/0, but the blades are expensive.  I use this instead.  Just keep one side of the blade for those projects and the other for general cutting.

I like my cheap Etekcity Digital Multimeter.  They don't make this exact one anymore, but the 9V battery lasts a long time and so does the meter.  This is also an almost daily use item.