What is this thingy?

[My Potatoes]

I was at a chainsaw safety talk a couple of months ago. As tends to be the case, we were give a few freebies.
This one item baffles me. I think they said it's to alert you when your mobile/cell phone rings while you're working with your saw. But I've no idea how to use it! It contain a small battery, by the way.

Any ideas?

I hope my photo attachment works.

 

[ATH]

???
How big is that...no scale in the picture.

I assume the top unscrews?

Is the metal thing on the string just a crimp to hold the ends together?

 

[Stihlofadeal64]

It looks like a modern Jee-haw-whimmer diddle. I can't say that I've seen one that nice though. Those safety people sure do know where to find'em. Around these parts they are made with wood, and a propeller on one end. But it might be something else...others will be along in a little bit...:help:

 

[joezilla11]

just pour your whiskey in it and be done with it!

 

[ChainFinn]

Some time ago, in earlier nineties we had small keychain thingys, that flashed or vibrated while they were CLOSE the phone, like if you had yourr cell phone in your inner pocket, and the keychain thingy in your jackets chest pocket zipper, they gave an blinking light via raido signal or something.....

 

[Stayalert]

I don't know what it is but I would def. clip it to my harness in case I needed it...

 

[B Harrison]

I does look like it would hold just enough shine to give a man the extra grit needed to drop one into a tight spot.

 

[husabud]

It's a tiny humidor to keep your weeds in.

 

[My Potatoes]

???
How big is that...no scale in the picture.

I assume the top unscrews?

Is the metal thing on the string just a crimp to hold the ends together?

Sorry, some scale would help!
It's about two inches longs, about one third of an inch in diameter. The RHS end screws off, and contains one small watch-type battery. The piece with Oregon stamped on it is just a small piece of glass.

Yes, the metal thing on the string is just a crimp.

It does look like a keyring, but that string is weak enough. If it didn't have a battery in it, I would assume it's just a keyring.

Maybe it's like in The Simpsons where Homer is talking about inventions: "You should have just taken an existing product and put a clock on it or something."

"You should have just taken an existing product and put a battery in it or something."

 

[sgreanbeans]

I know what that is! Its one of those E-Verb thingys that they put on the crab boats in case they take on water, cept its for climbers, if you get lost in the tree, it will tell others where to find you.

 

[Carburetorless]

It's a step down device. You put it to your ear and pretend you're talking on your cell while up in the tree, sort of like a piece of nicarette gum for cell junkies.

 

[flushcut]

Ear plug case.

 

[Carburetorless]

Ear plug case.

A battery operated ear plug case?

 

[Philbert]

Could it be one of these (?):

Bailey's - Tiny Tester - Alcohol Content Tester

A spark tester?

Termite or deer tick sample holder?

Philbert

 

[flushcut]

A battery operated ear plug case?

That's right an ear plug case.

 

[ramzilla]

First thoughts were pill holder but having a battery in it no clue.

 

[Philbert]

So, I'm thinking that this has nothing to do with chainsaws, but just some cheap schwag that someone silkscreened 'Oregon' on as a give-away. Like a lot of that other cheap advertising stuff we get: frisbees, letter openers, flashlights that don't work, . . . ?

Philbert

 

[Grouchy old man]

I think they said it's to alert you when your mobile/cell phone rings while you're working with your saw.

Ok, let's think about this. Could it be a strobe or bright LED that links to your phone via Bluetooth? When the phone rings it flashes? I could really use that because my ringtone is one of Stihl's chainsaw ringtones.:msp_biggrin:

 

[Carburetorless]

That's right an ear plug case.

A battery operated ear plug case?

 

[BC WetCoast]

Lube it up, stuff it up your ### and then it vibrates when your phone rings. The string is to retrieve it at the end of the day.