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Sublime.

12 volt drill. I have other drills I use at work- 20v hammer drill, impact driver, SDS MAX monster, but the 12v gets used much more than any of those.

This bad boy right here.

It's a bucket trowel, essentially a brick/block trowel that's been cut down on an angle to get the last bits out of the bucket.

It's literally my most used tool. I use it to mix, to lay out mortar for fixing stone, to skim coat the backs of tiles and veneer stone, levering stones up slightly to put more mortar in the bed, scratching my ass/back/legs, and I even occasionally cut myself on it accidentally!

My most used tool is a cordless impact driver. With the right bits it is so useful. Cuts many repair times down to a percentage of their non impact driver repair time. I have bits for any screws and also bits to adapt sockets.

The one I picked up is less than $50 at Walmart with the bits. Super useful tool to have around. I throw it in my backseat and it's always there when I need it.

I'd say my brain or my computer, but in reality it's my motivation to focus for a hot minute. So many distractions!

OpenProject. Great tool for project management and usual organizational operations. Also, it's European, libre and have interface (partly) in Esperanto.

Locksmith here, my most used and most important tool is a pen because if you can't write up the invoice you don't make any money.

It's really difficult to put two fine a point on this, because there are multiple tools that are basically vital to my job. I would say that most of my job can be done with a simple Phillips screwdriver, however the impact gets it done like 10 times faster and without fucking up my rotator cuff.

I have this really Kick-Ass flashlight which is helpful, I could probably go on for a while. I need to drill things so,.... Hmm

My Fluke Intelatone copper cable tracer and pin mapper. Had one as a company tool back early in my career. Bought one for myself when I moved and just carry it around in my magic bag of tricks. It is just the best at finding its other half, so much so that ive had multiple employers buy their own because I use my own and wanted me to stop using the shitty cheap ones they get off amazon.

At work? Laptop and VSC/browser

Outside work, probably hex key set, I have it with me all times when cycling

A hammer. When you get down to it, every tool is a hammer

I probably use my driver and table saw most, but my cordless multitool is climbing up there.

Smartphone as an answer would be cheating?

Battery powered 3/8 drive impact

I would have to say EES (Engineering Equation Solver), as I’m a thermal engineer. Or potentially MATLAB with the CoolProp installed. They are quite brilliant tools, not to mention fun to work with!

Job Access With Speech.

First my glasses, next my smartphone and third I believe my desktop PC, wo all these three I will be homeless.