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The SmallRig x Andyax Creator Tool Kit: one box for (hopefully) everything you might need

Written by Andy Stout | Aug 12, 2024 7:31:27 AM

The SmallRig x Andyax Creator Tool Kit is a 13-in-1 photography tool kit which aims to provide everything you might need on a shoot in one waterproof, drop-resistant, and shockproof case.

We’ve all been there. You’re in the middle of a shoot and all of a sudden you need a wrench or a screw for your baseplate. Can you find the right one? Can you hell. One fruitless rummage around various kitbags and pockets later, you’ve lost a bunch of time and you still can’t find the right wrench 

The difference between us and Andyax is that Andyax is a film production company who decided to do something about it. "We are always out shooting in different locations and forgetting even the smallest tools can greatly impact us. However, that was [only] our problem until we collaborated with SmallRig to co-design this ultimate Toolbox for Creators.”

The Creator Tool Kit costs $99.99 and features a modular internal design encased in a rugged ABS exterior shell. The shell is heat -resistant, water-resistant, and shockproof, and it doubles down on all that by also featuring waterproof, highly resilient shockproof EVA interior padding. It also features sealed edge seams to protect from dust and moisture, a strong buckle so it doesn’t pop open when you least want it to (like, at any time), and a pressure relief valve to regulate air pressure inside.

 



More to the point, the case ships with a goodly amount of useful bits and pieces:

  • Tool Box x 1
  • Dust Blower x 1
  • Cleaning Pen x 1
  • Microfiber Cleaning Cloth x 1
  • Stainless Steel Screw Set x 1
  • Memory Card Case x 1
  • Black Gaffer Tape x 1
  • Colored Gaffer Tape x 4
  • Allen Wrench x 5
  • Double Head Flat Wrench x 1
  • Foldable Multi-Tool Kit x1
  • HDMI Data Cable x1
  • Velcro x 10

Plus, of course, as it’s modular you can adapt it to your own specific requirements.

It weighs 2.95 kg / 6.5 lb with tools, 2.13 kg / 4.7 lb without. Size is a compact 380 x 290 x 118 mm / 15.0 x 11.4 x 4.6in.  Availability is immediate.