STUDIO TOOLS
HOTO
HOTO, a brand from Shanghai that stands out with its devotion to making attractive utility products, has two awesome products for musicians and studio owners. The AutoCare Air Duster and Vacuum ($99.99) and the PixelDrive cordless screwdriver ($79.99) are both incredibly useful and aesthetically pleasing. Led by Lidan Liu, is an industrial designer and a professor at Tongji University in Shanghai, each product is ingenious, looks great and excels at any give task.
The Vacuum is quite useful allowing you to mitigate dust on your gear with a delicate brush that punches way above its weight in suction. Reverse the main chamber and the AutoCare Air Duster can then act like a small leaf blower. The PixelDrive cordless screwdriver, which looks like it would be at home on Batman’s desk, can sit stoically at the ready without attracting attention, but can fly into action when you need to add or remove modules from your studio rack or assemble IKEA furniture. HOTO
