2 most useful tools (brand name don't care here) : 1- Reciprocating saw, 2- square front spade
I will give my reasons:
The saw can prune off all kinds of branches down to the core. The square saw can scrape off dirt, weeds/sprouts (better than a hoe). I submit (and USE A LONG HANDLE, not a damned TEASPOON!1 ) :
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I'm allergic to long handles and holes. 
and I use my square front spade a lot, too. It works quite well for keeping the place looking tidy, as I use it to scoop up soil that the rains might spread around. It's fast, too.
I use the reciprocating saw for weed trees, of which I have many because I live in a wooded area.
I use my hammer a lot, too.
The channel lock. I have a lot of garden hoses that are rubber--bought them a long time ago, and they were quality hoses. However, after 20 years, the connections aren't so good. I know I could replace them, but replacements often leak. I do have all the tools and connectors, but instead I just carry a channel lock around with me. Works like a charm.
So yeah, the channel lock: good tool.
p.s. I have one square front spade on which the handle broke. I didn't throw it away; instead I hung it behind my shed. You would be amazed at the uses I've come up with for a square front spade with a short handle!
What little I know is all by hard knocks and learning from others in "unscheduled" places from laboring peeps without paper credentials.
Anyway, about your quality hoses, I went that road and found that those are HEAVY and a drag to drag around. Now I buy the cheapest, LIGHTEST ones that, yes, KINK up a lot (gotta twirl'em). They last long enough and did I mention LIGHT? :
But as far as a short handle, I'm short on stooping!1
But about your channel lock, is it like this, my total fave, here "locking pliers" :
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Channellock is an American company that produces hand tools. It is best known for its pliers—the company manufactures more than 140 types of pliers[1]—particularly its eponymous style of tongue-and-groove, slip-joint pliers.[2] Its pliers have distinctive sky-blue handle grips (see photo); the company has been using the same trademarked shade of blue since 1956.[3]
It also produces cutting pliers, linemen's pliers, long nose pliers, adjustable wrenches, screwdrivers, nutdrivers and special-purpose pliers, as well as multi-function tools for the fire service and other first responders. According to the company, as of 2009, all of its pliers were manufactured at one of its two facilities in Meadville, Pennsylvania.[4]
Channellock is managed by the fourth and fifth generations of the DeArment family with William S. DeArment serving as CEO & Chairman of the Board, Jon S. DeArment serving as President & COO, and Ryan DeArment serving as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. The company is based out of two facilities, equalling a total of 230,000 square feet (21,000 m2), in Meadville. As of 2010, the company claimed to be the largest employer in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, with over 500 employees.[1] The company has more than 4,000 U.S. wholesale and retail customers and ships to customers in 45 countries.[1]
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Kick it off the gate and let the night shift crew do the job...
That or inconvenience hundreds of passengers for hours...
Not many "no-go" items on these newfangled modern airplanes...
