We just held our Denver SM holiday gathering and did an informal $5 gift exchange. I dug into my stash of "have these handy in case" gifts and pulled out one of two versions of flashlight mouthguards I had. I admit, I had two styles, and gave out the one I liked LESS in case I needed to keep the other as a backup for myself. That said, the gift was stolen twice until "frozen" by white elephant rules.
The outdated/old style was called Lite Bite by Nite Ize, but the kind I prefer it called Bite-a-Lite and is available on toolsforstagecraft.com. The first has a wide flat mouthguard and a lanyard, the latter has a "groove" for your teeth. I've had workers comp pay for a chipped tooth and highly recommend something else besides metal against your teeth. Now that I'm also a river guide I've finally found the use of headlamps, but for stage management/runcrew a bite guard is the way to go...and at a price that I would consider on the verge of a stocking stuffer. I know I'd found mine on sale so the current online prices are slightly higher than $5 but still very reasonable.
