Your favourite 'gadgets' - NOT phones :)
19-04-2014, 14:18
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Your favourite 'gadgets' - NOT phones :)
They could be DIY tools, bits of kitchen equipment or other useful household items but what are your favourite 'gadgets'.
I'll start with a few off the top of my head, the first of which inspired this thread:
- Dandy Brush & Roller cleaner - A cheap and simple device which makes cleaning paint brushes & rollers hassle free.
- Zyliss garlic press - I've had many over the years but this one's the best by far - simple, robust & effective.
- Victorinox Swiss army knife - always useful for a multitude of things.
- Lloytron battery charger - charges NiMH & refreshes alkaline AA & AAA batteries & has saved me a fortune.
- Chef Tony high powered blender - Totally converted by this machine, it's brilliant.
- Philips personal DAB radio - Used almost every night for at least 5 years. I can listen to the radio in bed & Mrs Osem's snoring doesn't disturb me...
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19-04-2014, 14:19
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Re: Your favourite 'gadgets' - NOT phones :)
I suppose my talking stuff, and my Perkins would have to come at the top of my list Oh and my portable DAISY player.
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19-04-2014, 14:32
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Re: Your favourite 'gadgets' - NOT phones :)
I forgot to mention Osem Jnr #2's cheap Android tablet which keeps him entertained doing puzzles, learning games, watching videos etc. for hours.
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19-04-2014, 15:02
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Re: Your favourite 'gadgets' - NOT phones :)
Samsung tablet for the wee one keeps him entertained when visiting his grandparents who are 80 and don't have sky tv, virgin media or internet and can't get out to play as they live on a very busy street so not to safe how did I survive I grew up there mostly playing on my skateboard and Raleigh grifter bike in the multi storey car park dangerous I know but it was fun.
Kindle
Electric can opener
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19-04-2014, 15:24
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Re: Your favourite 'gadgets' - NOT phones :)
Panasonic bread maker
iPad
Bose noise-cancelling headphones
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19-04-2014, 15:28
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Re: Your favourite 'gadgets' - NOT phones :)
My Ipad and a Tassimo Coffee maker
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19-04-2014, 17:10
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Re: Your favourite 'gadgets' - NOT phones :)
Alligator nut wrench, it'll grip any size or shape nut
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19-04-2014, 17:17
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Re: Your favourite 'gadgets' - NOT phones :)
Yeah I have one of those and another type with square pins. They don't get used often but are very handy at times.
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19-04-2014, 18:17
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I've always got a Victorinox Swiss Army knife in my poicket.
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19-04-2014, 19:34
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Re: Your favourite 'gadgets' - NOT phones :)
First one off the top of my head is my Master Eze opener, I got it around 20 years ago after my RA diagnosis and to this day is the only jar/bottle opener I can use easily. Tried numerous others since at trade fairs/disability awareness events etc, but struggle to open anything with them.
I've also found it great for tightening plastic plumbing parts
Don't think you can get them now, but there is a similar device called a boa which looks very similar
Edit: Seems they're still available, from the guy in South Africa who patented it in 1955 http://www.colliertd.co.za/master-eze-opener.html
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19-04-2014, 22:17
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Re: Your favourite 'gadgets' - NOT phones :)
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Originally Posted by Ravenheart
First one off the top of my head is my Master Eze opener, I got it around 20 years ago after my RA diagnosis and to this day is the only jar/bottle opener I can use easily. Tried numerous others since at trade fairs/disability awareness events etc, but struggle to open anything with them.
I've also found it great for tightening plastic plumbing parts
Don't think you can get them now, but there is a similar device called a boa which looks very similar
Edit: Seems they're still available, from the guy in South Africa who patented it in 1955 http://www.colliertd.co.za/master-eze-opener.html
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Great for oil filters.
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19-04-2014, 23:30
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Re: Your favourite 'gadgets' - NOT phones :)
iPad
Yamaha MG102 Mixer (audio, not cakes )
"Holy Moses" mountain bike light
DeWalt 800W SDS+ Hammer Drill
Anything that can open a bottle of wine
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19-04-2014, 23:41
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Bose Cinemate 1SR
Xbox One
iPod (I don't leave the house without it)
iPad
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20-04-2014, 10:43
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Clip On Loupe
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20-04-2014, 11:17
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Re: Your favourite 'gadgets' - NOT phones :)
SONOS Music System = no more changing CD's when the album finishes, just fire up the app, select something else and sit back and enjoy. BTW it is multi room, party mode for all speakers or separate speakers and enjoy different tracks in each room
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