OT: Cool technology, gadgets & toys

[Hunter368]

These could be for your household, vehicle, work, personal or professional or hobbies, just for fun or productivity improvement or whatever the reason. I like technology, gadgets & toys to make my life better & more enjoyable overall.

As the title implies, what cool technology, gadgets & toys do you own or want to buy?

If you have links, please provide them so we can all look at what your talking about.

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[SensibleGuy]

I own a couple of these...
https://www.amazon.ca/Waterproof-Long-Range-Spotlight-Flashlight-AIMTOM/dp/B08KYGDPV6/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2J4DLX2PVJB0M&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.wYTy-bj8uKb8Y_9qI8UKx18Ffp9e4SQGaEcMoV6YCJZ3jM8ka28yb5rzxGVLJtP90aUUHRqiAxyTqiWJnChZkg.dncW85BPtG6i2RRRYyCnKZKczf39mHaLxl46bCo37zo&dib_tag=se&keywords=aimtom+light&qid=1732569054&sprefix=,aps,119&sr=8-3&th=1

they go on sale regularly and are really handy little lights. Great for camping or power outages and last for ages on a charge.

wasn't there another thread like this already?

 

[Hunter368]

If owned a house, especially one in the country I would look at solar energy options. But I live in a town house condo so not much room to setup panels lol.

On a small note I bought a smart bread maker and it works great. It does all the hard work that our mothers used to do when making home made bread. I love it, nothing better then home made bread and the smell in the house.

 

[10Ducky10]

I bought a heated vest and I am not sorry at all. The better half tried it a couple times and then wanted one for herself. She is also looking at heated gloves right now.

 

[SensibleGuy]

If owned a house, especially one in the country I would look at solar energy options. But I live in a town house condo so not much room to setup panels lol.

I have a couple battery boxes (a little Jackery and a slightly beefier off-brand one) that I got a while back partly because every summer my area was experiencing 3 or 4 power outages lasting hours at a time and I figured it would be nice to have some juice to run my wifi router and so forth and play retro videogames or watch Netflix - you know, fun stuff! I've had them for going on 3 years now I think and in that time there's been exactly 1 outage of maybe 45 minutes! lol. I was able to confirm that yes, I can run the router (for about 8 hours in fact) and get internet service and then the power went back on.

But, I do use them to power my headphone audio rig at home and for camping and I'm thinking about getting a solar panel to have on hand for emergency recharging in the zombie apocalypse.

 

[buggs]

I bought a heated vest and I am not sorry at all. The better half tried it a couple times and then wanted one for herself. She is also looking at heated gloves right now.

I have a buddy that has heated socks and gloves for skiing. He swears by them. Haven't taken the plunge yet. But I do have something like 40 toques. A fine selection of gloves and mitts that are aligned to ever cooling temperatures on the bicycle.

 

[Skidooboy]

this changed the cofee game in our house.

Aeroccino 3 Black | Milk Frother | Nespresso Canada

Aeroccino 3 is an ultra-simple, fast milk frother for preparing hot or cold froth milk for your favorite coffee from latte to cappuccino.

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