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.

www.nespresso.com

 

[Gm0ney]

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.

I just bought a Jackery - hopefully I have the same luck as you. We lived 20 years at our old place and the power only went out once when a snow storm snapped the mast off the house (and even then, power stayed on but Hydro had to shut it off so no one walked into the line).

Where we've been the last decade, the power goes out a couple of times a year for 6+ hours each time. Just happened again a few weeks ago.

So anyway, a Jackery and a couple of panels should keep the router and TV going...and maybe I can hotwire the furnace if it comes to that!

 

[Inanna]

This might not be anybody's idea of really cool tech, but I'm hoping Santa puts a JH-W3 TWS BTE in my Christmas stocking.

https://www.jhhearingaids.com/jh-w3-tws-bluetooth-bte-hearing-aids-with-rechargeable-otc-hearing-amplifier-smart-app/

 

[SensibleGuy]

I just bought a Jackery - hopefully I have the same luck as you. We lived 20 years at our old place and the power only went out once when a snow storm snapped the mast off the house (and even then, power stayed on but Hydro had to shut it off so no one walked into the line).

Where we've been the last decade, the power goes out a couple of times a year for 6+ hours each time. Just happened again a few weeks ago.

So anyway, a Jackery and a couple of panels should keep the router and TV going...and maybe I can hotwire the furnace if it comes to that!

yeah it's really strange...for several years it seemed like every time we got a heavy downpour or one of those wet snowfalls my power would go out for 3 or 4 or more hours. It was annoying. But since I got the backup batteries, no problems. Figures.