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His benchmark toaster, giving noticeably better toast than the touchscreen rival.

Expensive and limited to two slices, but makes toast good enough that he has not used a normal toaster since.

A robot vacuum with a robotic arm that picks up shoes, which he found the most futuristic product he has seen and a real fix for a common p…

A powerful hands-free robotic foam roller that covers your whole back efficiently and felt great.

A pre-production leg-crawling massager that gave the deepest leg massage he has had, though it is intense.

The best under-desk elliptical he has tried: silent, low impact and easy to move, though the display feels dated.

Lives up to the social media hype, turning a fizzy drink into a fizzy, melt-in-the-mouth slush.

His top pick: powerful leg compression recovery that works and showed him something he didn't know existed.

Interesting vibrating knife that stops food sticking, but a good normal knife is cheaper and simpler.

Attractive, feature-rich alarm clock with a good app-blocking Drift feature, but Drift needs a $10 monthly subscription.

Automatic and neat, but the toast doesn't match the on-screen images and the screen is unnecessary.

Heats food evenly and keeps rice fluffy, an acceptable lunch option, but not crispy and he rates it mid-table.

He owns one and sees a temperature-controlled bed as an easier fix than a fan.

Turns a protein shake into proper ice cream and he rates it a 10, calling it the underdog next to the slushy machine.

Smaller Frames in the guest rooms complete the look with art and are easy to use as TVs.

Heats and froths milk drinks to 80°C and gives very frothy results.

Bought for parties they never hosted, so it got removed.

Replaced dotty LED strips under the kitchen island and gives well-diffused light.

Extremely comfortable motorised chair with heating, ventilation and massage, but he is still undecided about another gadget to charge.

Kept in the cinema room wellness section for football injuries.

Simple piece of engineering that stops tea foaming over so you can leave it on high heat.

Used in hallways to control AC, blinds and lights, but he prefers repurposing iPhones for in-room control.

Scalp massagers that give tingles across the body in the best way.

The $22,000 outdoor-designed LED sofas were uncomfortable, had dim LEDs and cable clutter, and were the worst buy of the house.