Home & smart home

More affordable, smoother and higher resistance than any other high-end under-desk elliptical he has tried.

Kept in the cinema room wellness section for football injuries.

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

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

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.

A $4,000 hassle to pour and light, producing little more than a big candle flame.

Expensive full-fit acoustic treatment that makes the office feel like a library.

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

USB-C docking tea lights that really do last the claimed 35 hours.

A £7 door sensor that works well in his gaming cabinet automation.

Satisfying to use when working, but pairing is so unreliable he measured about a 50% success rate.

His favourite of the IKEA bunch, a playful lamp with detachable light and auto-off.

A well-designed table that is also an air purifier, with neat hidden power supply and cable routing.

Same tech as the £7 bulb but costs £55 in glass, and was hard to connect.

Used as the pricey benchmark: he paid £55 for one and was annoyed.

Incredible value at £7 and feature-rich, but connection problems undermine it.

Cheap £1.50 cabinet lights with motion sensors that are nice and bright.

Non-Matter light strip at £13 that becomes configurable when paired with a Matter plug, great for the money.

A creative £15 glass bowl that doubles as phone charger and light, which he finds delightful.

A £5 Matter-over-Thread sensor that makes him wonder how IKEA turns a profit.

Used to show that its sensor alone costs more than the whole IKEA product.

A £2 motion-sensing night light that works as well as Xiaomi's £12 one.

A security flaw let one person access over 7,000 of these robot vacuums, including cameras and floor plans.