Strange gadgets

Makes you do 30 bicep curls to switch it off, which he calls not a fun way to wake up.

It jumps off the counter and drives away so you must catch it, making it a guaranteed way to get up.

A propeller launches into the room and lands unpredictably, which he calls a literal nightmare.

You have to hit a target to stop it, and the further away it is the harder that gets.

So loud that over a minute of exposure may cause hearing damage, and it comes with a bed vibrator.

Explained as a card that redirects light around objects behind it to make them seem to vanish.

Explained as two LED rings between two mirrors that appear to go on forever despite being 5 cm thick.

Explained as strobing lights making falling water appear to rise, with no verdict given.

Shown as a fidget spinner that creates a moving image by acting like frames in a video.

Shown as an illusion lamp that mimics shifting perspective like a real corridor, with no verdict given.

A genuinely new instrument that is therapeutic and delivers what it promised, though he is not the target market.

A $1,399 home gym bench that arrived but would not power on, felt homemade and was missing the rowing extension.

A desktop robot pet that is late and may eventually be released.

A box opener with a nice retracting blade, but it fails its no-cuts claim and struggles with angles and nooks.

The most comfortable sliders he has found, though a little noisy and pricey.

The lattice structure flexes underfoot and feels therapeutic, though it dug into his wide feet.

Heavily delayed and then asked backers for more money, so he pulled out.

A torch at one end and softer lantern at the other, with a very large step up in power.

Uses six bulbs, is built to light up the ocean depths and is bright enough to damage eyes.

The world's brightest flashlight is huge, heavily cooled and gets hot immediately, though he found the engineering impressive.

Significantly brighter than the 10 lumen torch and enough to light up much of a room.

Produces only a tiny white speck of light, used as the baseline in the brightness comparison.

A clever fix for people who get headaches from 3D films that works properly and costs only $10; he scored it 8/10.

Basically a good marinara with slightly misleading marketing and a high price; he gave it 7/10.