Strange gadgets

Just a lighter, but looking like a real gun almost guarantees trouble.

Looks cool on a custom car, but you will struggle to explain it to police who pull you over for imitating them.

Not a better clock, but the levitating ball hand is wild and the customisable timer is a feature he loves, if pricey.

A self-built pen plotter that drew perfect circles and a cat better and faster than he could, earning a nine.

A cheap kitchen gadget that worked well enough to earn a seven out of ten.

Quick and effective at slicing apples, but more alarming than satisfying.

Gave perfect slices and scored an easy eight out of ten.

Fluffy, moist sand that was satisfying to cut and shape, though he did not give a score.

Tiny mint-like tablets that expand into towels quickly, which impressed him as a feat of engineering.

A normal spinner with a slightly more unpredictable motion, scored six out of ten.

Many mechanisms create a constantly changing pattern, earning an easy eight.

Unexpectedly fun object that finds equilibrium when spun, though the score was cut off in the transcript.

Smooth and well balanced but not worth around fifty dollars.

A shiny pen whose whole structure changes when clicked, which he found interesting but did not score.

Surprisingly effective, clean and pleasant way to mix a drink with a whirlpool effect.

An electromagnet platform that levitates objects, and a spinning fidget spinner on it was a highlight.

A strobe-light illusion that makes water appear to flow upward, which he found hypnotic and rated 8.5 out of 10.

Pricey but gives remarkably precise, thin and smooth slices, and works brilliantly with kinetic sand.

An elaborate sand toy that looks cheaply 3D printed for 200, though the moving bearing was neat.

Smooth, quiet, even coat from a proper bit of industrial kit, scoring seven out of ten.

Precise and almost silent, it printed a chess rook and Bulbasaur sizes with a few hiccups, and he found the layered texture fun.

Pricey vacuum former that is fun to watch and makes a mould of any object, though it ruined his mouse's buttons.

The roughly $100 fake iPhone has a plastic body that scuffs easily and bends under pressure.

An app-controlled electric ab belt used for a pain-tolerance showdown; he found it very weird.