Strange gadgets

Surprisingly cool, reacting to speech and gestures, but a bit scary and impractical.

A soft robotic cat that reacts to touch, which he found oddly appealing compared with his real cat.

The toaster burned the face badly and looked nothing like the product photos.

A handset for your phone, which he found bizarre and could not see people buying.

Expensive, but it worked when he fell and could save someone's life.

A well-built, fun gun that fires table salt at pests and has real impact.

A strange singing instrument he found baffling and a bit inappropriate to play.

Cheap egg lights that make you very noticeable on the road.

It worked, showing a full battery as 100 and his remote battery at about 90.

Bought as a joke, but he plans to use it for its motion sensor, scent and UV sanitising.

A cheap-feeling toy gun that is very weak and pointless.

He expected to hate them but was oddly won over, and they made him want to dance.

Smaller and plasticky for the price, but mesmerising to look at.

Voice-reactive and mind-bending, he called it the coolest gadget ever to enter the building.

Stupidly expensive and far less cool than expected, with a strange sleeveless design.

Looks homemade and unsafe, though the spinning lasers felt like a superpower.

A realistic-looking novelty USB drive that he found captivating.

A $2 drainer that keeps soap less squidgy and makes it last longer.

A $5 frother that does what he wanted for recreating a Starbucks mocha at home, and it is easy to clean.

Six-dollar elastic laces that he calls a game changer for running, as they never need tying.

A 40-inch iPhone made from an iPhone 6s mirrored to a TV via Apple TV, which sounds ridiculous but works.

A custom-made original-style Game Boy that Arun called one of the coolest pieces of tech he had seen so far.

Used as a massage break; Ryan loved it, while Arun gave no formal verdict.

The simplest gadget on the list, with dice that choose the exercise, but still chaotic.