Weird & wonderful

A metal saber that feels responsive enough to make him feel ready to take on the dark side.

The top saber leaves the cheaper ones behind, with a spinning kyber crystal, LCD and sound that adjusts to swing speed.

A fine option for the money, with thick plastic, a retractable blade and LEDs.

The $1 folding chair was too small and could not support his weight, so he scored it zero out of 10.

A usable chair for $50, but calling it comfortable would be a stretch.

A frameless chair filled with tiny foam chips that he rated 9 out of 10 for comfort.

He is impressed that it is a real hologram display made from a spinning LED fan, not an editing trick.

Impressed by how thin and capable Apple's last iPod Nano is, with a headphone jack and long battery life, and wishes phones were still made…

Ultra-limited 12-unit Caviar Fold 5 with titanium back and a real Megalodon tooth fragment, which he finds wild but also amusing.

Hologram wristbands sold on false performance claims, leading to a lawsuit and bankruptcy.

A late iPod copy that fixed none of the iPod's problems and was killed by the iPhone, a 6 out of 10 fail.

Cooking pizzas in trucks on San Francisco roads failed and the company pivoted away, a 7 out of 10 fail.

The product itself is wildly impressive, but the Kickstarter fiasco and delays earn the company a 4 out of 10.

The $3,000 hand-forged Damascus steel knife is made of 16 folded layers and feels like a weapon of mass destruction.

The 1-cent plastic knife slices poorly and wrecks the inside of the orange.

He finds the 'stealth' name ironic for a whistle, which is the opposite of stealthy.

He thinks $50 for a bottle opener is absurd and wonders who would buy it.

He calls the $55 cracked-glass decal the most bizarre of the lot and says you could just do it yourself for free.

He calls it the future of rulers, praising its 0.1 mm accuracy, unit switching, map scale and division features.

Full-body muscle stimulation suit that's intense and cool tech, but he wants more proof of benefits.

A good concept ruined by AAA batteries and a squeaky, unsatisfying experience; three out of ten.

The SixPad product he could most see himself using regularly, though it felt like a torture device at high power.

Sceptical-sounding but not unpleasant; he can't judge the skincare benefit and thinks it looks odd.

He thinks it is the most futuristic shoe around because it folds in half so you never need to use your hands.