Weird & wonderful

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

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

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

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

A weighted hula hoop that counts swings, which Arun said terrifies him.

Used as a reaction-speed challenge that left both of them exhausted, with no formal verdict.

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

A rope that counts skips so you can't cheat, used for a 30-second skipping challenge.

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

Wrist-strength gadget scored by how fast you can spin it, used in a head-to-head challenge.

A dangerous toy whose tank could explode and whose rockets knocked people out, and the one he tried failed.

A near-identical copy of an Apple Lightning cable that adds payloads, geofencing and self-destruct, which he finds impressive and scary.

The most powerful of the three, adding keylogging to everything else, and he is as impressed as he is scared.

A tiny USB stick that poses as a keyboard and lets him run commands remotely, which he finds fun but dangerous in the wrong hands.

Looks and feels terrifying, and he was far slower than his friend Josh, though he thinks he may simply be the problem.

Cleans the whole mouth in 10 seconds, twelve times faster, but the clean was not the best.

A huge, heavy RC car he calls one of the coolest things he has unboxed, about 11.5 times faster than a normal one.

Heated butter dispenser that spread butter in about two seconds, 30 times faster than a knife, if a little messily.

Alarm clock that leaps off the table and runs away, effective but annoying.