Value king

Winner of the glow-up award, with a much better screen and doubled storage for the same price.

A £9 MagSafe charger that is light and wobbly but insane value if stuck down.

A £2 motion-sensing night light that works as well as Xiaomi's £12 one.

Incredible value at £7 and feature-rich, but connection problems undermine it.

A £5 Matter-over-Thread sensor that makes me wonder how IKEA turns a profit.

A $45 band that rivals the Apple Watch Ultra 3 for health tracking and gets 10 out of 10, plus the Hall of Fame.

I rate this flashlight, with a seat belt cutter and window breaker, 9.5 out of 10 for around $30.

Cheap Balmuda copy that makes toast nearly as good at a quarter of the price.

Winner of the budget category and the best value option, with Nothing polish, minimal bloatware and a modular design.

Overachiever award winner that blew past my expectations with flagship-level specs, Bose speakers and a grippy denim finish for $679.

Most recommendable $99 headphones, with huge battery life and satisfying physical controls, despite plastic build and only decent noise can…

Best fake of the video: a third of the price with brighter output, a base light, a magnetic remote and a brilliant app.

A convincing Dyson copy that blows harder and cleared the smoke nearly as well for a fraction of the cost.

A fake that sounds as clear, is louder and bassier, has a built-in battery and brighter lighting, for a quarter of the price.

A $25 copy that feels the same as the real thing, with USB-C charging and replaceable batteries.

Faster, double the storage and includes an adapter for just $2 more.

Sturdier, brighter and cheaper than the Amazon Basics monitor.

A distinctive, good-value $349 phone with a great screen and clean software, though the Glyph features lack depth and the cameras are only…

Cheap copy gives 65% of the sound and 90% of the design for 20% of the price.

Won the Hall of Fame as a cheap, enjoyable controller that makes the most of its transparency.

The cheapest key organiser that still feels well made, and it stops keys rattling and scratching.

Chosen over the JBL Go 4 in blind tests: sounds a fraction better, costs less and lasts about 50% longer.

Not a brave choice but one of the best, with an unmatched mix of battery life, screen, build and trackpad for most people.

This is the cheapest reliable USB-IF certified cable I've used, with charging and data fast enough for this setup.