Weird & wonderful

Absurdly large headphones that turn out to be a pair of Bluetooth speakers; they sound good with deep bass but are impractical to wear.

A monolithic rugged phone with a bright camping light, projector, night vision and huge battery, earning A tier.

Impressed by the $30 Frisbee with 108 LEDs, which senses movement and weighs no more than a normal one.

The berries really do turn sour foods sweet, though vinegar became horrid, and the kids rated them 7.5 to 10.

The bone-conduction lollipops are fun to try, but the kids wouldn't want all their lollipops to work this way, with ratings of five to ten.

A heart that races along the table matching your pulse, used for the final heart race game.

A baffled jar that muffles screams and doubles as a vase; rated a zero for emotional damage.

A six-pound bolted-on phone case meant to stop doom scrolling; KSI rated it four for how hard it is to live with.

Five fans at full power sound like a plane taking off, and he actually likes it.

A heat-based alarm that is nice at first but quickly becomes far too hot.

Five studio lights on one smart plug make a painfully bright wake-up that clearly bothered him.

Aimed squarely at fans, with a premium case and an AI cartoon assistant he finds strange, so a B tier.

A giant, fully functional keyboard built 27 times larger, great as a spectacle but poor to use; scored a joke 4 out of 3.

He is entertained and surprised by how lifelike and capable the robot dog is, though he gives no formal verdict.

The most intelligent robot he has tested, but clearly niche and hard to buy; scored 8 out of 10.

A charming, heavily branded gag phone that is useless as a phone, earning a C tier for the brand.

A fascinating cookie-playing gadget, but gimmicky and good for only about 20 minutes of fun.

Tiny, cheap speaker that sounds far better than expected, though it is only an okay bottle opener.

Painful but fun and heavily themed; he gave it an optimistic 8 out of 10 though it won't suit everyone.

The loudest horn in the world, louder than a military jet takeoff and potentially ear-rupturing.

A life-size remote-controlled R2-D2 that impressed him with its momentum and feels like operating heavy machinery.

A child tracker turned handheld with eight games, ad-tracking and a mafia-linked CEO that sold just 25,000 units.

A niche, absurdly expensive blaster, but he called it the best nine seconds of his life.

A fun, distinctive flip phone that is basically a flagship S24 Plus that folds, and a sensible choice if you like the idea of a folding pho…