I bought the STRANGEST TECH on the Internet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A $3 ear hook with open sound that is not immersive, better as a puzzle than an earphone.

A $3 speaker that sounds better than expected and beats his phone.

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

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

Extremely hard to master, but he was proud to finally ride it.

Fast and hard to control, though he managed to ride them after a few scary attempts.

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 fitness tracker that electrocutes you over bad habits, and the shock was a really hard pinch.

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.

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