Gadgets Guide

Ecoballs

Ecoballs

Ecoballs replace traditional washing powders and soaps used in your washing machine and are reusable for up to 150 or 1000 washes.

Main Features

• Safe, economical and good for the environment
• Hypoallergenic for sensitive or delicate skins, also anti-bacterial
• Specially formulated refills produce ionised oxygen for deep penetration
• Cares for delicate fabrics and won’t fade colours
• Reusable for up to 150 or 1000 washes
• Save water and electricity by cutting out rinse cycles
• No need for fabric softeners or conditioners
• Costs around 3 pence per wash (1000 pack) and 6 pence per wash (150 pack)
• Convenient – no scooping or measuring

Price: GBP 29.95

Backtrack GPS Finder

Backtrack GPS Finder

Price: GBP 59.99

Flying Alarm Clock

Flying Alarm Clock

Are early mornings a struggle? Blast the sleep from your eyes with this relentlessly loud gadget alarm clock!

Main Features

• Great quality digital alarm clock with snooze function
• Attractive blue digital display
• Detachable, flying propeller
• Return the propeller to its base to stop the alarm
• Never miss a morning appointment again!

Hate early mornings? Do you strategically place the alarm clock so you have to get up to switch it off? Or perhaps you don’t even do that and the snooze button has become your best friend? If this sounds like you and early mornings are a struggle then read on dear gadget lovers, because the latest novelty alarm clock hitting bedrooms is just the ticket!

Price: GBP 19.95

Cranium Tin

Cranium Tin

OK, we’re not going to mince our words here, Cranium is absolutely the best board game in the known galaxy. Imagine all your favourite games crammed into one box and you’re halfway there. You play in teams and have to guess challenges put to your team-mates. The challenges are split into four categories and are what the game is all about. You may have to do a charade, draw a picture blindfolded, hum a tune till someone guesses it, model something out of putty, impersonate a famous person, the list is endless, and you have to do these challenges either against the clock or against a member of the other team.

With over 800 cards across 30 categories it’s an all-encompassing board game that’ll have you in stitches – though not literally we hope. Be quite prepared to watch the sun come up, as you’ll just want to keep on playing this till you pass out. If you fancy an extra challenge, the booster pack contains yet another 800 cards!

Price: GBP 29.99

Freeloader – Portable Solar Energy

Freeloader – Portable Solar Energy

Want to charge all your gadgets from one charger, for free? Freeloader uses the sun’s energy to charge an internal battery which in turn charges your devices, anytime, anywhere.

Main Feature

• Charge your mobile phone, Bluetooth headset, digital camera, MP3 player, sat nav, iPod, PDA, PSP and much much more!
• Charge Freeloader in 5 hours using solar energy or 3 hours using the USB charging cable (included)
• Impact resistant, rust-free aluminium body
• Holds battery charge for up to 3 months
• Simultaneously charge hand held devices while at the same time charging the internal battery via its solar panels or via USB
• Power an iPod for 18 hours, a mobile phone for 44 hours, a PSP for 2.5 hours and a PDA for 22 hours

Solar Charge all your Gadgets

Would you like one charger for all your favourite gadgets, including mobile phone, digital camera, iPod, PSP or PDA? What if we tell you it’s main-free and takes its power from the sun, meaning you can charge your devices anytime, anywhere? Genius? Yes that’s what we said…

Freeloader Portable Solar Energy is a portable charger with one neat difference. Forget the mains, this intelligent solar energy charger boasts solar panels, which absorb the sun’s energy to charge its internal battery in as little as 5 hours. Using the selection of supplied adapter heads, you can then draw on this power to charge all your favourite gadgets and gizmos anywhere you go.

Price: GBP 29.95