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What is the best gadget you own and why?

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  • MrLargo said:
    One for the DIYers - Bosch laser tape measure, £40. Absolute game changer.
    Got attacked in a B&Q once... Was minding my own business and then... BOSCH!!
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,601
    Swisdom said:
    MrLargo said:
    One for the DIYers - Bosch laser tape measure, £40. Absolute game changer.
    I'm shit at DIY and I hate it.

    I never do it

    But I really want a laser tape measure now because it sounds cool
    I daren’t get one. My wife might get hold of it and I’d never be able to tell her the this is 8 inches again:


  • scidbox
    scidbox Posts: 535
    Swiss army knife. Leatherman goes with me as well when trekking.
    Just ordered this but I think I'll break it within a week.
    https://www.amazon.com/United-Cutlery-Kommando-Tactical-Survival/dp/B00BQ0QBME?linkCode=w61&imprToken=M2aaGGk42Mp1Y2r.tDki5Q&slotNum=47&tag=globosurf-20
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,856
    My cleverest gadget is my Thermos flask. It keeps hot drinks hot and cold drinks cold. But the clever bit is how it knows!
    You are liar !!

    I put in some tomato soup and some vanilla ice cream this morning and the ice cream has melted.

    now my lunch is ruined.
  • red10
    red10 Posts: 834
    edited August 2019
    Quite like this brolly ... very well made.   :D


    https://youtu.be/QdLiU8Tt0f0

  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,633
    MrLargo said:
    One for the DIYers - Bosch laser tape measure, £40. Absolute game changer.
    Got attacked in a B&Q once... Was minding my own business and then... BOSCH!!
    Someone said you wanted decking.
  • muppetman
    muppetman Posts: 287
    red10 said:
    Quite like this brolly ... very well made.   :D


    https://youtu.be/QdLiU8Tt0f0

    It looks like something Q would issue 007!
  • muppetman
    muppetman Posts: 287
    If it can`t be my Gerber multi-tool, which has helped myself and a few others out of some tight situations, it would have to be my Drift HD crash helmet cam. White van man seems to leave alone on the road when he notices it on the side of my head.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,918
    scidbox said:
    Swiss army knife. Leatherman goes with me as well when trekking.
    Just ordered this but I think I'll break it within a week.
    https://www.amazon.com/United-Cutlery-Kommando-Tactical-Survival/dp/B00BQ0QBME?linkCode=w61&imprToken=M2aaGGk42Mp1Y2r.tDki5Q&slotNum=47&tag=globosurf-20
    I use one of them in the NU bogs for my chizzle.
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  • red10
    red10 Posts: 834
    muppetman said:
    red10 said:
    Quite like this brolly ... very well made.   :D


    https://youtu.be/QdLiU8Tt0f0

    It looks like something Q would issue 007!

    Seriously, its a very strong brolly, never been blown inside out and has hidden qualities...
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,269
    Probably my portable wireless charger.

    Or my Nintendo switch
  • cafcpolo
    cafcpolo Posts: 3,811
    I purchased a Phillips Perfectdraft beer pump recently. Outstanding bit of kit!
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Bottle opener.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,856
    cafcpolo said:
    I purchased a Phillips Perfectdraft beer pump recently. Outstanding bit of kit!
    Looking at the kegs, you are paying £3 a pint to drink at home which seems quite expensive. 
  • cafcpolo
    cafcpolo Posts: 3,811
    MrOneLung said:
    cafcpolo said:
    I purchased a Phillips Perfectdraft beer pump recently. Outstanding bit of kit!
    Looking at the kegs, you are paying £3 a pint to drink at home which seems quite expensive. 
    Initially yes, but with Beer Hawk for example. You can buy 4 for 90quid, which is £2.15 per pint. Then you get a fiver for each keg returned. That's then 70quid for 42 pints which works out at £1.66 per pint! 
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,208
    I treated myself to a Kärcher water pressure pump. Love it!
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,194
    DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone. It’s not cheap admittedly. Amazing 4K images, easy to fly (comes home automatically if required) and the gimbal on it keeps steady images even when the wind is strong. 




  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,633
    JiMMy 85 said:
    DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone. It’s not cheap admittedly. Amazing 4K images, easy to fly (comes home automatically if required) and the gimbal on it keeps steady images even when the wind is strong. 





    Do you live near Gatwick?
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,194
    JiMMy 85 said:
    DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone. It’s not cheap admittedly. Amazing 4K images, easy to fly (comes home automatically if required) and the gimbal on it keeps steady images even when the wind is strong. 





    Do you live near Gatwick?
    Yes, I do. And the team I’m filming are based about 500 metres from the end of the runway! The people who caused all the problems made it impossible for me to get permission to shoot any footage there, even at 5-10 metres up. Absolute wankers. 
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  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    edited August 2019
    My trusty penknife with a handy attachment for getting stones out of horses hooves.








    Maybe only those of a certain age will relate to this.
  • Bottle opener oh and corkscrew when travelling in France and Spain.
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,208
    Bottle opener oh and corkscrew when travelling in France and Spain.
    Shit. Just on the coach to the airport heading to France and just realised I’ve forgotten my corkscrew. 😕
  • kimbo
    kimbo Posts: 2,996
    My kindle i think, take it everywhere
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    Solidgone said:
    Bottle opener oh and corkscrew when travelling in France and Spain.
    Shit. Just on the coach to the airport heading to France and just realised I’ve forgotten my corkscrew. 😕
    Just push the cork into the bottle 
  • The kindle app for phone/ipad is one of the most useful apps I own. It's completely free, and allows me to read the book on my phone whilst I'm out and about, and when I'm at home on my kindle it just picks up where i left off. 
  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131
    kimbo said:
    My kindle i think, take it everywhere
    I still struggle with the concept that in the modern world you have to plug in books and cigarettes.


  • My hand held dictaphone. Fantastic for logging train numbers.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,791
    seth plum said:
    My trusty penknife with a handy attachment for getting stones out of horses hooves.








    Maybe only those of a certain age will relate to this.
    I thought it was for getting Boy Scouts out of horses’ hooves. 
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Nothing more handy than my trusty face napkin.


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