It’s boxing day, the floor’s still littered with wrapping paper, but Christmas morning went off without a hitch. Here are ten awful gadgets to be thankful Saint Nick didn’t stuff down the chimney. If you’ve got any of these, it’s a sure sign you need to be a much better boy next year…
Sat–Nag
The ‘hilarious’ Sat Nag is the last thing you want to see in your stocking. Rather than taking you from A to B, it’ll just drive you round the bend with its inane ‘joke directions.’
www.iwoot.com
Skullcandy Skullcrushers
It’s one thing having great sound pumping into your lugholes. It’s another to look like a berk while listening to your fresh new MP3s. Be thankful you’re not rocking these bad boys!
www.skullcandy.com
iPhone chococase
Wrapping your iPhone in protective plastic is understandable. Making it look like a bar of Dairy Milk is another. Surely the most ludicrous way to destroy the style of a design classic.
www.thumbsupuk.com
Mood beams
Stocking fillers they may be, but these kaleidoscopic desk lights are only going to get in the way when you’re trying to plough through reports and spreadsheets late at night.
www.Firebox.com
USB armageddon hub
USB goodies always invoke a certain amount of dread and none more so than this Armageddon hub, which helps you let off steam by imagining you’ve really pressed the big red button.
www.Gadgetshop.com
Meizu M8
The original iPhone knock–off, the M8 might look like Apple’s mighty phone, but is merely a pale imitation of the original. Be thankful you’re rocking the real 3G version.
www.Meizume.com
Wu Fit
Another clone that needs exterminating, Wu Fit is just what it sounds like – a Wii Fit wannabe that may or may not work with Ninty’s hub.
www.Ishopvideogame.com
Borat Mankini swimsuit
It might look hilarious, but pull this on for England’s next World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan and you’ll not only look an idiot, you’ll be freezing too.
www.Firebox.com
Keyring kite
It might look cool, but this keyring kite will fly about two feet in the air before it gets buffered by a gale and sent to the ground.
www.Iwoot.com
Sony Rolly
The pricey dancing MP3 ‘bot is still lacking in storage and no one really knows what he’s really for. Who wants pressies that don’t actually make life easier? Not us!
www.sonystyle.co.uk
