Outrageously Bad Gadgets
In the last 10 years technology has improved dramatically. With the improvements in technology have come improvements in out household gadgets. Things like home computers, radios and even lighting have all evolved quite a bit. However, in order to balance out the good and evil in the world, its inevitable that some terrible gadgets had to made at some point.
Well now, Sheila’s Wheels has conducted a survey to find out which gadgets really are the worst gadgets of all time. It transpired that there were quite a few terrible gadgets that made the shortlist, but the one that proved to be the worst was the shower radio.
The sorry excuse for a gadget was awarded the crown of worst gadget of all time due to a number of factors. The first one being that they regularly broke because water would leak into the batteries. On top of this, most of the radios suffered from poor sound quality, difficult usability and volumes so low that they are impossible to hear over the noise of the running water.
Other pointless gadgets that made it into the top ten worst gadgets of all time included the following:
- Electric candles
- Electric nail file
- Soda stream
- Teasmaid
- Pancake maker
- Fondue set
- Electric fluff remover
- Facial tanner
- Egg slicer
Alongside the survey for the worst gadgets of all time also came the best gadgets of all time. These findings were not too much of a surprise really. Television proved to be the most popular gadget, but it was a close call for second place between the telephone, computer and vacuum cleaner would you believe. All of the top gadgets of all time were noted to be items that aid every day life and can’t live without them. So at least there are lots of gadgets that people like, and this is why they are still very popular gifts. Items like backwards clocks and bathroom caddys are great fun to have around the house. However, if you’re looking for gadgets that aid everyday life, maybe projector alarm clocks would be better.
