Now that
CES and its wide range of
goodies and
garbage are behind us, it's time to take a look at the first roundup of Crapgadgets in the year 2009. Not surprisingly, the creators of crap are kicking things off in extraordinary fashion, with an actual "bust warmer," cassette tape-turned-USB hub and a handset leash making the cut. Those kings of catastrophe are being joined by a $100 spy pen that
might be worth a nickle and a Painted Dot iChair that could cause retina damage upon seeing it. Have a glance at the links below and cast your vote for the lamest of the lame.
Read - Thanko Bust Warmer
Read - 4-port USB hub / wannabe cassette tape
Read - Highly functional spy pen
Read - Painted Dot iChair
Read - Mobigrip device leash
posted Jan 19th 2009 7:15AM
Bust warmer?!? I mean, comon...
I assumed the bust warmer was a joke. It may actually be produced and sold, but I'll bet they're all given as gag gifts.
Yes! I always wanted my sex doll to have warm busts! thanko veli mucho!!!
My hands make good bust warmers...
In their defense, most Japanese homes have NO insulated and the work-places certainly does become very very chilly. If you've ever seen pictures of families sitting in their low tables, there are heaters under the tables that keep their legs warm. So seeing a bust-warmer doesn't surprise me.
Yeah, it's cheaper to use my hands.
(the first one is free)
Banko "bust warmer", eh?
click... hmmm.
Yep, "bust warmer". But, do they make 'em in sizes other pre-pubescent or asian adult?
yes, yes they do. But lets be honest here. your only interest in the former
My girlfriend has bust warmers they're called my hands. You dnt need to pay for something to warm your boobs up there are hundreds of men/women willing to do that for free :P
Pedobear is not amused.
Please write "vote for best of worst" or "vote for worst of worst" because I get lost easily...
"vote for the lamest of the lame" not clear enough for you?
Bust Warmer -- strange, but probably useful if you have poor circulation.
4-port USB hub -- totally awesome.
Highly functional spy pen -- fairly rubbish, but not that bad.
Painted Dot iChair -- ugly as hell, but not fundamentally crap.
Mobigrip device leash -- truly, truly crap. That's my vote.
I voted the usb hub, who wants to be reminded of obsolete old crap?
It's disappointing that they used a doll for the thanko Bust warmer. Funny thing is that was the only I looked at. No woman means instant votage. I vote for the fake Bust.
What am I saying. I'm on the internet. Lets face it there is no shortage of Busts.~(amongst other things wink wink)
Stop running away from reality. There is no shortage of breasts there too, just take a look around and you'll notice all kinds of things... not only wink wink things.
How dare anyone vote against one of the breast gifts ever and vote against the Bust Warmer? Clearly there's only one crappy gadget there and its the leash.
Heck I could not decide .....
the only two crapgadgets here are the bust warmer and the Mobigrip.
The USB hub is ok apart from its appearance, the spy pen is awesome apart from the price and the iChair is probably a good idea, especially if it has a big ass woofer installed in the bottom. But those dots look terrible.
The USB hub is all retro cool. Except it needs something.
I kinda like the chair, but not because of the speakers-- I've been looking for a gaming chair that doesn't look silly. The profuse polka dots make it silly, sadly, but that can be fixed with $10 worth of cloth.
Look in a car junkyard. No better gaming chair than sports car seat, designed specifically for spending many hours in one position in it, with everything adjustable and so on. Just get some kind of board extending backwards to attach it to, because otherwise it will tip over the back without mounts.
I love how the chair offers, quote, "a control panel that gives you TOTAL volume control". As opposed to those crappy wannabe chairs that only give you partial volume control...
I did exactly that Sharpfang.
A buddy of mine back in High School got himself a used Pontiac Fiero. The deal sealer was the speakers in the head rests he said. Right away I had this idea when I saw them. later that day I took off with a different friend, one with a truck, and hit up the local junk yard. Scored myself two Fiero seats, with speakers, and went home. At the time, the N64 and PS were the systems we played on, and let me tell ya, Perfect Dark and Dino Crisis sounded awesome sitting in these chairs. Not only comfy, but functional. No bass tho. But with a sub in the room it doesn't matter. We attached a 2' X 3', piece of plywood underneath for stability, and attached an adjustable arm for the back that can change with the angle of the seatback.
The seats were $50 for the both of them, the wood was about $10 with hardware, and about $20 on Prosolve fabric cleaner.
Anybody noticed the site for the chair is called PBteen. Does that stand for Pre-pubescent Teen.
That would "Pottery Barn: Teen"...but same difference really.
When I clicked the link, I thought it said "Rape Mono Shop" for a second. o_O
According to psychological testing you should be locked up for that statement.
The spycam is an interesting gadget. Of course the $100 is ridiculous, but only because the retail you found adds some 90% interest on top of the actual import price. Find it at other outlets, and at $15 or so it becomes quite a neat gadget.
That tape usb hub is excellent, the only two pointless gadgets here are the bust warmer (I always keep my hands warm for this eventuality) and the stupid iPhone grip.
Even the spypen seems fun, Engadget have officially run out of crap gadgets, time to book an airfare to HK !
I voted for the pen because its just ridiculous, its choc a bloc full of pointless extras and u know they all are extremely cheap.
The USB Tape drive is awesome! retro but totally works out. I seem to remember a cassette deck memory drive or mp3 player. that was awesome too..
The USB hub is just the same old, in a new case, nothing interesting. Of course, here, it means "the same old, with ports placed too close to each other, so you can use only 2 out of these 4 ports if you use anything wider than USB plug." Most WiFi and Bluetooth dongles, SD card readers and so on will hog two sockets.
Hey I have had the USB hub for months!!! Its deadly - retro-chic!!! No way should it be under the crapgadget category!!!!
The USB hub was on my Christmas list...
I vote the cassete USD hub as the BEST gadget of the year.
Can someone post the link for the cassete MP3 player? thanks.
Don't. The sockets are too close to each other. Plugging wider pendrives/dongles hogs multiple sockets.
Additionally, if it is the same PCB as in the one I have (and judging by the port layout, it is), the ports are very prone to breaking off (pull on the cable up or down), and it can't run two or more power hog devices (SD reader, heater, another hyb with a few things plugged in, audio dongle, ethernet dongle).
(OTOH, it's trivially modded into a powered hub, the PCB has two marked soldering points where you attach 5V power supply input, and it runs like charm).
In today's economy, I have to vote for (against) any device that would take a job away from me. The breast warmer is aimed at leaving my hands unemployed and that is unacceptable. ;->
You must work as a wet nurse, then?
Well, that 4-port USB hub / wannabe cassette tape IS the meshing of retro and "high tech" (as the site so aptly puts it) but the Mobigrip is both practical and you can dazzle your friends as you use your precious iPhone as a yo-yo!
I have two bust warmers...my hands!
Free Trials 1-888-HOT-BUST
Any relation to the "Cam Exam" 1-866-RING-CAM?
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=9ytMx7irm-c
Oooh my eyes ..my eyes.!! the Chair the chair!
That tape deck USB hub is awesome!
I love the commentary on the Mobigrip:
"Bored of gripping?"
kinda really diggin the tape cassette usb hub..... classic
That bust warmer is stupid, if my gf's busts are cold that's what my hands are for.
Of the choices.... the Mobigrip is the most craptastical 'gadget'
It will, however, make someone millions of dollars in the process of being the most craptastical.
It will be hocked to companies who are looking for something cheap to give away at trade shows. There will be Mobigrips littering the streets with random company logos cheaply printed upon them, mark my words...
i have the cassette usb hub!