Every so often, we come across a gadget (or five) that's so offensive, so absurd that we simply can't help but stick it in our back pocket and
show it to the general public. Today, we're rounding up the worst of the worst once again, proving that there literally is no end to the spewing of gadget-related garbage that comes from unknown caverns in undisclosed corners of the universe. We mean, just
listen to these products: "fried eggs night light," "Bic lighter spy camera," "hungry caterpillar USB hub," and "half-eaten chocolate mouse." Does those even
sound like kit that any partially sane individual would purchase? No, no it doesn't. Have a gander while shaking your head furiously below, and feel free to drop a vote for the king of the crap while venting in comments below. Trust us, it's therapeutic.
Read - Half-eaten chocolate mouse
Read - USB Penguin 4-Port Hub
Read - Fried Eggs Night Light
Read - Spy camera Bic lighter
Read - USB Bulb Flash Drive
Read - Hungry caterpillar USB hub
posted Aug 10th 2009 3:13AM
The caterpillar is creepy. o_o
Yes, creepy but not crappy enough to beat the choco mouse.
The penguin was pretty cool. I'd rock that if I had a linux box.
If it was an actual Very Hungry Caterpillar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Very_Hungry_Caterpillar) I'd snap it right up!
I made something like it in 5th grade..
Does those even sound like kit that any partially sane individual would buy?
I guess...not? :-/
I noticed that every edition of crapgadget ends with the item pictured above the vote being the highest voted choice.
It's like some of you just look at the picture and then click to vote for it to say, "Yeah, that looks like the one in the picture."
Does anyone actually look at the other stuff?
Chocolate all the way
I was going to say that the spy camera lighter would be useful to film a concert, but apparently it doesn't produce an actual flame, so you can't really waver it over your head. Then again, the swerving action would be bad for video anyway.
It's gotta be the USB Bulb. If you're anything like me an keep your keys in your backpocket, that thing will just shatter if you sit on it leaving a bulb load of glass in your left cheek..
I dunno, it would be cool (but not useful) if it lit up when you plugged it in - but it looks like it won't do that, even
I agree. Everything else in the list just mainly looks goofy. The bulb looks fragile and is of a useless shape.
If your laptop is thin enough, the USB Lightbulb will prevent it from sitting completely on the ground, which would then bend either the USB Lightbulb or your laptop's USB port. That's crappy!
The chocolate would just piss me off, every time I look at it I would want to eat it but then couldn't. Thats just cruel.
The bulb has one "useful" function: it appears that the cap screws on. If you aren't going to have a capless drive (like a slider), having a cap the screws on at least means it won't fall off and get lost as easily.
It was a tough call between the choco-mouse and egg light. I think the choco-mouse fills it's intended function the least of all of them, though.
a chocolate? a half-eaten chocolate? seriously?
Near as I can tell, that chocolate is really less than 1/12 eaten.
Why is the iphone never featured here? :-P
Bravo!
Troll.
Dementor.
Goblins.
C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!
Oooh, you went there!
+1
I don't even know why the penguin hub is up there. It's totally awesome! I mean its cute, its useful and its a great way to Tuxify, though not quite the same, your workspace. The chocolate mouse takes gets my vote. It would have gone to the egg-light, but the $36 price tag on the mouse just couldn't be ignored.
I agree. I like the penguin hub too.
Yeah, the penguin is cute ^.^ I like it.
And you can plug something in its butt, if the product photos are correct.
The penguin hub appears to be the only decent item on the list. Everything else was either crap or totally useless (or a combo of both). Hubs at least have the excuse of being a cute item on someone's desk to disguise the normal hub appearance.
LG Chocolate!
...oh wait.
The penguin hub is actually the mascot of a popular Chinese IM program, QQ. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ I think it's quite cute.
The half-eaten chocolate mouse is weird, and the caterpillar USB hub is really creepy. My boyfriend got that caterpillar hub a week ago (from http://www.uxsight.com/product/33365/green-caterpillar-port-laptop-computer-usb-hub.html ), and it makes scared when i see it. I love that Fried Eggs Light, but i am afraid i will bite it when i am hungry.....
When I first saw the pic of the chocolate bar mouse, I thought of Terminator 2: Judgment Day..
The half-eaten chocolate mouse is weird, and the caterpillar USB hub is really creepy. My boyfriend got that caterpillar hub a week ago (from http://www.uxsight.com/product/33365/green-caterpillar-port-laptop-computer-usb-hub.html ), and it makes scared when i see it. I love that Fried Eggs Light, but i am afraid i will bite it when i am hungry.....
I am sorry for posting the same comment two times. I didn't meant to do that....
I just received two confirmation emails, and i clicked the activation links in both of them, as a result.........
the mouse is a piece of crap, but at least its functional. That fried egg nightlight is just to crappy to pass up, it even looks horrible when it's plugged in haha...
I think the lighter is kinda awesome
I thought so to; until I read the description. It doesn't produce a flame and the USB is right underneath the cap. Any covert aspect of having a lighter cam is almost immediately lost. You may be able to hack the parts out and put them in the cigarette pack itself though!
definitely the chocolate. not only does it look hard to hold, i would also be afraid to touch it because it looks like it could melt and make a mess if i did.
the lighter is not a crapgadget at all, it's awesome, the penguin and caterpillar are odd, but they have a function, the bulb is ok, it would be cool if it contained a LED light inside. the fried egg is just stupid and it takes second place for today's crappiest gadget
Y'know, I really don't mind the caterpillar at all. That lighter sure seems crumby though. So does the USB light bulb... The fried eggs night light seems terrible as well! Pretty obvious trend, I say.
Eunuchs in my room.
Gotta go with the chocolate. Using that'll be like tying two half-broken bricks to your feet and going for a walk. Yeah, very comfortable...
"USB Penguin 4-Port Hub is cute and useful. Let's connect USB devices via its body and let it help you to transfer datas to and from your computer. "
Ha.
Is it just me or the idea of sticking a usb cord in a penguin's rear is just plain WRONG?
yeah the people at the zoo said the same thing last time I visited. I think they are being a little too penguin PC.
Can't be worse than the Mighty Mouse.
:)
What I love is the description of the Fried Egg, under "Packages:"
# Fried Eggs Night Light x 1
# Sucker x 1
Yep, you hit that second one right on the head.
lolz
-jp
I know what happened: someone probably said they wanted "chocolate mousse".
"USB Penguin 4-Port Hub is cute and useful. Let's connect USB devices via its body and let it help you to transfer datas to and from your computer."
Oh dear Lord. Someone please hired a translator for these people.
*hire. No extra 'd.' Christ, with typos like that, I might need a translator myself.