We'll be honest -- most
Crapgadget roundups consist of a litany of patently absurd, but totally innocent USB-related input peripherals. We aren't exactly sure what the
Universal Serial Bus did to deserve such treatment, but evidently it slighted someone important along the way. But this time, things are... different. Oh sure, there's the jewel car necklace flash drive that inexplicably combines a "jewel" and a "car" on a "necklace flash drive," but it's the USB banana charger and USB aroma diffuser that really has our politically correct radars on high alert. Amazingly, the aforementioned atrocities are just the beginning, so feel free to visit each and every one of this week's losers and vote for the most disgusting down below. Choose carefully!
Read - Jewel car necklace USB flash drive
Read - USB banana charger
Read - Finger flick punching bag
Read - USB digital microscope, Part II
Read - Big nose shower gel dispenser
Read - Glitter ball alarm clock
Read - USB panda speaker
Read - USB aroma diffuser
posted Aug 17th 2009 8:36AM
@banana charger: "Charging current: 200mAh per hour" ouuuuch.
But, awkward as it is, at least they got it technically correct.
It's infuriating how often I see capacity given in "mA" or current in "mAh".
Even worse it expands the abbreviation NiMH to nickel cadmium. HOW DOES THIS MAKE SENSE? NiCD = cadmium, NiMH = metal-hydride!
Engadget should really get a random photo that they use in all their crapgadget posts or make a collage of all the items. So many people vote for the item in the picture for the article.
If they just made a big picture with all the gadgets in it.... 2 much work probably
That's what I was thinking last time, too.
I don't think you're seeing people following the picture as much as e))) chooses the picture from the funniest/best/worst gadget as they see it, and most of us agree with them.
But assembling all the products wouldn't hurt, to avoid any possibility of skew.
We may be over-thinking the statistics of humor here...
@TC, not possible.
How about 1 vs 1 crapgadget weekly poll?
Aaawww, that banana charger is actually cute!'
Nose shower gel dispenser? I feel like I've seen that somewhere else, before. Still kind of weird, though.
@Big nose shower gel dispenser: the idea to get soap out of a big nose is just gross.
@USB panda speaker: Really like this speakers. It has got CUTE written all over it.
Sure, I can agree that the nose is gross. So let's have a pair of big boob gel dispensers. One titty for the shower gel, the other for the hair gel.
Good idea ;)
The panda looks a little more like wall-e's girlfriend than a panda, but it's still nice.
I want that finger-punching bag so much. Not $33 much, but if anyone puts their's on ebay after they realize they overpayed by about 32.50, let me know.
Here you go darwin, enjoy:
http://www.boysstuff.co.uk/product.asp?id=12628
I don't get it. Which is offensive?
Gross, rubbish, ugly, waste of petrochemicals... but offensive?
Agreed; what is so "offensive" and "politically incorrect" here?
Here are some that were missing from the list. Just for that missing handful of offensiveness you guys were looking for :)
http://www.gadget4all.com/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00951&dept_id=005&cat_id=023
http://www.gadget4all.com/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00993&dept_id=002&cat_id=004
bannana charger ftw
Jewel car necklace USB flash drive: what?
USB banana charger: kind of cute
Finger flick punching bag: awesome, this is not a crapgadget at all. DO WANT
USB digital microscope, Part II: this is quite awesome as well
Big nose shower gel dispenser: a bit disgusting, but very funny
Glitter ball alarm clock: not bad
USB panda speaker: crap
USB aroma diffuser: useless crap
i am disappointed, this time you included some really nice products in the crapgadget article
They _always_ include something useful in the "crapgadgets" list
It's a rule.
> Finger flick punching bag: awesome, this is not a crapgadget at all. DO WANT
I'm with you. That bad boy throws 7 different kinds of smoke. It's also chock full of flickness.
Though, at $33, I assume it also comes with some diamonds or high carat gold...
The glitter ball alarm clock is the tackiest thing ever. I vote on tacky ;)
The finger flick punching bag though is about as awesome as the usb missile launcher which we all know is the best stupid usb accessory ever.
The digital microscope is actually extremely useful and really cool. The complete opposite of crapgadget. That's the one item on the list I would buy for every familly member at christmas.
I think the one item you would buy for all your family members on Christmas is the definition of a crapgadget. . .
Either I have no politically correct radar or I'm just stupid. If it's the former, yay for me -- but if it's the latter could someone please explain why any of these things are offensive in a politically incorrect manner?
No, engadget just learned a new word, and is showing off even though they don't quite have a grasp on its meaning yet.
damn! Engadget just got antidisestablishmentarianismed!
Excuse me, I think I feel a sneeze coming on.
The giant wang shampoo dispenser cannot be far off.
Yeah, you'd like that, wouldn't you?
What is a shower gel dispenser doing on engadget?
And why did the picture and context suddenly change after i wrote the comment?... wired
I AM A BANANA!
my UNCLE was a banana...in 'Nam!
Honestly, who buys enough of this shit to keep spurring manufacturers to make more?
Yeah I don't get it. Does the banana charger look like testicles or something? Very long yellow, banana shaped testicles? If so, you've seriously got your mind in the gutter; that's a stretch and a half. The aroma diffuser: I have no idea why that's supposed to be offensive or politically incorrect.
Why is a USB microscope a crapgadget? I used one of the Intel QX series microscopes referenced in the article to support a project that was being put together by a local children's museum and it was extremely useful. I don't see why this wouldn't be useful for elementary and middle school science projects.
The USB aroma diffuser also has a "moody light." SOLD!
The finger flick punching bag needs to be spelled with capital letters. FINGER FLICK.
I gotta ask: how is a USB microscope a crap gadget? 150x isn't half bad and as a gift for a kid who might be interested in science....god knows when I was little I had a microscope and was looking at things left and right with it.
how many wake ups would it take for you to slam that glitter ball alarm click into either the wall or the ground? That has to be the worst wake up call ever.
How'd you like to have one of those bananas hanging off your iPhone?
that's what i call innovative design.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who can't find the offensive.
what's wrong with the USB microscope??? looks like it'd actually work no?
According to the "Product Specifications" of the big nose shower gel dispenser, it is "Special and funny".
So anyone worried that it doesn't meet the ISO specs for Special and funny devices can rest easy.
Ooh, and according to the USB Panda Speaker's feature listing, it was actually designed by a cute panda. Bonus!
A giant nose would not be out-of-place in a family's bathroom, where we regularly see rubber ducks, Spongebob toothbrushes for the kids, etc., so I'm surprised it got so many votes.
I think that it's a polarizing item - people either think "that's absolutely gross" or "that's absolutely awesome". Since the poll asks which one "offends / delights you most", it gets both of these groups. I'm in the "delighted" camp, by the way, partly because it strikes me as funny, and partly because I know many who would be totally grossed out by it. And before anyone asks: yes, I have been accused of having the sense of humour of a 6-year-old. Guilty as charged. :-)