Crapgadget: 'Hopefully USB 3.0 can avoid this path' edition

With USB 3.0 on the horizon, we can only hope that the world's purveyors of crap have a little respect for the forthcoming standard. By and large, USB 2.0 is plenty fast to handle the awful data transmissions between USB hand grenades, alien flash drives, moody card readers, Japanese fans and your PC, and frankly, we're not sure if the world can handle oodles upon oodles of SuperSpeed rubbish. Have a peek at the latest roundup from the worst of the worst, but please, not while you're eating.

Read - Bear hand warmers
Read - Solar cap fan
Read - USB hand fan
Read - USB moody card reader
Read - Alien flash drive
Read - Mosquito repellent USB dongle
Read - USB hand grenade

Crapgadget: Which would you not even buy your enemies?

Bear hand warmers	1281 (23.6%)
Solar cap fan	621 (11.5%)
USB hand fan	606 (11.2%)
USB moody card reader	383 (7.1%)
Alien flash drive	838 (15.5%)
Mosquito repellent USB dongle	1054 (19.5%)
USB hand grenade	635 (11.7%)

[papari Posted Sep 21st 2009 6:15AM]

HA AH HAHA. WOW. That's the crappiest looking flash drive I've ever seen.

[Brickster Posted Sep 21st 2009 6:40AM]

I'm more confused about why the Solar cap fan is listed here at all, it has nothing to do with USB.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 21st 2009 11:06AM]

I like the alien

[Mmmm Donuts Posted Sep 21st 2009 2:21PM]

@Brickster
+1
Nice catch! lol

[Smart People Play Tuba Posted Sep 21st 2009 2:44PM]

THAT XENOMORPH IS THE MOST AWESOME FLASH DRIVE EVER CONCEIVED. HOW DARE YOU CALL IT CRAPGADGET.

Okay, it's not worth $155, but it's pretty frickin awesome.

[Professor Kaos Posted Sep 21st 2009 6:23AM]

I've always wondering why Engadget doesn't just make a gallery of photos below the article instead of making us go to each website

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 21st 2009 12:15PM]

CrapWebsite

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 21st 2009 12:16PM]

Or should I say CrapenGadget?

[Smart People Play Tuba Posted Sep 21st 2009 3:38PM]

CrapenGadget sounds German.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 21st 2009 6:29AM]

I dunno. If that jack is spring-loaded and retracts, it'd be kinda cool.

[Ryan Trevisol Posted Sep 21st 2009 6:57AM]

The solar cap fan is so crappy it's awesome.

The USB Bear warmers have appeared on Crapgadget before, though.

[shaliron Posted Sep 21st 2009 9:03AM]

It's actually brilliant! I've used one, admittedly when I was something like 6, but it worked a treat in the summertime. I wouldn't be caught wearing one now though.

Pity it has nothing to do with USB though. :S

[natb19 Posted Sep 21st 2009 7:14AM]

I think that the mosquito repellent dongle is a great idea.
"... it's very hard to imagine many situations where having a mosquito repellent while doing computer related work would be of much help".
How about surfing the net on my balcony here in Thailand? The mosquito's get pretty bad around this time of the evening!

[Ryan Trevisol Posted Sep 21st 2009 7:59AM]

What are you talking about? It's not even 8AM yet!

Sincerely,

America.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 21st 2009 7:21AM]

What?! Those grenade USB drives are killer! I would love to have a black one. Who's with me?! Huh?! Cmon!

[Wwhat Posted Sep 21st 2009 8:45AM]

Get some dye and paint one, but not before you are home, you don't want to carry a black one in your baggage probably.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 21st 2009 7:32AM]

The solar Panels on the solar cap fan look awfully small, can't imagine it does much!

[Wwhat Posted Sep 21st 2009 8:21AM]

The hand fan was quite a surprise, and an original concept actually.

[macgregger Posted Sep 21st 2009 8:46AM]

nothing says "I'm a complete failure at life" like those bear hand warmers. They fit right in there with the snuggie...

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 21st 2009 8:50AM]

Those bear hand warmers are terrifying...you know know some sicko is getting them and using them for as the description says "doing other things".

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 21st 2009 10:40AM]

I would never buy my enemies any product from HP. At least the crapgadgets listed might actually work.

[Tsing Tao Posted Sep 21st 2009 10:50AM]

As long as the only good USB gadget makes the jump to 3.0 the i.Saw. Check it out, releases this month usbchainsaw.com, Ive got mine ordered.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 21st 2009 11:26PM]

This is the first time in memory when the pictured gadget did not get the majority of the votes.

[dalmatians Posted Jun 29th 2010 6:43PM]

This alien head is awesome. I normally hate stupid usb attachments.