Kisai's Escape C Bluetooth receiver is very expensive, very Crapgadget

It strikes us as we post this that perhaps you need to be something of a Crapgadget connoisseur to understand the attraction that Kisai's Escape C wireless Bluetooth receiver holds for us. Available from Tokyo Flash (one of our favorite CG purveyors) the thing does serve a purpose: it'll receive Bluetooth from your phone, laptop, or whatever, and let you listen to music and / or answer calls with your non-Bluetooth headset. But, as always, the devil is in the details -- not only does the build quality look especially sub-par, but the way that they've re-imagined what should be a simple time display into a brain-teaser (hit the source link for that one) is totally hilarious -- and totally Crapgadget. Did we mention that this thing is $106? Not laughing now, are you?

[mrdavedave Posted Mar 25th 2010 10:39AM]

christ that clock is difficult to read.
i love the whole +6 function because they can only list 6 hours
and +1/2/3/4 function to fill in the minutes

[soorma Posted Mar 25th 2010 2:21PM]

Looks like someone told the girl it looks ugly on her

[diehippiedie Posted Mar 26th 2010 5:46AM]

@mrdavedave
I first thought it was that robot vacuum cleaner

[htd Posted Mar 25th 2010 10:42AM]

I've seen stuff very much like this for

[MVP Posted Mar 25th 2010 11:09AM]

@htd
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[To Hell Posted Mar 25th 2010 11:27AM]

@htd

peanuts?

[Loonie Posted Mar 25th 2010 7:15PM]

maldehyde?

[gwhiz Posted Mar 25th 2010 10:42AM]

Jabra makes a device similar to this for about $30. It's like a dog tag. My 16 son loves it and he said it works great.

[Duckman Posted Mar 25th 2010 5:07PM]

@gwhiz
wow you have 16 sons? how old are they?

[dingus Posted Mar 25th 2010 10:45AM]

If your bluetooth headphones setup has more than one foot of cord, you're doing it wrong.

[twfx Posted Mar 25th 2010 10:54AM]

The pictures of this in action are quite funny... love the random poses of the 'models'! May have to buy one just to recreate these poses: bit like the three wolf moon tee

[Minimo Posted Mar 25th 2010 10:55AM]

Funny, because this very gadget was featured in a recent Wired magazine "trends" article as being "hot". I think it may be the Jan or Feb edition.

[Kerensky97 Posted Mar 25th 2010 7:49PM]

@Minimo Wired has some great articles but they'll shill for anybody that gives them money. I've seen politicians with more trustworthy opinions.

[go4desperado Posted Mar 25th 2010 10:58AM]

its design gave me an impression of Ben10 watch,, sort of :D

[kylemullaney Posted Mar 25th 2010 10:58AM]

Wow I cannot figure out that time set up.

[To Hell Posted Mar 25th 2010 11:04AM]

"What i got you got to get it put it in you"
Tokyo Flash

[mrjspeed Posted Mar 25th 2010 11:04AM]

Looks fun. You can take that with you on the bus. While you are trying to figure out the time via the LEDs someone else will solve an entire Sudoku puzzle.

[grahamj Posted Mar 25th 2010 11:13AM]

Engadget, if you don't like this type of time display why do you keep advertising them?

http://www.engadget.com/tag/tokyoflash

[sweetelectro Posted Mar 25th 2010 11:39AM]

@grahamj Because honestly tokyoflash has some cool watches.

I wouldn't really place this into a crapgadget.. Where's the hello kitty?

[Xyned Posted Mar 25th 2010 11:20AM]

I kinda like it. Too bad about the price though...

[mikebola Posted Mar 25th 2010 11:35AM]

it's how tokyoflash roollllllllls, dawg.
feel me?

[wellorganisedcomma Posted Mar 25th 2010 11:35AM]

Well, the time display has explained how half of the GUIs on Star Trek might work...

[hollowpoint Posted Mar 25th 2010 11:48AM]

Tbh the build quality doesn't look that bad.. However that time display is pretty fucked up way of showing time! Pretty sure that takes some getting used too!

[ollylewis Posted Mar 25th 2010 12:00PM]

Already ordered one! Don't I feel stupid after Engadget chastised it, whatevah.

[KAL326 Posted Mar 25th 2010 12:17PM]

@VIRGINA Because they obviously spent most of their money on R&D, all 5000 yen of it.

[ror Posted Mar 25th 2010 12:20PM]

@bob e

yup. I came in here to say "aww. look at her. she's so cute, with her oversized shirt."

[Libtech775 Posted Mar 25th 2010 12:37PM]

Trying to read the time on this gives me a headache.

[bolezhinkov Posted Mar 25th 2010 1:09PM]

I got something similar sent to me from china. inside a fake ipod shuffle 2nd gen case . . . it cost less than $10.

[adp79 Posted Mar 25th 2010 1:23PM]

I was looking for something like this 5 years ago but could not find one, so I made one, and it looks almost like this one. They must have stolen my idea. I still have it. I'm gonna have to post a picture to prove it.

[Xyned Posted Mar 25th 2010 1:55PM]

They should take Pranav Mistry's idea and put a miniature camera and projector on it. The software can be downloaded as an app on the phone. Now that would be cool.

PS: for those who don't know what I'm talking about; watch this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=421jDx4ROZg

[Eroded Fallacy Posted Mar 25th 2010 3:57PM]

What is wrong with the device? I don't see anything wrong with it. I wouldn't mind picking one up. And Yes as someone already stated Jabra has a similar device, but i prefer this over the Jabra. $106 isn't that bad of a price IMO. Wouldn't a company like Sony or Apple want like $300 and your first born child?

[Dracolich Posted Mar 25th 2010 7:20PM]

I'm not sure I like the expansion of the 'crapgadget' moniker. It seems like it's spreading out to include anything that simply isn't liked. Now don't get me wrong, Tokyo Flash makes some truly inscrutable timepieces and bizarre jewelry that I can't really find the allure of, but I just can't put it in the same category as a dog that plugs into a USB port and humps your computer.

[iesvs Posted Mar 26th 2010 9:59AM]

"Sure. I've got the time. It's uhhh... uhhhh... hold on..."