This little gizmo is as its name suggests foolproof. Just pop it in the water with your eggs and watch it. As the eggs cook the timer darkens towards the middle when it reaches the right line for you your eggs are done to perfection. Graduated scales show when eggs are soft medium or hard by sensing heat instead of time. The sensor accounts for the number of eggs the amount of water even the altitude at which the eggs are being cooked – so useful for high level cooking. Heat-sensitive Non-toxic Graded from soft boiled to hard boiled Easy to read scale Size of an egg Don’t eat by mistake

Price : £ 7.99

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Looking remarkably like a small cheap tennis racket this bug batter has a wicked secret. When you turn it on the wires in the head of the racket ‘go live’. So not only does a good swing of the Zapper give your bug a thwack but it also electrocutes the little critter because it’s good to be sure a bug with a revenge kick is not a pretty sight. Now there may well be a Fly Protection League who’ll be up in arms (or indeed proboscis) about this wonderful contraption but we’re afraid that that’s just tough because boy is this gizmo fun or what! Racquet style bug zapper Comes with cover Size: 49×17.5x2cm Requires 2 x AA batteries not included

• 3 for £20

Price : £ 8.99

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There is nothing absolutely nothing half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Until you drop your keys overboard then it all becomes a bit of a chore. Next time attach the Waterbuoy and within seconds of hitting the water environmentally friendly gas will automatically inflate the reinforced rubber balloon to save your keys from being lost in the gloomy depths. You don’t have to stop at keys either – clip the Waterbuoy to any item weighing up to 1kg and it will happily float on the water for 24 hours. If you’re going to drop something in the river chances are you’ll do it in the dark (it’s the law of the sod – or something like that) which is why the crafty inventors have included a blinking LED light in just the right place to make your floating gizmo visible from up to 250m away. This makes the Waterbuoy the world’s first and only miniature floatation device that’s visible at night. So if you simply love messing about on the river or fancy a life on the ocean waves make sure you keep plenty of these handy gadgets onboard (they’re one use only – but hopefully you’ll have learnt your lesson the first few times you drop your keys overboard). The next time your keys go overboard you won’t have to waste money on a submarine if you’ve remembered to attach the Waterbuoy.

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Price : £ 9.99

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Much like our 6 in 1 Solar Powered Robot this T3 Robot harnesses the power of the sun to make your day that little bit more interesting. Unlike the rather cutesy 6 in 1 however the T3 takes a slightly more aggressive stance – once you’ve built it you can turn it into either a tank a scorpion or a standard robot (we’re not sure there’s such a thing as a standard robot but there we are). And if those three different guises aren’t enough for you then well you’re just no fun are you? What’s not to like about a solar-powered scorpion that waddles across your desk like some mechanised arthropod? That’s right – nothing. Being a solar-powered robot or tank or scorpion the T3 requires no batteries whatsoever just a healthy glare of sunshine. Or given the notoriety of our island’s native climate a functioning light bulb. It’s a great little gizmo for keeping on your desk and even better for kids who take an interest how things work. Piecing the thing together in the first place is a rewarding task to complete and once that’s finished the fun really begins. Ingenious design and an eco-friendly message – what could be better for kids and grown-ups alike?

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Price : £ 9.99

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Any young folk who’ve made the leap into the world of swimming (probably quite a splashy leap then) can use one of these super Pool Jets – not only are they excellent fun but they actively encourage a faster and more fluid (geddit?) swimming technique. Quite simply it’s a baby version of our already-popular Sea Scooters that’s a brilliant training aid for youngsters. And being pool-based it minimises the chances of your little darling speeding into the open jaws of a Great White unless your local swimming baths have particularly poor security. All you have to do is hop in the pool and turn on the Pool Jet – its propulsion will pull you around the place quite happily for 20 minutes of constant use. Understandably the thought of propeller-powered gizmo dragging a poor child around a pool might raise some safety concerns but the Pool Jet is a remarkably safe device. To initiate it the user has to press down on two buttons one on either side – if one hand happens to slip off the button the Pool Jet will cut out immediately. So in short the Pool Jet is just the job for the young swimmer who could do with getting used to a bit more speed. It’s equally good for confident swimmers who want the advantage of being able to whiz around without making much of an effort but the important thing is that it’s both fun AND safe.

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Price : £ 74.99

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The feeling of being squeaky clean and freshly showered is often a much desired but scarcely achieved goal when tramping about in the great outdoors. Wet wipes do a barely tolerable job take up way too much space and aren’t environmentally friendly. Well the distant dream of being able to have a proper shower in the middle of nowhere is now a reality thanks to the pocket shower. This tiny gizmo unfolds to reveal a high performance waterproof reservoir that holds a mighty ten litres of water. The black fabric will (given a sunny day) warm the water up in no time. You just string it up to a tree and open up the attached shower head – hey presto you can now luxuriate in a seven minute shower.

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Price : £ 11.99

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The feeling of being squeaky clean and freshly showered is often a much desired but scarcely achieved goal when tramping about in the great outdoors. Wet wipes do a barely tolerable job take up way too much space and aren’t environmentally friendly. Well the distant dream of being able to have a proper shower in the middle of nowhere is now a reality thanks to the pocket shower. This tiny gizmo unfolds to reveal a high performance waterproof reservoir that holds a mighty ten litres of water. The black fabric will (given a sunny day) warm the water up in no time. You just string it up to a tree and open up the attached shower head – hey presto you can now luxuriate in a seven minute shower.

• Gift – Gadgets

Price : £ 11.99

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