The last decade has seen a huge move forwards in technology. With the improvements in technology have come improvements in our household gadgets. Items like mobile phones, laptops and gaming systems have seen the greatest improvements. However, in order to balance out the good and evil in the world, its inevitable that some terrible gadgets had to made at some point.
Well now, Sheila’s Wheels has conducted a survey to find out which gadgets really are the worst gadgets of all time. Although it was a tough fight, with each one of the worst gadget contenders giving their all, the gadget that came out on top was the shower radio.
The sorry excuse for a gadget was awarded the crown of worst gadget of all time due to a number of factors. The first one being that they regularly broke because water would leak into the batteries. On top of this, most of the radios suffered from poor sound quality, difficult usability and volumes so low that they are impossible to hear over the noise of the running water.
Other pointless gadgets that made it into the top ten worst gadgets of all time included the following:
- Electric candles
- Electric nail file
- Soda stream
- Teasmaid
- Pancake maker
- Fondue set
- Electric fluff remover
- Facial tanner
- Egg slicer
Alongside the survey for the worst gadgets of all time also came the best gadgets of all time. You may not be too surprised with the findings. The most popular was the television, with gadgets like the washing machine, toaster and vacuum cleaner also performing well. The gadgets that came up top you will note, are those an actually enhance everyday life in quite dramatic ways. Fortunately, not all gadgets are terrible and the ones that aren’t can make great gifts. Items like binary watches and flying lanterns are great fun to have around the house. However, if you’re looking for gadgets that aid everyday life, maybe emergency chargers would be better.
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