What gimmicky gadget have you been sucked into recently?

I never get sucked into buying gimmick gadgets.

If I see anything like that I just stand there and say to myself “Have I ever needed one of those in my married life of 47 years?” The answer is always NO so I walk away.😉

fancythat

^I bought a window vac last year and it is brilliant at windows, mirrors and tiles. I've got streakfree glass for the first time in over half a century.
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Which one please?

A cheapo aldi one. Amazing!

A cheapo aldi one.

MissAdventure

I've got a vegetable chopper upper.
You put the veg in, and pull a string, as if you were starting up a mower or something.

It's not electric, but it works fairly well for making coleslaw type stuff.

Oooh I like the sound of that!

I've got a vegetable chopper upper.
You put the veg in, and pull a string, as if you were starting up a mower or something.

It's not electric, but it works fairly well for making coleslaw type stuff.

Avocado slicer and stone remover. Rubbish and a waste of money. Lidl centre aisle 🙄

Oh, MissInterpreted, now you've gone and made me order a Crimpit!

Inspector Gadget.

I use the George Forman for homemade burgers about once a month. I have to clean it as soon as we’ve eaten though which is a bit of a job - lots of kitchen towel, soap and water, then it stores sideways in a cupboard. My son does sausages on his for weekend breakfasts.
Never used it for steaks though, only a griddle pan will do for me😋
I would love a proper ice cream maker but no room for one and discovered how gorgeous pork crackling is when done separately in (my sons) air fryer, but no room for one of my own …. at the moment.
Ooh nearly forgot about the Brevill …

I still have many of the gadgets you have all mentioned at the back of my cupboards.

We bought a cheap Lidl version of the George Foreman grill years ago and used it at least twice a week until it fell to bits. Definitely got our money’s worth out of it.

When the Breville food mixer went wrong after years of service, I got sucked into buying a Kenwood but wish I'd bought another Breville at a quarter the price.

My bread maker stopped working and went to the recycling centre but I'm resisting buying another, we'll only eat the bread, it's so good.

Not a gadget, but I was looking at a recipe for pots de chocolate online, then picked up some small ramekins.

That was about 3 weeks ago, and I haven't made the recipe yet!
Need a kick in the backside to get a move on.

Spelt it wrong somehow.
Forgotten how to spell, these days.

Does anyone use their George Forman grill?

My husband cringes at the mention of gadgets of any type as I’m obsessed!!

He calls them “dust collectors” and he’s not far wrong 😂😂😂😂

I bought an electric omelette maker on a recommendation.
It works, is ok but no better or easier/quicker than an omelette pan.

^I bought a window vac last year and it is brilliant at windows, mirrors and tiles. I've got streakfree glass for the first time in over half a century.
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Which one please?

I suppose my Ninja might count as a 'gadget' but I love it and it's used on an almost daily basis. I bought a Crimpit last year, which as the name suggests, 'crimps' wraps or thins (there are two different shaped ones) which you can then eat as they are or heat up. It's brilliant and I've since bought them for my son and daughter too - and they also love them.

I bought a window vac last year and it is brilliant at windows, mirrors and tiles. I've got streakfree glass for the first time in over half a century.

My juicer was relegated to the back of a cupboard (takes too long to clean), along with my pasta maker and ice cream maker.

My food processor and breadmaker have earned there worktop space.

We use chicken manure, does the job and the local cats seem to dislike it. As we back onto fields there is often the gentle odour of muck spreading, the chicken manure odour pales into insignificance and if the neighbours comment I blame the farmer . Seriously the smell doesn’t last long

Grammaretto

I'm about to buy a bag a chicken manure for the garden. Should I?
Someone whose leeks are huge, loves it.

Be warned it stinks, but so does blood, fish and bone which I use!

I got sucked into the air fryer craze, and I love it!

Bought a place mat which amused me, so I also ordered a pair of coasters and a keyring in the same design.

Mine is a breville juicer. £12 from Ebay, and easy to store and get at.