Whats your best/worst gadget ?

[bubblewrap]

Best is probably my safety specs with LED lights at the sides. I was rather smug when we had a power cut at work and off I toddled for a pee, he he he! Also very useful in the microscope room, as using flurophores mean working in the dark and I need to know which slide is which!!

I bet they saw you coming.

[northepaul]

Best: Breadmaker, without a doubt
Worst: Tin Opener...not sure if it counts as its not mechanical in the electric sense. I hate them cos they never work for long!!

[Alison]

Best kitchen related one will be the bread maker - had it several years now and it does great service every 2 or 3 days

Worst is more difficult. Don't buy gadgets without a lot of thought as I don't really like them on the whole. Did buy a juicer once but got rid of it as it was just taking up cupboard space and not worth using although I could list loads of electronic cr*p that OH buys and I don't get at all. Oh and after Christmas will be able to list the Blackberry that work are making me have. I really really really don't want it

[Glutton4...]

I have three best gadgets! Car, MacBook, Mobile Phone. Wouldn't be without any one of them.
Worst one? Erm, dunno!

[Glutton4...]

Oh, I know, it was the Espesso maker, that I wanted for years. Used it for a month, put it in the cupboard, and gave it away about five years later!

[Hilary B]

Best, errr..... slow cooker or pressure cooker, or my Kenwood Chef, which is currently in storage and hardly a day goes without me wishing I had it.
worst..... well we had a sandwich toaster for a while......

[Flummery]

Best non-kitchen is my Kindle - in use every day. Best kitchen, Kenwood Chef which I use for mixing and kneading bread dough since the knuckles became a bit arthritic.

I once bought a juicer which I used about 3 times and then gave away, faffy thing it was!

[Rabidbun]

Hmm. Hard question, am a gadget fiend...

Kitchen: Best - Bamix stick blender/grinder; Worst - bread maker (doesn't make nice bread, pain to clean afterwards)

Other: Best - Sony E-Reader or my reasonably old photo printer (which also photocopies and has had a Tonne of use); Worst - paper shredder that keeps jamming at the edges.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Oh and after Christmas will be able to list the Blackberry that work are making me have. I really really really don't want it

Don't worry about it - it's quite reasonable for work to want to keep in touch with you in office hours - and I'm quite sure that you can exercise the off button at all other times.

[Alison]

Don't worry about it - it's quite reasonable for work to want to keep in touch with you in office hours - and I'm quite sure that you can exercise the off button at all other times.

They already can keep in touch with me and I'm perfectly happy with my lappie and a normal old mobile which doesn't mind being dropped. My boss has a blackberry in a little hoster thing on his belt which makes him look a prat and so I'd rather keep well clear. It does loads of things I'm not interested in and will never bother using.

[Hazel at the Hill]

They already can keep in touch with me and I'm perfectly happy with my lappie and a normal old mobile which doesn't mind being dropped. My boss has a blackberry in a little hoster thing on his belt which makes him look a prat and so I'd rather keep well clear. It does loads of things I'm not interested in and will never bother using.

In that case, I cannot see the what the point of having a blackberry is - unless you want to put it in a little holster thing on your belt and look like a prat, of course.

Suggest you find the off button & keep it there. If work can't get hold of you on it, perhaps they can give you a ring on your mobile to ask you why not!

[Pumpkin Becki]

They already can keep in touch with me and I'm perfectly happy with my lappie and a normal old mobile which doesn't mind being dropped. My boss has a blackberry in a little hoster thing on his belt which makes him look a prat and so I'd rather keep well clear. It does loads of things I'm not interested in and will never bother using.

Blackberries don't like being dropped down the loo Alison. If you 'accidentally' do it to enough of them, eventually your company will stop giving them to you...it's worth a go

[Alison]

Blackberries don't like being dropped down the loo Alison. If you 'accidentally' do it to enough of them, eventually your company will stop giving them to you...it's worth a go

Knowing me I will do it accidentally anyway