Some of you might remember a scene from the film Kate and Leopold where Hugh Jackman is complaining that he has to plunge a General Electric toaster one and a half times to make toast. “Pushing the toast down twice produces charcoal, and pushing it once only produces warm bread.”

At this point, Meg Ryan responds: “You know what? No one gives a rat’s @$$ that you have to plunge the toast twice, because everybody has to plunge the toast twice!”

It’s an age old problem, isn’t it? We just can’t get our toast done right. However, this concept toaster uses two panes of glass to toast the bread, so you can see if it is done right.

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There are a great deal of designers trying to hide your speakers in other devices or at least making it so that they blend in with the rest of your décor.  Yet this designer has gone for a slightly different angle, they’re making the speakers a feature of sorts.  For once it’s not done in a bad way either.  The speakers built into the table somehow give the table an extra edge that it would not have had without them.

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Even if you do use a kitchen scale on a fairly regular basis, it’s doubtful that you use it constantly.  Which means it either goes to one of those deep dark cabinets or sits on the counter and gets in the way.  Well instead of trying to decide where is best to store the scale while it’s not in use, you could pick up this 2 in 1 kitchen scale.  It’s made to hang on your wall and when you don’t need a scale, it functions just fine as an average wall clock.

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Candles are romantic as they give out a soft light and some warmth during those cold nights, but always remember that they do have the potential of being a fire hazard in your home. Thanks to the genius of Thomas Alva Edison and his creation of the light bulb, its successors have managed to end up in a myriad of practical applications, where among them would include the Electronic Mooncandles.

Remote Control Candles! Now how achingly cool is that? It sounds daft, but it’s true. No hunting for matches, no wax oozing over the furniture, and of course, no getting up from your chair ? just click the remote control and voila, your artfully positioned candles magically spring to life. They look just like the real thing, they can either glow constantly, at a choice of two brightness levels, or flicker just like the real thing. You can also set them to four or eight hours of light time, so you don’t even have to remember to turn them off ? and you can do it all from the comfort of your armchair.

Since they’re remote controlled, don’t be too surprised by the price, where the original Mooncandle is going for £29.99 while the multicolor version surprisingly costs the same as well.

The selection within showerheads is never a small one.  However, they do all seem to have a similar design.  You can of course buy each one in about 12 different finishes, but they still don’t differ much between each other.  Well instead of buying one of the usual ones, you could pick up this showerhead that looks like it’s straight out of a science fiction movie.

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Pets for some reason insist upon drinking from the toilet.  Perhaps the water is far better in there than what they find in their bowl.  Well if you would like to protect your pet from themselves, you can pick up this small gadget to help you out.  Since you can’t be around to see absolutely everything, you can attach this to the lid of the toilet.  Then if someone doesn’t put the lid down, you can still find out when your pet is up to no good.

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I’ve always had a certain fondness for traffic themed gadgets that get re-purposed.  Partially because it’s better than just tossing those items out and then just because I like the look of them.  Unfortunately, despite that they’d have just gone to the trash, the items like this are never cheap.  This Super Guppy floor lamp that was formerly a street light is no exception to that either.  However, if you have the cash for it, it’d make for an interesting lamp.

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We’ve all had those days when your hands are full and you need to turn on the faucet.  It likely happens much more to parents with little ones.  Trying to balance a baby on the hip while needing to turn on the water.  It’s of course possible to pull off the task.  However, it’d be far easier to do it with this Pilar faucet.  Instead of having to turn a handle, all you have to do is touch the faucet and it kicks on immediately.

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