In the spirit of really large and cool shit for the summer, check out this Gigantic Water Play Slide from “ridiculously expensive stuff” extraordinaire Hammacher Schlemmer.
Part 16-foot water slide, part water fort, the Gigantic Water Play Slide includes a bouncy center play gym and a mountain climbing-like stair experience. All for the (super-cheap, OMG) price of (only?!) $9,000. Chump change.
After the movie Sideways was released, wine collecting seemed to have a wave of popularity start up again. Along with the new wine craze came new wine gadgets. With this self proclaimed “Only Infrared Thermometer and Corkscrew”, wine lovers can moderate the temperature of their finest bottles, and pop them suckers open without having to go grab a different device.
If the temperature you drink your wine is an important attribute to you, than you might want to check it out. Just don’t go driving if you plan on finishing the bottle. Available now for $129.99. — Andrew Dobrow
I would seriously laugh so hard at someone using these in public. Well actually, I would probably use this in public myself (no shame). These iPod Drumsticks might make you look ridiculous, but they sure look like a ton of fun. The motion-activated drumsticks allow us to drum along with our favorite artists through an iPod or other similar audio output device.
The Drumsticks come with a bunch of pre-installed drum and cymbal effects, so you don’t have to limit yourself to just one set. And what pro air drummer would want a limit like that? Volume can be altered to make way for those wacky MP3 quality differences, and you can even use the Drumsticks unaccompanied by a musical device. It provides rhythms to jam with, dude. Available now for $29.95. Not bad at all. — Andrew Dobrow
It’s amazing and annoying how many people are germ-freaks these days; they always ruin your fun because they are scared of some “e-coliâ€? germ or something. Well now you can shut them up once and for all because their lifesaving gadget has arrived: the Handheld Germ Eliminating Light. This cell-phone sized device uses nanotechnology to eliminate nearly 100% (have to say nearly so Hammacher doesn’t get sued) of everyday harmful germs, such as e-coli and salmonella. Just because you zapped your raw egg smoothie with this doesn’t mean you can trust that it removed all of the e-coli. You know you can trust the technology behind this device because hospitals have been using it to sterilize needles and other important equipment. Just hold the UV-C light ¼â€? to 4â€? away from the source for 10 seconds, and poof, the germs are supposedly gone. At only $80, the Handheld Germ Eliminating light might be a great way to shut up that overreacting aunt or grandma that just won’t let boys be boys. — Nick Rice
