Icon Solo LED Pen Light

With the advent of technology being miniaturized by the day, it makes perfect sense that even everyday items like a simple pen is no longer going to remain just as that, case in point – the Icon Solo LED Pen Light from ThinkGeek. Retailing for $24.99, this unique device is a dual output LED pen light that boasts an integrated pocket clip which helps you keep it handy at all times. After all, you never quite know when the next brownout might happen, and should that occur, you can always press the tail switch to toggle between low and high beams that are rated at 16 lumens and 2 lumens, respectively. Not only that, it will even work when you’re soaking wet since it is sealed for water resistance to 1m for 30 minutes. A couple of included AAA batteries ought to give it around 75 hours total run-time.

Leap Frog Leapster Explorer

I’ve reported on Leap Frog products before, such as the Didj and the Leapster II.

They are terrific at making portable and electric gaming/educational toys for kids in the grade school years, and they just announced the Leapster Explorer Learning Experience yesterday.

If you didn’t hear about it, I don’t blame you. After all, Apple had this new iPhone thing that they were all excited about. That effectively killed most technological coverage yesterday.

Anyway, the Leapster Explorer Learning Experience is designed for kids ages four to nine, and it has a high resolution touchscreen as well as “a click-in camera accessory”. I’m not certain if that means it can take pictures, but it can support downloadable Leaplet learning Apps such as e-Books and videos. … Continue Reading

Even Warmth Patio Umbrella Heater

Want to prepare for winter? Well, if you happen to have a patio in your home and would like to sit outside even when the mercury drops later this year, you might want to consider investing $149.95 in the Even Warmth Patio Umbrella Heater from Hammacher.

This is a special heater which is attached to virtually any patio umbrella, where it is capable of evenly distributing radiant heat to folks sitting under the canopy. It will work differently from tabletop heaters as those only warm a limited area, but thanks to a trio of adjoining arms, they will combine to cast an 8′ circumference of heat which is more or less guaranteed to provide warmth to everyone around the table.

It relies on quartz heating elements to produce radiant heat that keeps you and your family or friends warm, making furniture surfaces nice and cozy for your cat to sleep on as well. Whenever you fold down an arm, its heating element will shut off, so you can always adjust the temperature accordingly depending on the number of arms.

Coin Sorter acts as home grown banker

If you’re the type who absolutely loves arranging everything in their proper position, then the Coin Sorter is definitely your cup of tea. After all, investing a mere £19.99 for this contraption will definitely save you a whole lot more time in the future, where this time can be used for other more productive pursuits. All you need to do to get a bunch of coins sorted out would be to chuck the loose change into its little container on top, where it will then proceed to sort out all your UK coin denominations that range from 1p to £2. Capable of holding between 25 and 50 coins of each denomination in transparent tubes after sorting, all you need to do is pour out the sorted coins into a respective container or bag for future use.

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