Technology you thought you didn't need

[Brown Bottle]

Wireless Earbuds, brilliant for the money, well the £49.95 I paid.

Cheers BB

 

[mansr]

folding phone - waiting to see if the Z Fold 4 will be worth buying......

I've seen a few of those in the wild. The ugly crease running down the centre of the screen makes is a non-starter for me, though I can see the concept being useful in some specific situations.

 

[Sonority]

I had a rental once with adaptive cruise. I suppose it's fine if you're a lazy driver and cannot be bothered to read traffic conditions. I prefer regular cruise control.


It's 50/50 for me. I like rowing my own gears and feeling like I have control over how my car drives. But in heavy traffic, it's a royal PITA. Thankfully, 99.9% of the time I don't have that problem.

That being said, my next car is more likely to be automatic. They don't make EVs with manual transmissions, do they?

I was thinking the same, until I had it, along with 'semi autonomous' driving.
Sat on the M25 with constant stop start, 40, 30, 23mph etc - found myself thinking what a bloody brilliant thing to have.

Had an auto box on my last truck (needed a new hip at the time, so was exceedingly useful) - they have moved on from the old 3-4 speed slush boxes by a huge margin. 8 gears in the new motor, imperceptable changes (unles in 'sport') and can change gears a hell of a lot faster than I was ever able to. It does has flappy paddles on the steering wheel, though yet to find out what to do with them

Never going back to a manual unless absolutely have to.
Somewhat unlikely given the EV revolution.

 

[Sonority]

A laser level, I mean, what pssible use could one be in general DIY.
Made my life so much easier in the last 5 years.
From paper hanging, setting out door handles and light switches, garden layout, the list goes on.

 

[Sonority]

Impact driver - I mean, the old faithful 'Yankee' pump action screwdriver will last forever - no?
Best not talk about those things with bits of 3 core wire trailing behind them with a 3 pin plug on them.

 

[gintonic]

I've seen a few of those in the wild. The ugly crease running down the centre of the screen makes is a non-starter for me, though I can see the concept being useful in some specific situations.

not the Z Fold 4 - not yet released, possibly announced at Samsung Unpacked today.

I recently had an extensive play (2 weeks) with the Z Fold 3 (last years model), and the crease was hardly noticeable. What put me off was the rubbish camera.

 

[dweezil]

We have both, but both have sat unused in the cupboard for as long as I can remember. We have a friend who irons sheets!

I thought everything went drip dry in the seventies?

I do iron a collar if i'm going to wear a tie, probably once every five years.

 

[James Evans]

Ice cream machine. Life changing (in both good and bad ways )