What Is The Most Useless Gadget You Have Ever Bought?

[Jackdaw33]

40 years ago I bought a Breville toasted sandwich maker. What a waste of time, space and money. Used it three times then it got binned.

[ladybirder]

Thanks Zacs. Just wondered as I have one and it's very good. x

[pixie374]

An iron. I lent it to a friend as soon as I bought it. She still has it 15 years later. I've never missed it.

[Sam1960]

Dont know that you would call it a gadget .....

But a frisbee with led lights, so you could see it in the dark. Kept tripping over everything trying to catch it.

[Caran]

Spiralizer, used it once, rubbish. Plus it was too big for my cupboards so gave it to daughter.

[Cloverjo]

George Forman grill. We've owned three of them and have never one. The latest gadget waiting to be got rid of is the juicer. Too much faff to clean.

[ummmm]

I binned my George foreman too....

[pastafreak]

George Forman grills seem to be quite unpopular.

[ummmm]

I lost the drip tray.

[Jackdaw33]

Thank you for your replies. I'm glad I'm not the only one who has been beguiled into buying sheer crap.

[ladybirder]

So you're glad so many others have wasted their money jd? Miserable ***:-o.

[Jackdaw33]

Nothing of the sort. Just comforted by the fact that I am not the only fool on this planet.

[ummmm]

I do like toastie makers though.

[zebo]

I use a Foreman style grill to do paninis, easier to clean than the proper toasted sandwich maker.
OH is the gadget person, he gets obsessions, he ordered a spiralizer and returned it because it was quite big

[zebo]

Just remembered ordering a swish Bosch food processor from AO, when I opened it I swear there were more bits than in an Apollo rocket. When I rang to ask about returning it she tried very hard to sell me something else, I think she went through the whole catalogue.
Do others find that cheap things often last longer? I went through so many Russell Hobbs kettles that I bought an own brand from Sainsburys, lasted far longer and cost about a third the price.

[ummmm]

Besides my kettle I don't have any kitchen gadgets out. Everything is kept in a cupboard.

[melv16]

^^domestic goddess ^^:-)

[ummmm]

Even my draining board is removable ☺

[diddlydo]

Always a big mistake to put kitchen equipment/gadgets in a cupboard as it's too much faff to get them out to use. All mine sit on the work surface ready for action - food processor, liquidiser, electric hand whisk, kettle, toaster, coffee machine, juicer.

[EDDIE51]

An Amazon Echo , one of those boxes you talk to. Does nothing that you can't do easier on your smartphone, or Google. Plus the speaker is so small the music quality is terrible.

[gulliver1]

Someone gave me a cork stopper for a bottle of wine, never been used!