Gadgets That Never See The Light Of Day

[naomi24]

To accompany the Great Gadgets thread, what do you have that seemed a good idea at the time but after a couple of outings now lives tucked away permanently in a cupboard?

For me a bread maker and an ice cream maker.

[Ken4155]

Few years back i bought a smoothie maker - used it twice then gave it to one of my daughters. She used it twice and it now sits on top of one of her kitchen wall units:-/

[DTCwordfan]

a torch without a battery?

[maggiebee]

Cucumber spiraller - what possessed me??

[Bobbisox1]

Frappe Maker ( bought in Cyprus )

[Old_Geezer]

Have a George Foreman grill somewhere.

My bread maker isn't used but only because my woman has her own and took over the task. But not recently. (Possibly because I'm now avoiding carbs.)

[rowanwitch]

Garlic press... Much easier to bash them with my cleaver
Cherry pitter... I buy frozen cherries ready lifted
Melon baller.... How 1970s....
Electric scissors.... They were a gift... Can just about cut thin poly cotton,

[elliemay1]

a sodastream, husband might have used it once!

[Tilly2]

A cherry stoner.

[elliemay1]

^ also a George Foreman grill

[Old_Geezer]

Oh I got a spiraliser too. Mainly for courgette spaghetti. But again, we're often at my woman's home where she decides on food, and when we're at mine it's more a combo of eating out, or doing something simple. Would use it if I were on my own, but not in my present lifestyle.

[rowanwitch]

I bet there's a cherry stoner in a drawer from everyone who had their first home in the 70s

[-SharonA-]

I too have a George Foreman grill lurking on top my cupboard. Used only half a dozen times. Also a cast iron griddle pan bought to get those lines on meat. What a joke.

[Khandro]

There was once a 1960s BBC TV programme called 'Tomorrow's World' hosted by Raymond Baxter. On it was mooted, if not invented, a simple device (certainly by modern standards) which was attached to the WC toilet flushing mechanism.

This is the one mechanism in the house which is used several times a day. If the toilet was not flushed either for a settable period, or amount of uses, a warning light could show on the house-front.

For the elderly living alone this could be, I thought, a life-saver.
An elderly lady living alone in a large house across the road from me suffered a stroke or heart attack & lay for perhaps a couple of days or more, before someone thought something was amiss & called the police, but it was too late & she was dead.

This device could save valuable time to enter the house & give aid.

I know that there are now gadgets that can be worn round the neck, but how many people wear them & you may not be in a position or conscious enough to use them. This system would work automatically.

[barry1010]

George Foreman grill, it didn't grill it sort of poached/steamed.

[pastafreak]

George Forman grill for me too. I can't understand why people rave about them.
Spiraliser...did use it for a while until I realised I didn't like courgetti all that much and other veg were too hard.

Halogen oven...couldn't get on with it and it sat in my cupboard for years. Until my oven packed it in and I gave the halogen another go. Better the second time around and used for several years...until something plastic-y blew into the heating element and solidified. :(

[barry1010]

A gadget for turning boiled eggs square, a rotisserie that was very dangerous to use.

[pastafreak]

The mind boggles at the thought of square eggs.

[Moorea7]

I've been there, done that on several occasions - last was an air fryer but a friend kindly took it off my hands. When moving home, I ditched all the unused gadgets and made a mental note not to be swayed by the ads on TV.

[zebo]

//Have a George Foreman grill somewhere.//

I have a version of this, it's great for paninis with a heavy chopping board on top.

My late OH was a great gadget man, espresso maker, juicer, a selection of petrol driven garden equipment that he couldn't tug hard enough to start and a long reach hedge cutter which is so heavy and cumbersome!
My gadget that I didn't expect to use much is a cheap air fryer, marvellous, I've even made scones in it.

[Ken4155]

Oh, forgot. I do have an item i have only used a few times but not for some years. A pineapple corer! Used it twice (almost useless) and it has sat in the bottom of a cupboard underneath the sink ever since.
My fault for buying a cheap plastic one instead of one of the stainless steal variety.