Gadgets, are you a gadget person?

Do you have to have all the latest gadgets? Do you have drawers full of stuff that was bought for a reason and is still there because it will come in useful one day?

I think the world falls into two camps those who like gadgets and those who don't. Unsurprisingly I'm not a fan of gadgets, I prefer one thing that works well and stick to it, my ex husband was a gadget person, he's see me doing something like sewing a button on a coat and then try and get me a gadget specifically for sewing on buttons, some that would sit in a cupboard 364 days of the year. I often find that gadgets take more time than doing something by hand.

What gadgets do you really use and find useful, for me its my potato ricer, it makes such good mash, and my vintage needle threader, much sturdier than the wire loop ones, but not good for thick threads.

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  • I wouldn’t say I’m a gadget person in the sense of having to have all the latest things - my cousins on one side are particularly like that in a showing off way. I’m more of a ‘if it captures my imagination at the time’ kind of gadget person. For example I recently bought a soup maker and I love it so much. I’ve known they exist for a long time but never had an interest before and then one day went to a shop I don’t normally go to and imagined myself chopping all the ingredients and making lovely soups and had to buy it. It’s been making me smile ever since,. No, it won’t last forever but life’s so stressful sometimes that we all need things that bring us joy (even if we get obsessed with them as I’m getting!)

  • It sounds as though you have bought a tool rather than a gadget, I think tools are things that are useful and gadgets are things to fill drawers with!

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