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Gigantic Inflatable Climbing Iceberg
Iceberg ahead! Sound the alarm bells! That would be the normal procedure for ships of yore, as they start performing evasive maneuvers to avoid colliding with one of nature’s behemoths. Well, if you are the type who loves to scale challenges head on, the Gigantic Inflatable Climbing Iceberg might just be your cup of tea for some summer fun outdoors to get those troop of kids tired so that they don’t bug you in the evenings, but will instead go to dreamland the moment their heads touch the pillow.
Wearable Tent looks far out, some might even say crazy
Here’s a quick question – just how the heck do you think you would draw out a Wearable Tent if someone asked you to do so? For those with less than active imaginations, you can stash the pencil and paper away, checking out the Wearable Tent from Hammacher instead. This tent is meant for one – just one, no two ways about it. Functioning as a jacket, you can also choose to convert it to a lightweight sleeping bag and shelter within minutes.
Verbal Bicycle Bell
“Oiii!” – no sir, your ears are not playing tricks on you. In fact, this is what the Verbal Bicycle Bell sets out to do – using an unconventional method of alerting other road users to your presence so that you won’t end up as another statistic. As you can more or less figure out already, the Verbal Bicycle Bell actually comprises of a bicycle speaker which is capable of recording and playing back any message in order to warn others of your presence.
Outdoor Inflatable Theater
Love watching movies with your family and friends? Well, with summer on its way for folks living in the Northern Hemisphere, then how about letting your next movie watching session be held outdoors? That’s exactly what Hammacher has in mind with their Outdoor Inflatable Theater. The name itself says it all – this inflatable theater system will be able to turn your backyard into a vivid cinema. Of course, you would do well to have some anti-mosquito devices hanging around just in case, no?
Packable Spotting Scope
Having read the exploits of the highly secretive Navy SEAL Team 6 (who do not exist officially, and yet everyone has heard about them – how ironic is that?), you might want to go on a little spying adventure of your own, and you would need state of the art devices apart from stealthy gizmos and gear to aid your cause. How about the Packable Spotting Scope?
Hand Pedal Float
You know that you would love nothing better than to hang around on a float during the summer in your pool, relaxing with a good book in one hand and a pina colada in another (while slapping yourself liberally with plenty of sunscreen)? Well, there is one minor gripe about such a float – you will need to launch yourself to the middle of nowhere, and getting back to “shore” might be more of a hassle than you originally thought. What better way to reach the side than through the use of a pedal?
Waterskiing Chair for the adventurous
Do you have a penchant for adrenaline rushes? If the answer is in the affirmative, then you would do well to check out the Waterskiing Chair. The name itself is somewhat an oxymoron – have you ever seen anyone go water skiing sitting down in a relaxed position? Well, this patented chair will be mounted to a pair of waterskis, where it paves the way for both beginners and experts to ski from a stable seated position.
Corner Drifting Go Cart
Ever played Mario Kart and drifted around the track, tackling those corners at insane speeds? Well, if you want to have a taste of real life action, then you can always take up actual go karting – or in this case, fork out $349.95 for the Corner Drifting Go Cart.
Children’s Water Ski Trainer
Have you read the Water Babies? For those of you who grew up during the last decade of the previous century, there is a chance that you might have come across that tome in your reading list, but the chances of that happening is pretty slim, I do admit. Guess you can more or less make a guesstimate of my age by me bringing up the Water Babies, but there is a reason to this method of madness – after all, I’m trying to talk about the Children’s Water Ski Trainer here.
Vroominator adds some oomph to your ride
Are you envious of those who own muscle cars, and do wish that one day when you grow up (or earn enough), you will be able to splash some good money on yourself so that you can enjoy the fruits of your labor while engaging the green-eyed monster among your peers? That’s easy to do if you have a good imagination – all you need is to get the Vroominator to be placed in your car and you’re good to go. The Vroominator is basically a device that fills your vehicle’s interior with throaty sounds of a sports car’s V8 engine.
Vroominator adds some oomph to your ride
Are you envious of those who own muscle cars, and do wish that one day when you grow up (or earn enough), you will be able to splash some good money on yourself so that you can enjoy the fruits of your labor while engaging the green-eyed monster among your peers? That’s easy to do if you have a good imagination – all you need is to get the Vroominator to be placed in your car and you’re good to go. The Vroominator is basically a device that fills your vehicle’s interior with throaty sounds of a sports car’s V8 engine.
Color Adjusting Illuminated Vase
Until someone comes up with a color-changing flower so that you can always have a different on other days, I guess we will just have to make do with the Color Adjusting Illuminated Vase. Hey, don’t look at me this way – at least you can have a different cycle of colors for the vase instead of the flowers, giving you a change either way.
Fanbrella shields you from sun and rain and more
Everyone knows that going out under the sun can be quite harmful for your skin – so slapping on a generous dollop of anti-UV rays is always a good idea. The Fanbrella from Hammacher offers you not only protection from the sun (and rain, of course), it also comes with the added advantage of a built-in fan right inside – hence its name.
Illuminated Walking Stick
Walking sticks aren’t just meant for the vision-impaired you know, as they are also there to help folks who find it easier to move around with a “third leg” – and to top it all off, the Illuminated Walking Stick offers something different – since it boasts of a 5-LED flashlight that is cleverly pitched at an angle that delivers a cone of light to help you see sidewalks, steps, and paths easily even when it is pitch black all around you.
Amplified Answering Machine
Are you hard of hearing, or thinking of what gift to get for grandma or grandpa during the coming Mother’s and Father’s Day? The Amplified Answering Machine might be just the right ticket item for them (and to earn brownie points on your behalf), where it will amplify played back messages by up to 30 decibels more for easier hearing. The amplification can also be adjusted by up to 10 different levels, where it will play back messages at three speed settings.
Mosquito Repelling Lantern
Since summer is going to come around for those of you living in the northern hemisphere, it makes perfect sense to prepare for your outdoor activities, and that includes on ramping up on anti-pest sprays and lotions, just in case camping is high on your list this year. Of course, if you are going to spend plenty of time outdoors, carrying a lantern around with you would be an extremely good idea.
Personal Cooling Collar
Feeling hot under the collar? You might want to have something to help you out when the hot summer arrives with the Personal Cooling Collar. As the name of this gizmo suggests, it is something personal that will produce a cooling breeze across your neck, making sure you have a cool head to think with even when the situation gets out of hand. The collar is capable of holding up to 4 ounces of water, and with an internal fan that generates evaporative cooling right across the back of your neck and base of your head, you will more or less be guaranteed that you can make level headed decisions under all circumstances.
The Only Inflatable Dog Shower
Dogs aren’t self-cleaning like cats, although they tend to lick at their wounds until the sore starts to fester – so make sure your four legged buddy remains nice and clean at all times by sending Fido to a bath, or doing it yourself. Unfortunately for those of us living in apartments, it isn’t so conducive to bath a dog in the apartment itself, never mind if you have a large breed like a labrador. What can you do then?
Cordless Backyard Mosquito Mister
If you sometimes feel as though you were the only person in the whole group whom the mosquitoes are feeding on you, then we would highly recommend getting the Cordless Backyard Mosquito Mister. This cordless mister comes without any wires for a very obvious reason – so that you can roll it anywhere within a yard, creating a 2,000′ square area of “silence” for mosquitoes, thanks to the use of EPA-registered permethrin – a synthetic form of naturally occurring pyrethrin derived from chrysanthemum which is able to kill up to 90% of mosquitoes, flies, gnats, ticks, and other biting insects.
Electric Bicycle Built For Two
Electric bicycles aren’t anything new, but this one that you see here definitely is – we’re talking about an electric bicycle that has been specially built to seat not one, but two people. This is touted to be the only one of its kind to date, where it can assist both riders up to 20 mph in relaxed, relative comfort. Seems perfect if you have plenty of hills around your area, don’t you think so?
Morse Code Signal Lamp
In this day of Facebook and Twitter, what is the need for Morse Code? After all, the Boy Scouts even have a Robotics badge now to keep up with the times, and how many of you are going to get stranded on an island with no help in sight, requiring you to send SOS signals in Morse Code?
Still, it is better to be safe than sorry, which is why the Morse Code Signal Lamp is still in business. Faithful to the original Morse code signal lamp which delivered discreet intra-fleet communication by the British Navy of yore, this 13 1/2″-diameter Morse code signal lamp comes with seven louvers in front of the bulb which can open and close to emit a solid beam or filtered light for customizable illumination in a home.
Self Stirring Electric Pot
They say that too many cooks spoil the soup, which is why it is advisable to have two cooks at most in the kitchen. What happens when you’re shorthanded and need to whip up a delicious meal for the rest of the family that day? Fret not, the Self Stirring Electric Pot is here to save the day, and as its name suggests, this electric cooker will be able to automatically stir ingredients, freeing you to prepare other parts of the meal.
Garment Deodorizer for a breath of fresh air
Some of us tend to sweat more than the others, and even after using the most powerful cleaning agent off the supermarket shelf to do your laundry, it still can’t quite get rid of the stink. So what do you do with your laundry after it has dried? Hanging it in your closet with mothballs might do the trick, but there is the Garment Deodorizer that can step in to do a better job.
iPhone Photo Printer
So you use your iPhone’s camera a whole lot – what are you going to do with the digital library of images that you have amassed over time? Surely you aren’t going to just let it be stashed away in some hard drive somewhere, do you? How about printing those photos out for physical reminder of those memories? Instead of going through the tried-and-tested method of transferring photos to a computer and using a printer to churn out some copies, here is the self-explanatory iPhone Photo Printer.
In Pool Exercise Bike
Swimming and cycling are two forms of exercise that are touted to burn the most calories, although the former tends to make you a whole lot hungrier than normal. With the In Pool Exercise Bike (which is patented by the way), you will need to be pretty well off in the first place since not everyone can afford a home with a pool in the first place. Of course, it should be a relative bargain to you if you fall under that category at a mere $899.95 a pop.
Rowbike lets you burn that fat off
The best time to start exercising is always now, so if you think that taking the old school route of swimming or jogging isn’t attractive enough for you (even with an iPod attached to your ears), then you might want to consider picking up the Rowbike.
Electric Comfort Bicycle
Cars might have gone electric to a certain degree, but that doesn’t mean other modes of transportation like the motorcycle and bicycle can’t either. This is where the Electric Comfort Bicycle makes a splash – it was specially designed to take its riders on extended tours in unequaled comfort. Using a 500-watt electric motor that will help you tackle tough uphills, it is also a joy to breeze downhill or cruise through flats without bulging up those calf muscles even more.
Handheld Disinfectant Steam Cleaner
Are you a paranoid android when it comes to keeping everything around you free from bacteria and viruses as much as possible, just like Jack Nicholson’s character in “As Good As It Gets”? Chances are pretty high then you would be interested to hear me out on the Handheld Disinfectant Steam Cleaner. The name itself more or less tells the whole story, as this handheld cleaning device is capable of emitting a disinfectant and steam to get rid of up to 99.99% of harmful bacteria and viruses.
Illuminottoman paves the way for a funky living room
These days, if you want to keep up with the Joneses or even outdo them, then you must have some sort of hard hitting financial firepower – or plenty of creativity, of course. When it comes to taste in home furniture, that is a very subjective topic, but Hammacher might let you have a winner on your hands with the aptly named Illuminottoman. Gotta love the creative slant to its name, that’s for sure.
Low Profile Window Fan
Once in a while, along comes a gizmo that will work much better than everything else on the market. For now, Hammacher is offering the Low Profile Window Fan which is touted to deliver superior airflow without being complicated to use – on the contrary, it has been tested and rated to be more or less dummy-proof even in the hands of luddites. Dubbed “The Best Low Profile Window Fan” by our friends over at Hammacher, it is capable of moving a greater volume of air (we’re talking about 58% more compared to the second-ranked model), where analysts’ anemometer readings showed that its dual motors are capable of rolling out 608 feet-per-second air streams from 5′ away, which is far better than the second place model that mustered a mere 560 fps.
Fine Facial Hair Remover
This one is for the ladies – especially those who have plenty of social functions to attend to all year round. After all, even if you’re dressed to the nine with baubles hanging around your neck that will put even the Queen of England to shame, all those will amount to nought if you happen to have some facial hair hanging around in an unwanted manner.
Basketball Return Net
Love shooting hoops all day long? If you’re one who prepares early enough, then summer can’t come quickly enough for you to stay outdoors all day long, throwing your basketball into the hoop as you attempt to make that money shot. Of course, part of the satisfaction is seeing you make your shot, but what happens when you miss it (and by a mile, to boot)?
Backyard Helitotter for your kids this summer
Summer is a time where kids go out to play, although more and more children these days tend to stay cooped up in the confines of their homes simply because of the latest hit title on the PS3 or Xbox 360. Well, before they are addicted to video game consoles, you might want to do your part in making sure they love the outdoors, by starting with the Backyard Helitotter.
1/2 Mile Driveway Alarm
For those who are extremely used to having the path of life open up for you way in advance, as other people do all the groundwork while you stroll into the limelight, then we might think the 1/2 Mile Driveway Alarm is a most suitable gadget for your home. After all, this alarm system will alert you whenever there is a vehicle coming up the driveway – from a whopping half mile away. How is this possible?
Mauer Batting Trainer
You know what they say – practice makes perfect, and this general rule applies across a wide spectrum of things in life, even more so when it comes to disciplines such as sport and music. Of course, the same holds for math, too, and if you want to apply statistics to sport, then the Mauer Batting Trainer does seem to be the perfect device to purchase as you prepare to sweat it out this summer.
Fly like an eagle with Hammacher
Remember the R. Kelly hit song, “Fly like an eagle”? Well, with those living in the northern hemisphere swinging into spring, it makes perfect sense to start planning on how you are going to spend more time outdoors with your loved ones – be it a picnic or just playing catch. Well, Hammacher has a new toy for you to, er, toy around with, where we’re talking about the 9 1/2′ Remote Controlled Bald Eagle.
Ten Minute Frozen Juice Pop Maker
In this day and age, getting things done instantly is more often than not the top priority of most folks. There is the microwave for instant TV dinners, instant noodles from the Japanese, heck, how about instant messaging on your desktop and mobile devices? This could be why even your little ones want instant frozen ice lollies – now as a working mom, just how are you going to cater to that whim?
Water And Light Lawn Show
If you’re one of the luckier ones out there who stay in a place that has a lawn, here is something that might just be right up your alley – the Water And Light Lawn Show. What does this do? We’re pretty sure that the name itself is a dead giveaway, but as an added community service, here is a more detailed explanation on what it does.
Oceanographer’s Video Camera
Professional dive videographers used to be the only ones who had access to some serious underwater cameras, but with the Oceanographer’s Video Camera, you too, will be able to snap underwater activity in high definition at depths of up to 300 feet. That’s some serious depth for casual folks, and here’s more information about it.
Four Attractant Mosquito Trap
Certain mosquitoes do carry some deadly diseases, and it goes without saying that they are a pest which we could all do without. I’m not too sure how it will affect the overall ecological system though, but surely frogs and other carnivores who feast on mosquitoes can find other insects to keep themselves full?
Audio Light Bulb
A light bulb is supposed to just give out light (and some warmth for those who are still in the winter season), right? Apparently not when Hammacher wants to have a say in the situation. The Audio Light Bulb that you see here is a snap to install, working as a wireless, illuminated speaker which can be up and running within seconds.
Powered Cheese Grater
Love all things cheese, and can’t get enough of that stuff in your dishes? Well, surely you would do well with the Powered Cheese Grater, as this unique device is capable of automatically slice, shred, or grate cheese. Boasting a trio of interchangeable blades that produce wafer-thin slices of Parmigiano-Reggiano, airy flecks of Pecorino Romano, or silky strands of Manchego, all it takes is a simple press at the top of the device.
Children’s Water Ski Trainer
If your little ones want to pick up water skiing, how do you break their hearts and tell them “No”? Just like most parents out there who intend to give the best to their kids, you too, might want to consider what Hammacher has up their sleeves with the Children’s Water Ski Trainer.
2011 Best Nose Hair Trimmer
All right, we know that we’re less than two full months into the year 2011, but even so, don’t you think that it is a little bit preposterous to name this product the 2011 Best Nose Hair Trimmer? After all, does Hammacher have some sort of secret palantir that we do not know off, capable of seeing what’s going on in their competitors’ lives that they absolutely know for sure their Nose Hair Trimmer is the best for the year?
Light Cycle burns a hole in your pocket
For the five of you out there who have yet to watch Tron: Legacy, you don’t know what you’re missing. We’re talking about super slick special effects that are guaranteed to have your jaw drop when you view it in 3D, and if you want to own a memorable piece from the movie, might we suggest you check out the Light Cycle here?
