not a great one for gadgets but some I have bought

Rosie51

madeleine45

my very best little gadget is nothing to do with a kitchen, and I wish I could remember where I got it. It is a very simple yellow plastic circle, with a little bit you push and a sharp little blade comes out. Brilliant for cutting that button off when it is coming loose, great at opening packets of anything that are so well sealed up that you havent a cat in hells chance of opening them with your fingers. Safe because you have to have your finger pressed to keep the blade out, soit immediately goes back inside once you let go. I carry it with me whereever I go and have been very grateful tohave it at times. It is little and light and would be a great little christmas present to put in a card but for the life of me I cant see any anywhere and cant remember how I got it, I take great care not to lose it, and hope to someday find another.

I think I've seen an American woman on Instagram or YouTube use something that fits your description but I've never seen one for sale.
This www.ukofficedirect.co.uk//product/slice-safety-cutter-green-00200/kex889? looks on a similar theme but uses a ceramic blade.
Worth a thought if you ever lost yours?

Amazon has one very similar for £4.29. Not automatically retracting, but a finger slides the blade in and out.
www.amazon.co.uk/Westcott-Utility-Ceramic-Safety-Cutter/dp/B018JZU642/?tag=gransnetforum-21

Love my robot vacuum/mopper, wanders round happily and the house always looks lovely. Much more reliable than me and empties its own dust bag! Thought it would be a novelty now I wish I had bought one years ago.
Much cheaper and just as useful was my bean stringer about £3, used loads after harvesting runner beans.

Sorry Jaxs I did see your post, I scrolled back. You did put the make. I meant to reply last night 👍🏻

#Galaxy I'm with you on air fryers. I've got one but rarely use it - maybe once every 3 months. Luckily I only paid about £30 for it

I thought I was the only one to use the microwave for just heating plates.

Robot hoover (bobby)
Rechargeable shark hoover
Air fryer
Pie maker
Instant (well nearly) hot water cylinder
Food processor
Vacuum food sealer machine
Rotary cheese grater
Coffee pod machine
I've always been one for gadgets. No room left in cupboards for any more!
Instant pot combi slow cooker/pressure cooker

madeleine45

my very best little gadget is nothing to do with a kitchen, and I wish I could remember where I got it. It is a very simple yellow plastic circle, with a little bit you push and a sharp little blade comes out. Brilliant for cutting that button off when it is coming loose, great at opening packets of anything that are so well sealed up that you havent a cat in hells chance of opening them with your fingers. Safe because you have to have your finger pressed to keep the blade out, soit immediately goes back inside once you let go. I carry it with me whereever I go and have been very grateful tohave it at times. It is little and light and would be a great little christmas present to put in a card but for the life of me I cant see any anywhere and cant remember how I got it, I take great care not to lose it, and hope to someday find another.

I think I've seen an American woman on Instagram or YouTube use something that fits your description but I've never seen one for sale.
This www.ukofficedirect.co.uk//product/slice-safety-cutter-green-00200/kex889? looks on a similar theme but uses a ceramic blade.
Worth a thought if you ever lost yours?

I have nearly every gadget under the sun! Some used frequently, some used rarely. I bought one of those veg choppers and could not use it as not enough strength in my wrists. Bag of soffrito from Tesco will do! For similar reasons, I abandoned the garlic press and chopper and just use a grater - the same effect and one less gadget! I did unearth one useful little number the o ther day - a mini mouli for herbs! I think that it belonged to my mother!!!

My robot vacuum cleaner is the best gadget I have ever had.
With a bad back, vacuuming was killing me, so buying the robot was a life saver.
And I love my air fryer. It's brilliant.

Robot window cleaner and coverless duvets, brilliant.

my very best little gadget is nothing to do with a kitchen, and I wish I could remember where I got it. It is a very simple yellow plastic circle, with a little bit you push and a sharp little blade comes out. Brilliant for cutting that button off when it is coming loose, great at opening packets of anything that are so well sealed up that you havent a cat in hells chance of opening them with your fingers. Safe because you have to have your finger pressed to keep the blade out, soit immediately goes back inside once you let go. I carry it with me whereever I go and have been very grateful tohave it at times. It is little and light and would be a great little christmas present to put in a card but for the life of me I cant see any anywhere and cant remember how I got it, I take great care not to lose it, and hope to someday find another.

Another gadget person here, I love my airfryer, oven almost redundant, rechargeable hoover, egg boiler, bread maker, slow cooker, electric mixer, a wee spaceman who sends stars and colours around my room when I want some relaxation time , have very arthritic hands so my electric potato peeler is an absolute godsend, also my latest acquisition a lotion applicator for my back!, truly fabulous for applying my heat rubs etc without getting my hands covered in the gel

I love my air fryer, that the microwave, my toaster and slow cooker are all brilliant. Do not need an oven, if I move house I will just have a hob.

I got one after watching a video of a small boy using a cardboard copy that his father had made for him of the one he had bought. The boy caught on immediately how to use it, and was matching his father's speed at folding T-shirts. He found it great fun.

Elegran
Clothes-folding thingy
I forgot that. We got one after watching Sheldon use one on the Big Bang Theory.

Shinamae

£200 is a small price to pay for not having to wash and dry dishes ever again!!

Most important household item. After me!
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I should have mentioned rhe boiling water tap too. But it is so integral that I don't really count it as a gadget. Apart from the obvious benefits, I like the work surface being clear of a kettle and the wire.

JaxJacky

£13:99 from Amazon.

I bought one a few years ago and absolutely love it. So much so that the following year I bought all my friends one on their birthdays and they were thrilled.

So safe and easy to use.
No more jagged edges, so no more cuts and blood.
The lids slot back on to refrigerate those half cans of beans.
And as the blade doesn't touch the food just a gentle wipe is all that's needed.

Wouldn't be without it - nor, so they tell me, would my friends.
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Our air fryer is well-used and invaluable when we lived in an all-electric house. I definitely don’t air fry the items that I microwave, totally different jobs. Slow cooker is well-used also. Probably should invest in a new one actually.

I bought a friend (the one who thinks I am gadget obsessed) a garlic peeler and a a garlic chopper for Christmas. I don't think she has ever used them. She is one of those who believes all a cook needs are a sharp knife and a wooden spoon. Now that her hands are getting arthritic she may change her mind.

JenniRen

Elegran

Rereading that I can see why one friend asks me every time she meets me ,"What gadget have you bought now?"

Every time my mother came to stay she'd ask " So what have you got thst's new?" She liked to keep up-to-date even in her eighties.

Now, should I buy a new bread maker? The last one didn't survive my attempt to add something to the mix whilst it was kneading.

A garlic chopper - on the list now. Those garlic presses are quite hard on the hands.

This is mine, JenniRen
www.amazon.co.uk/Chefn-1254516-Garliczoom-Chopper-Plastic/dp/B07DNPCZMZ?tag=gransnetforum-21
Tips for keeping your hands clean - Cut cloves in half for faster chopping. Use the handle end of a teaspoon to remove the chopped garlic from the gadget. Also, it needs to be rinsed under the tap as soon as you get the bits of chopped garlic out of it, or the remnants stick.

and this is the garlic peeler/skinner
www.amazon.co.uk/CVNRCLP-Garlic-Peeler-Odor-Free-Available/dp/B0DJP7HN7C/?tag=gransnetforum-21
Works miracles, as long as you trim the root end of the garlic clove a little before putting it into the tube.

Galaxy

Found my people

That’s ok if you don’t want one, but it beats heating up a large oven according to my smart meter.

Elegran

Rereading that I can see why one friend asks me every time she meets me ,"What gadget have you bought now?"

Every time my mother came to stay she'd ask " So what have you got thst's new?" She liked to keep up-to-date even in her eighties.

Now, should I buy a new bread maker? The last one didn't survive my attempt to add something to the mix whilst it was kneading.

A garlic chopper - on the list now. Those garlic presses are quite hard on the hands.

The little dishwasher sounds ideal. We inherited a plumbed-in one when we bought the house, which is fine except imho it uses more water than it needs to, plus the waste water goes down the drain. If a stand-alone one empties wherever you point the drainage pipe, I could save the grey water for the garden. It would also free up a good amount of under-counter space. Great idea!

Rereading that I can see why one friend asks me every time she meets me ,"What gadget have you bought now?"