# Gadgets! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 28, 2002, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgets/111228 "2002-05-28T19:37:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oceans\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b2d939/32.png) [@oceans\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oceans_11)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgets/111228/1 "2002-05-28T19:37:10Z")
Can’t get enough of them (electronics, tools, sporting equipment, etc.), but I have yet to find a good site that stays up to date! Can any Gadget Freaks out there point me to a good site on the Web? ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgets/111228/2 "2002-05-28T19:45:02Z")
Two that I know of off hand… [Sharper Image](http://www.sharperimage.com) [Hammacher Schlemmer](http://www.hammacher.com) Also, Google has a decent page, but you’ve got to wade through some “novelty” crap. Go [here](http://directory.google.com/Top/Shopping/Toys_and_Games/Novelty/). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgets/111228/3 "2002-05-28T20:33:45Z")
Don’t forget yea old [Edmund Scientific](http://www.scientificsonline.com). And not so yea old [Brookstone](http://www.brookstone.com/world.asp) The lackluster Herrington catalog . The downright ‘chunks-of-other-catalogs’ [Skymall](http://www.skymall.com) [Sovietski](http://www.sovietski.com) is always fun for some post-cold war nifty stuff. Rounding it out we have [TechnoScout](http://www.techoscout.com) and [The Edge](http://www.edgeco.com) A good source is the beta of [. Google catalogs](http://catalogs.google.com) ---
**Author:** ![kryptonite2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/85e7bf/32.png) [@kryptonite2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kryptonite2)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgets/111228/4 "2002-05-28T20:37:01Z")
edmund scientific - free catalog online american science and surplus - free catalog too i think i need a green laser ---
**Author:** ![oceans\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b2d939/32.png) [@oceans\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oceans_11)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgets/111228/5 "2002-05-28T21:46:15Z")
Thanks for the links, folks! Some great stuff to check out… What I’d really like to see is something along the lines of Wired Magazine’s “Fetish” section, that reviews the gadgets, too. Time Digital used to have a similar section, but I think it’s dead now… ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgets/111228/6 "2002-05-29T05:03:58Z")
I like [url=“[http://www.firebox.com/](http://www.firebox.com/)”]Firebox, but I’m not sure if they ship outside the UK. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgets/111228/7 "2002-05-29T05:06:15Z")
Aw crap. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgets/111228/8 "2002-05-29T13:59:25Z")
[How stuff works is a great place to look.](http://www.howstuffworks.com/stuffatorium.htm) ---
**Author:** ![oceans\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b2d939/32.png) [@oceans\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oceans_11)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgets/111228/9 "2002-05-29T14:00:00Z")
**Kayeby** , your last post made my morning! Hilarious! That’s a great link by the way… ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgets/111228/10 "2002-05-29T14:05:09Z")
[How stuff works is a great place to look.](http://www.howstuffworks.com/stuffatorium.htm) ---
**Author:** ![oceans\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b2d939/32.png) [@oceans\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oceans_11)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgets/111228/11 "2002-05-29T14:05:09Z")
**Kayeby** , your last post made my morning! Hilarious! That’s a great link by the way… ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gadgets/111228/12 "2002-05-29T14:20:12Z")
Wow. And you said it twice and everything! _blush_