Mini Desktop Finger Drum Set
Your desk-tapping habit can finally have a cymbal crash. This mini kit has touch-sensitive, light-up pads with snare, tom, bass, and cymbal sounds,…
Super Skills Teen Party Game
Stacking cups sounds easy until the blindfold goes on. Competitive teens get 120 dexterity challenges to settle who’s actually got skills, with one-minute…
Cool Things to Buy
Looking for cool things to buy? This is a running list of 2,300+ clever gadgets, funny gifts and genuinely useful oddities, from $5 stocking stuffers to ridiculous splurges. New finds go up every week, and every pick links straight to the store that sells it.
Snoop Dogg’s From Crook to Cook Cookbook
Fried bologna sandwiches with chips get their moment in Snoop Dogg’s cookbook, right alongside baked mac and cheese. The 50 personal recipes include…
Kidzone Ride-On Bumper Car
A full 360-degree spin gives your tiny carnival operator a new party trick. Parents can take control with the remote, recommended for ages…
Fidget Cube
This practical little gadget, which has received a lot of good publicity over the past few months, is the perfect desktop accessory. Do…
DishWinkle Dishwasher Indicator
A little water settles the great clean-or-dirty debate. This blue indicator hangs inside your dishwasher: water in it means clean dishes, empty means…
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Dr. Squatch Glow-in-the-Dark Soap
A bar of soap with a party trick: it glows when you turn out the bathroom lights. This 5-ounce Dr. Squatch bar is…
PhraZor Taze Electric Shock Party Game
Word clues get a lot harder when the handle you’re holding can zap you. Teams guess and pass PhraZor Taze before the timer…
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Six-Speed Gear Shift Keychain
Give the stick-shift loyalist one more transmission to play with. The lever on this miniature six-speed gearbox keychain actually moves between gear positions.…
NEBULA Mars 3 Outdoor Projector
A projector with its own camping light is taking movie night pretty seriously. The Mars 3 projects a 1080p picture up to 200…
The coolest things to buy this week
Ranked by what readers clicked most in the last 7 days.
- Streetwise Pain Pen You get a rechargeable pen that clips to your pocket and packs a 25-million-volt wake-up call.
- Handheld Tesla Coil Lightning Gun Your mad-scientist phase gets rechargeable, five-inch-plus arcs with trigger control or continuous mode.
- Vintage McDonald’s Changeables Happy Meal Toys $6.60 You can replace a long-lost childhood favorite without buying a whole lot.
- Real Life Invisibility Shield You can blur out of view with this sci-fi-style shield for hide-and-seek.
- Smart King Bed with Massage Chair You get a vibrating massage chair and Bluetooth speakers for your ultimate lazy-day command center.
- Zippo FireFast Bellows You get 180 one-minute bursts of focused air, while its triangular body helps prevent rolling.
- Mini Desktop Artillery Cannon $15 Give your desk history-buff flair with this pocket-sized cannon’s adjustable barrel and movable axle.
- Arcade1Up Pac-Man Deluxe Arcade Cabinet You get 14 classics, Wi-Fi leaderboards, and a light-up marquee for bragging rights.
- Real Avid Pistol Tool Your spare mag pouch gets a side gig with this 19-in-1 tool, keeping tools in place.
- Desktop Music Tesla Coil You get desk lightning, buzzing 8-bit tunes, and mad-scientist vibes in barely four inches.
Poop and Learn Facts Nobody Needs
Put that throne time toward a deeply unnecessary education. You get 312 facts covering subjects like scams, superstitions, and anatomy, each wrapped up…
Cool things to buy: quick answers
What are some cool things to buy?
This week, readers keep clicking the Streetwise Pain Pen and the Handheld Tesla Coil Lightning Gun. Good places to start: funny gifts and desk and office stuff. Feeling rich? Window-shop the ridiculously expensive list.
What are some trendy things to buy right now?
Whatever people are actually clicking. This week that includes the Vintage McDonald's Changeables Happy Meal Toys ($6.60), the Real Life Invisibility Shield and the Smart King Bed with Massage Chair. Our "coolest things to buy this week" list re-ranks daily from the last 7 days of reader clicks. Shopping for the holidays? Start with our Christmas gift ideas.
What are the coolest gadgets you can buy?
The most popular gadgets on the site right now are the Byrna SD Kinetic Launcher Bundle, the Real Avid Pistol Tool and the Arcade1Up Pac-Man Deluxe Arcade Cabinet. The best ones do one oddly specific thing really well, and plenty of our cool gadgets cost under $25.
What are some cool but cheap things I can buy?
The most popular cheap picks right now are the 225-Year-Old French Sourdough Starter ($8.10), the Six-Speed Gear Shift Keychain and the Dr. Squatch Glow-in-the-Dark Soap, all under $10. We have 190+ things under $10 and 700+ under $25. Cheap, small and a little weird is also the recipe for a good stocking stuffer, and most of our stocking stuffers cost under $25.
What fun things can I buy for myself?
Go small and a little silly. The geeky stuff list is a good rabbit hole, and plenty of it is cheap enough to grab on a whim. Weird enough to show off, too.
What should I buy?
Pick something you use every day and find a more fun version of it, or grab one of this week's most-clicked finds above. Buying for someone else? The gift guides sort ideas by who they're for and what they're into.