Wooden Sisyphus Automaton
Sisyphus gets the endless task; you get the hand crank. Turn it to set this wooden automaton’s gears in motion, with no batteries…
ICEE Slushie Maker
Movie night gets its own ICEE counter. This officially licensed machine shaves ice for up to half a gallon of slushies, and you…
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.
Oasis Mini Sand Art Table
Your desk could use a tiny sand artist. The Oasis Mini slowly carves patterns into a 9-inch circle of real sand, including doodles…
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,…
Massive Telephoto Zoom Lens
You don’t have to be an astronaut to photograph moon craters. And you don’t have to get close to a lion to capture…
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…
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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…
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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…
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…
The coolest things to buy this week
Ranked by what readers clicked most in the last 7 days.
- Handheld Tesla Coil Lightning Gun Your mad-scientist phase gets rechargeable, five-inch-plus arcs with trigger control or continuous mode.
- Streetwise Pain Pen You get a rechargeable pen that clips to your pocket and packs a 25-million-volt wake-up call.
- Desktop Music Tesla Coil You get desk lightning, buzzing 8-bit tunes, and mad-scientist vibes in barely four inches.
- 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.
- Real Life Invisibility Shield You can blur out of view with this sci-fi-style shield for hide-and-seek.
- Arcade1Up Pac-Man Deluxe Arcade Cabinet You get 14 classics, Wi-Fi leaderboards, and a light-up marquee for bragging rights.
- Automatic Shoe Cover Dispenser Cover your shoes without bending or using electricity, thanks to this handy mechanical pedal dispenser.
- Vintage McDonald’s Changeables Happy Meal Toys $6.60 You can replace a long-lost childhood favorite without buying a whole lot.
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…
Cool things to buy: quick answers
What are some cool things to buy?
This week, readers keep clicking the Handheld Tesla Coil Lightning Gun and the Streetwise Pain Pen. 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 Desktop Music Tesla Coil, the Smart King Bed with Massage Chair and the Zippo FireFast Bellows. 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 Vintage McDonald's Changeables Happy Meal Toys ($6.60), the 225-Year-Old French Sourdough Starter ($8.10) and the Six-Speed Gear Shift Keychain, all under $10. We have 190+ things under $10 and 690+ 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.