Something for the Weekend gadgets this week included a range of Christmas gifts for men which drew a varied response from Stephen Merchant and Tim Lovejoy. Here were the products featured on the show:

MES Footwork Custom Trainers, £55

These custom trainers can be designed with any print of your choosing – upload your images and MES will design your custom trainers for you.

Hoodie Buddie, £40

The Hoodie Buddie was worn by Stephen Merchant on Something for the Weekend – it’s a hoodie with earphones built into the dangly bits at the front, allowing you to listen to music easily when wearing the hoodie. The MP3 Player fits into a hidden pocket on the hoodie with a headphone jack.

Lomography Sprocket Rocket Camera, £48

This retro film-based camera is a real blast from the past. Advertised as £70 on Something for the Weekend but we’ve found the Sprocket Rocket camera for just £48.

Conical Flask Oil and Vinegar Set, £19.99

One for the budding chefs who also have a passing interest in chemistry. This Conical Flask Oil and Vinegar set looks great and makes a great talking point at any dinner party. Stephen Merchant loved this Something for the Weeekend gadget.

iMusic Shower Gel MP3 Player, £29.99

This shower radio is shaped t look like a bottle of shower gel so it looks better in your shower. Advertised for £29.99 on Something for the Weekend but we’ve found it 30% cheaper

Vinyl Coasters (pack of 6), £15.99

Keeping with the retro cool theme, these vinyl coasters look great and do the job of protecting your tables from water marks.

Victorinox Swiss Army Knife, £283.50

An expensive Swiss Army Knife from Victorinox – this is due to the 32GB encrypted USB stick which makes you feel like a super spy. If you’re looking for a cheaper Swiss Army Knife this Christmas, try this one from Amazon for £15:

Victorinox Swiss Army Knife, £15

Fortnum and Mason Stilton, £12

This upmarket cheese is a great Christmas present at a downmarket price. Buy direct from Fortnum and Mason by clicking our link.

Reindeer Pate, £15.99

A Christmas themed gift for the foodies in your life. Reindeer Pate is a genuine Arctic delicacy and it went down well with Tim Lovejoy and Stephen Merchant. Antlers not included.

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Mr Jones Around The World Watch, £150

This watch has 8 hands each using the silhouette of a famous landmark to depict a timezone, eg Big Ben for GMT. A unique, cool watch.

Man Wrap Gift Wrap, £5.99

Man Wrap is a gift wrap for blokes. It comes in a range of colours and styles and is a doddle to use, being on a handle. Ideal for wrapping those Christmas presents quickly and easily.

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According to Gadget Show presenter Ortis Deley, more than 1.8 million of us fall victim to identity fraud every year. Which is why we all need a shredder to effectively destroy our old credit cards, bank statements and other bits of sensitive information. Ortis looked for the best shredder on the market.

First he gathered 20 of the best shredders on the market and performed a speed test to whittle them down. Some of the shredders managed to shred documents in just over 2 seconds. The next test he performed was an actual shredding test – how effectively could each shredder actually destroy documents making them impossible to piece back together. Again, the competition was whittled down in the quest to find the best shredder. Finally the shredders were tested for strength – how many pieces could they shred at once.

Eventually Ortis found his top 5 shredders, and from these he decided on the best shredder on the market. Here were the runners up:

5. Genie 1005XD, £120 – A very good cross-cut shredder.

4. Swordfish Ebony 10, £102 – Makes light work of most shredding tasks including CDs.

3. Acco Rexel Style Shredder, £35 – It’s compact, looks stylish, is cheap and is a great performance shredder to boot.

2. Fellowes DS1, £80 – this quick shredder manages 11 sheets of paper at once in an amazing 2.63 seconds.

Finally, the best shredder money can buy according to The Gadget Show:

1. Acco Rexel Pro Style Shredder, £99

 This is the best shredder on the market according to Ortis Deley. It provides a secure and speedy shred in just over 3 seconds, and also comes with a huge storage compartment which means less emptying trips. Fully deserving of the top spot in the top 5 shredders.

Click here to buy an Acco Pro Style Shredder, best shredder as seen on The Gadget Show

This week’s Something for the Weekend gadget round-up was a bumper edition with a special back to school and back to uni theme. Here were the gadgets featured on the show:

LiveScribe Echo Smart Pen, £180

The LiveScribe Echo Pen is a great little gadget for students as it records everything you hear, say and write, and links the audio recordings to your notes. You write on special livescribe paper which cleverly records all you write. Notes can be saved to yor laptop or PC for easy access after your lessons/lectures. The LiveScribe Echo SmartPen can record up to 8GB of notes and audio although there are 4GB and 2GB versions also available.

Click here to buy a LiveScribe Echo Smartpen as seen on Something for the Weekend

ION Docuscan, £120

The ION Docuscan is essentially a portable scanner, and it’s really useful as the Something for the Weekend gadget girl explained. You simply scan your document through the small portable device and the Docuscan will save it to an SD card in clear JPEG quality. It’s also great for scanning photos, and you can view and zoom in on your scanned images using the 2.4 inch screen on the device.

Click here to buy an ION Docuscan as seen on Something for the Weekend

Swan Teasmade, £60

The Teasmade was huge in the 80s, and despite a subsequent decline in popularity it has returned with a bang – can you think of a more suitable gadget for students? Place the teasmade beside your bed, add some water, pop a teabag into the pot, set the alarm and the teasmade will wake you up in the morning with a cup of hot tea (or coffee) waiting for you.

Click here to buy a Swan Teasmade as seen on Something for the Weekend

UniSak, £150

This Uni Sack, or UniSak, is a handy starter pack for a new university student. It contains practically everything you need, including sieve, oven glove, duvet, pillow, towels, even toilet roll. The Uni Sack is sure to be a big seller.

Click here for more info about the UniSak as seen on Something for the Weekend

Packaway Lunch Box, £10

This clever packaway lunch box can be collapsed to half it’s original size to make it ultra portable when you’ve finished your sandwiches. It also comes with a spork in the top of the lid. A great portable lunchbox.

Click here to buy a packaway lunchbox as seen on Something for the Weekend 

Scratch and Scroll Mousemat, £16

This is a great little mousemat which allows you to scratch notes in it with either your finger or the supplied stylus pen. Simply lift up the top layer to clear the mousemat and start again.

Click here to buy a scratch and scroll mousemat as seen on Something for the Weekend

The iGo Pocket Projector UP-2020 was the second of this week’s Something for the Weekend gadgets. Projectors are getting smaller and smaller and this one from iGo is very compact. It can be used to share media, pictures, videos, business slides etc. This projector can project an image of up to 70 inches. It has 4GB of internal memory along with a whole host of connection points such as USB, memory card slots etc. Connect a PC, laptop, DVD player to the iGo Pocket Projector.

Click here to buy an iGo Pocket Projector as seen on Something for the Weekend

Dixons are the sponsors of the latest series of The Gadget Show, and they currently have some fantastic deals on Laptops, Netbooks and Desktop PCs. Treat yourself or your family this Christmas with some cracking deals from Dixons!

Laptops

For work, play or avoiding eye-contact on the train. If there’s one thing you want sitting on your lap, it’s a laptop. Dixons have got big ones for entertainment, little ones for web browsing and ultra-portable ones for when you’re on the move. Take your pick.

Netbooks

Netbooks are the latest craze and fast becoming an essential item if you spend a lot of time ‘on the move’. For such small packages, Dixons Netbooks pack a powerful punch – great for browsing, email, entertainment etc.

Desktop PCs

Dixons also stock a range of desktop PCs which are now slimmer, smaller, quieter and more stylish and powerful than ever before.

Click here to shop at Dixons.co.uk, sponsors of The Gadget Show

The Dyson Air Multiplier (fancy name for a fan) was the first of this week’s Something for the Weekend gadgets. Gadget expert Seema Parmar explained that this gadget fan’s unique selling point was it’s bladeless design, making the fan a lot safer than normal run of the mill fans. It also has a very cool (excuse the pun) design.

The Dyson Air Multiplier air flow can be adjusted by a knob on the front of the fan. It is very powerful when set on high. It sucks up the air around and throws it back 15 times more powerfully. It costs around £200 and comes in 2 sizes, 10 inch and 12 inch.

Click here for more on the Dyson Air Multiplier as seen on Something for the Weekend

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Bob Seelert, chairman of Saatchi and Saatchi, appeared on Working Lunch for a chat with Declan and Naga about the current state of the advertising industry. Bob Seelert has recently released a book entitled Start with the Answer: and other wisdom for aspiring leaders. This book contains plenty of wisdom and philosophy on the secret to a happy and successful career in business.

You can buy Start with the Answer by Bob Seelert as seen on Working Lunch here

During Gadget Show presenter Jon Bentley’s feature on Vlogging, or video blogging, he tested several web cams. The Philips SPC1330NC Pro webcam was given 4 G’s, higher than both other webcams tested. Jon said that the Philips webcam’s sound and picture quality was by far the best of the 3.

You can get a Philips SPC1330NC Pro Webcam as seen on The Gadget Show for around £63 here

Need a gadget to fool your mates on April Fools Day? Look no further than the top 5 April Fools gadgets as seen on The Gadget Show last night, as described by new Gadget Show presenter Gail Porter. Here are the top 5 April Fool Gadgets from 5 to 1:

5) GotchaBox

The Gotchabox is a prank that could be used for April Fools, Christmas or any birthday. Gotchabox is a range of spoof gift boxes displaying outlandish and hilarious gadget presents that don’t really exist, like the USB toaster or the Kleen Stride Personal Debris Removal Systems.

4) RC Fart Machine

The Fart Machine is an almost age old April Fools prank, but the RC fart machine brings this prank into the digital age, without the need to blow up a whoopee cushion.

Click here to buy an RC Fart Machine as seen on The Gadget Show

3) Phantom Keystroker

The Phantom Keystroker came in at number 3 on the Gadget Show’s top 5 April Fools Gadgets. It looks like an ordinary USB memory stick, but simply plug it into the USB port of your intended prank victim, and it will play havoc with their computer keyboard, randomly alternating between Caps Lock for instance, and periodically inserting strange text.

2) Boss Voice Transformer VT-1

The Boss Voice Transformer is a telephone voice transformer, a vocal effects unit which processes your voice and allows you to change its pitch and frequency enabling you to sound just like the opposite sex.

1) Electric Shock Pen

The Electric Shock Pen is about as simple as april fools gadgets get. Simply leave the pen lying around, or hand it to a colleague to use. When they press the top of the pen it delivers a mild but alarming electric shock, guaranteed to have you in stitches and them not wanting to borrow any more pens from you.

Click here to buy an Electric Shock Pen as seen on The Gadget Show

All-in-one desktop PC’s are so called because the monitor, the base unit and a few other things are combined in a more elegantly designed unit than your bog standard PC. Last night on The Gadget Show, presenter Jon Bentley with the help of interior designer Linda Barker tested 3 of the best all-in-one PCs on the market.

First up was the Sony Vaio JS2E/S. It has a 20 inch screen, 3 Gig of RAM, a 500 Gig hard drive and cool silver finish. The JS2E/S performed well on The Gadget Show in terms of usability, a clear screen and decent processing power.

Click here to buy a Sony Vaio JS2E/S as seen on The Gadget Show 

Next was the HP Touchsmart IQ500 PC with a 22 inch touchscreen monitor, 4 Gig of RAM, 500 Gig hard drive and glossy black plastic look. Jon said the HP would be a great choice for a Windows all-in-one desktop.

Click here to buy a HP Touchsmart IQ500 as seen on The Gadget Show

Finally the Apple iMac 20″ with a 20 inch screen, 2 Gig of RAM and a 320 Gig hard drive. The Apple iMac is housed in an anodised aluminium casing. The Apple iMac 20″ looks good and performs very well despite having less RAM and a smaller hard drive than the other 2 all-in-one computers.

Click here to buy an Apple iMac 20″ as seen on The Gadget Show