This great UK based online gadget shop, I Want One of Those is full of "Gotta Have It's". I'm mentioning a few below, but it's worth the time to check out what other crazy must have's they offer.


I must get one of these. Lately the spiders have been taking over my house. If my husband isn't home to do the deed (or willing), then I have had no choice but to squash the beastly pests and flush them down the toilet. I hate it when I miss because I am freaking out too much to actually catch them correctly before they scurry away and hide until I'm sleeping.

The Spider Catcher

The Spider Catcher is basically a long pole with a handle and spiny bristles at the end. Pull the trigger and the bristles open, release the trigger and the bristles close allowing you to capture any wee beasties in your range without damaging them (though we can't be certain that it won't create any long-lasting psychological damage). Take the critter outside and you can release your prey without having to touch it with your hands.

Fantastic for wasps, bees and other stinging insects!

I think these party cups are hilarious...

Pick Your Nose Cup

Each paper cup has one of twelve different shaped and sized noses printed on it, and in such a way so that when you're swigging from it, it looks as though the hooter depicted on the cup is your own nose. Utterly pointless of course, but what a great alternative to boring party cups - it's a kind of party rhinoplasty, if there is such a thing

I got one of these for my dad for Father's Day. I just love it, and so did he.

I'm Not A Paper Cup Cup

In steps 'I'm Not A Paper Cup', which, whilst looking very much like a paper cup, isn't one. The hint is in the name. Instead of adding more rubbish to the pile of garbage mounting up under the whirling seagulls on the dodgy side of town, you can now drink your coffee and tea from a beautifully made thermal porcelain version, complete with its heat-conserving silicone lid. Double walled for extra insulation the 'I Am Not A Paper Cup' is, aside from not being a paper cup, a breath of fresh air, and quite probably a design icon to boot.


Mad as it sounds, someone has invented an electronic cigarette. It looks like a cigarette, it tastes like a cigarette, it smokes like a cigarette, but it isn't a cigarette, it contains no tobacco, and the "smoke" is just vapour. Containing state of the art micro-electronic technology this re-chargeable e-cigarette produces a real smoking experience without any of the deeply unpleasant side-effects of tobacco. As you inhale a tiny battery vapourises liquid inside the cigarette producing smoke.



Find all these fun gadgets and many more here.