| Good evening. |
| Tonight's show comes to you from the Good Home Exhibition in Duke's Court, |
| where we've been trying out some of the latest gadgets on show here |
| and getting our resident expert - Liz Shearer - |
| to tell us which ones are worth buying and which will die a death. |
| Well, hello. |
| Yes, John, I've been investigating four new household gadgets |
| and sorting out the advantages and disadvantages |
| and then really deciding what are 'Must buys', |
| what are 'Maybe buys' and what are 'Never buys'. |
| Let's start with this vacuum flask for keeping drinks hot. |
| I felt this had quite a lot going for it, |
| most of all is the fact that it contains no glass |
| and is therefore unbreakable to all intents and purposes. |
| It's made of stainless steel which is guaranteed for 20 years... |
| hope that's long enough... |
| and it's true what the manufacturer claims |
| that it does maintain heat for 18 hours. |
| So that's pretty good. |
| On the down side, it really works out to be quite expensive |
| and, much more surprisingly, |
| it unfortunately leaves a strange taste... |
| you know, when you've drunk from it... |
| so all in all, my recommendation would be it's got plenty of advantages, |
| but it is rather expensive so I'd say you should maybe buy it. |
| Moving on to a natty little device... |
| the Whistle Key Holder. |
| Basically this is where you whistle |
| and the key holder gives off a high pitched noise and flashes light |
| so you can find it. |
| One advantage of this model is that it also has a small light. |
| You press the button and this means you can find keyholes easily. |
| I also felt the small size was a real advantage. |
| On the weaker side, I did find the noise unpleasant. |
| Which I'm sure the designers could have done something about. |
| And I found that it didn't work through metal, so... |
| it's mainly used for finding in coat pockets, cushions, etc. |
| But taken as a whole I thought it was a masterpiece of design |
| and would highly recommend it. |
| The third gizmo is called the Army Flashlight |
| because it was developed initially for military use. |
| It works by squeezing the handle to generate the power. |
| Its advantages are that it can be used for outside activities, |
| and also... and, this is one of the surprising features... |
| it does work underwater. |
| My main objection to it though was, although it did work in these conditions, |
| this model gave off a weak light. |
| So my recommendation I'm afraid would have to be to avoid this one. |
| The decoy camera was last on my list. |
| This is a fake video camera which you fix to your wall to scare off burglars. |
| The advantage of this model is something which makes it look very realistic... |
| its flashing light. |
| On the down side, it was quite difficult to fix to the wall. |
| However, burglary is such a major problem these days that it is worth the effort, so... |
| this gets my strong recommendation. |
| Okay. Thanks for that, Liz. |