Experiment with different styles and sounds, including samples provided by champion human beatbox MC Zani! You can even play Mixmaster and lay pre-recorded sounds over your beats. Pitch and tempo are adjustable as you’d expect with such a clever gadget.

Infuriatingly addictive, your Mum or your partner will be relieved to hear that the Stylophone Beatbox does have a headphone socket which also doubles up to accommodate speakers! So you can choose to share or not to share, making this the perfect companion on long journeys. Why not entertain other passengers’ on the bus with your fine and funky performances? Oh Yeah!

Oh and don’t worry if you’re not particularly musical, this gadget is so easy to master that you’ll be creating top tunes in no time, it’s even suitable for kids…so rock on!

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What is it we hear you cry? Well if you remember shell suits, Right Said Fred and Dizzy in Wonderland, well your an 80′s bunny and you already know what Big Trak is!

For everybody who managed to float through the 80′s without stopping to achknowledge it’s glory, those of you who have never seen E.T and those of you who are too young to know the wonders of the decade, we better explain what it is that we are so excited about…

Big Trak was at it’s time, the height of modern toy technology. This 6 wheeled retro beast has an integrated 23 button keypad which allows you to program where the Big Trak will venture. Forward 10 lengths, turn right, forward 5 lengths, turn left…  With a memory that can remember up to 16 individual commands and a loop mode to repeat your actions over and over and over again, can you even imagine how excited we were?

Made from the same moulds as the original model the Big Trak is a magnificent gift for all retro toys fans, the journey down memory lane has never been so much fun.

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So we ask you, do you believe in fairies? We know you’ll answer yes as you don’t want to kill off Tinkerbell now do you, but even the most sceptical of you will be believing after you lay your eyes on the Flitter Fairies.

As if by magic your Flitter Fairies will take to the air in a very magical fashion giving a very sweet illusion of them flying around you under their own control. You’ll soon have people asking how your doing it, but you can’t ever give away the secret!

Their are three fairies to choose from (Alexa, Eva and Daria) who each come with their own colourful dress and sparkly wings. Using the powers entwined in the magical pixie hair (that’s fishing line to me and you), you use the supplied wand to control your fairies and make them flitter around you in a truly beautiful fashion.

A gift that any little girl is gong to love and they really are almost enough to make you believe in magic, no matter how old you are!

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Fellow cupcake lovers, threat no more. We give you the Wilton Giant Cupcake Tin. Oh, and when we say giant, well we mean GIANT!

No your eyes aren’t deceiving you, this is one Cupcake you are going to have to share. The Wilton Giant Cupcake Tin creates cupcakes that are over 20cm high and 21cm in diameter, making them the biggest cupcakes you are ever likely to see.

Whether its a birthday, anniversary, Christmas or dinner party with your friends and loved ones, the Giant Cupcake will serve around 12 people and will always be an original focal point at your party that will get your guests talking.

The Giant Cupcake Tin is non-stick making it extremely easy to clean and is made by American home-bake firm Wilton, who are so convinced of it’s quality they offer a lifetime guarantee on the tin. Talk about having your cake and not being able to eat it… in one go that is.

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Available in 4 different flavours (cola, orange, cherry and blue raspberry), these Giant Gummi Bears are well, giant! Finish the whole lot in one sitting then your dentist is undoubtedly going to have a heart attack. Standing at 24cm tall and weighing in at a tooth decaying 2.3kg, if you’ve ever wondered what 12,600 calories look like in Giant Gummi Bear form, well wonder no more. Surely nobody could finish one of these in one go, could they?

We’ll skip all he bear jokes we could have thrown in here and keep this on track. A must have present for anybody with a sweet tooth, we’re loving the Giant Gummi Bears almost as much as we’re loving our children, and their far tastier too.

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Thankfully some clever soul gave these sleeping bags arms and legs, now why didn’t we think of that?

If we wanted to keep this product really simplistic, we’d simply tell you that the MusucBags are sleeping bags that have arms and legs, in itself we think that is pretty clever.

We wouldn’t tell you that the wearing the MusucBag you can withstand temperatures of -13°C, we wouldn’t tell you that the suit lining is made from soft-touch nylon and padded with uprated Polyester Hollow Fibre Bonded filling (fancy eh?) and we certainly wouldn’t tell you that in comparison to the Selk bag which you may have heard of, this is the Ferrari of wearable sleeping bags with tons of extra gizmos and comfort touches.

The main problem we can find with the MusucBags is that they are frankly, far to comfortable. Once you put one on you don’t want to take it off and this isn’t always a good thing, your going to look rather silly running down the beach in the middle of the summer in one of these…

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“Luke, I am your father!”, “May the force be with you!” and “Your powers are weak, old man”. Phew that’s much better, now lets tell you about this super cool star wars jedi bathrobe.

If you have ever wanted to reenact some of your favourite star wars jedi movie moments yet had just a little too much self respect to go and actually buy yourself the costume to wear around the house, this is what you have been looking for. Reenact away safe in the knowledge that if anybody witnesses, you retort “just got out of the bath, with you in a moment…” heh heh heh.

“When 900 years old, you reach… Look as good, you will not.”, frankly Yoda should have bought himself this bathrobe and look good he would have. The Jedi Bathrobe or Dressing Gown (however you choose to address it) is made of soft 100% cotton velour and has a super cool Jedi logo embroidered on the front. The bath robe’s large hood, sash belt and wide sleeves are all features of the classic Jedi robe.

Complete with 2 side pockets which are handy for stashing away the lightsaber, or your mobile phone, the star wars jedi dressing gown is the perfect gift for any stars wars loving friend, relative or nerd.

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If we were the keepers of the Oxford English dictionary (and we’re not, some smart types in Oxford we guess are), we’d sum the term Addictive up as: Ballz Cubed.

If after reading this review you go on to buy the Ballz Cubed, don’t come back on here and complain that we didn’t warn you. Here let us make this ultimately 110% sports star clear: Ballz Cubed will result in less productivity at work, you will become more popular as everyone will want a play but you may lose your social life as putting it down isn’t easy.

Now that we have the health warnings out of the way, well tell you exactly what Ballz Cubed is. Made of 216 individual magnetic balls, the aim of the puzzle is to function as many cool patterns as you can. Can you form the cube from scratch? Can you master the pyramid? Can you line them up so that you have 216 balls in a row making a kind of magnetic whip (oooeerrr missus)?

It’s somewhat sillily simple, you’ll wonder why you want to keep playing and your boss will hate you for taking them to work. We give you the Ballz Cubed, enjoy!

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The T3 Solar Robot Kit however is powered by the sun, the transformers have a lot to learn.

If you have ever wanted a robot which comes to you in 70 individual pieces which you have to somewhat rewardingly piece together yourself and then turns into either a Scorpion, a Tank or a erm, robot looking Robot… then boy do we have the toy for you!

The T3 Solar Robot harnesses the awesome power that is the sun, meaning no batteries or chip fat are required. Once you’ve figured out how to put it together it will burst into life and roar across your desktop whilst you scream at the top of your lungs “it’s aliiiivvveee!!!”, at least that’s what happened in our office anyway.

The perfect gift for that kid or big kid that keeps taking things apart to see how they work and educates an Eco friendly message, what more could you ask for?

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Hands up those of you who chose the easy option? Yes we thought so…

These wafer-thin, touch-sensitive guitars contain some pretty fancy ActiveGraphicsTM electronics so you can crank out chords and riffs with ease or play along to a number of preloaded, fully licensed tracks without any of that elusive talent malarkey, feigning musical competence has never been easier!

The freestyle mode is briliant, but not for the untalented as it allows you to strum away to your hearts content and almost acts as a real guitar would with fantastic sound quality thanks to the built in speaker.

Those of us far too lazy to play the guitar have found our saviour from taking up a career as a professional air guitarist, they call them the Paper Jamz Guitars.

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You get a cool high quality image of The Stig in typical “giving it some attitude” pose, with your choice of name added to the poster revealing whoever you choose to be the real Stig.

Who is he really, the mysterious white-suited one? Can we ever hope to know his true identity or will if be forever hidden behind that tinted visor?

Well with one of these wicked posters you can play God and decide for yourself! He could be anyone, you, your best mate…even your Mum if you think she’d like that sort of thing!

You’ve got 18 characters to play with as you announce to the world the identity of the real Stig. At 297mm x 420 mm this poster is big enough to really make an impact.

Get one for your strange neighbour who you’ve always suspected of leading a double life…it probably is him anyway! Or if you’re not that community minded why not indulge in one for yourself? You can even get it framed for added authenticity!

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Your mother probably told you that copying what people say in order to wind them up isn’t big, and isn’t clever. The Chatimal however repeats whatever it hears back in a very low or extremely high pitched voice, which we have to admit (sorry mum) is very, very funny.

Tipped by the toy experts to be a contender for toy of the year the cute looking Chatimal is simple to use, simply press it’s paw, he’ll listen for up to 30 seconds and then repeat what he’s heard with some hilarity, even if you spoke to him in french! This fury little chap is set to mimic the world… we apologize for the frustration he’s going to cause in advance.

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Well even the brilliant iPhone can be improved upon if you’ve got one of these MiLi iPhone Power Packs.

Sleek, light and tougher than tough, the MiLi protective case has a built in battery hidden within its smooth hard shell case and is rechargeable with a USB cable. You can plug your MiLi and your iPhone in at the same time. Phew… about time someone thought of a way to avoid the bore of separate batteries and chargers!

Offering twice the battery life of the iPhone, the MiLi is… well let’s face it, it’s genius. It doesn’t stop there either; the MiLi can charge two iPhones at one time and it’s not fussy but will happily charge other devices too! Simply plug your USB friendly gear into the MiLi’s out socket and away she goes.

With integrated LED display which let’s you know the MiLi’s charge status and it’s smart function which ensures that even if you remove your iPhone, the battery wont be sapped because the MiLi has been programmed to always drain it’s own battery first, you need never be caught with a flat battery again.

So go on, reclaim your power with the help of the MiLi and give your iPhone the kind of gadget it deserves.

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And that’s exactly what you’ll get with this incredible Sega Indoor Fireworks Projector; gasps of amazement all round.

Forget the damp muddy fields and the palm singeing sparklers…this Japanese import allows you to safely enjoy amazing displays right in your very own home!

Sound effects add to the magic as the battery powered unit beams realistic firework images across your walls and ceiling. You can also pre-programme the displays, varying their length and concentration. In our opinion the Sega is a great alternative to trotting off to the supermarket only to come back with a few fizzling failures which let’s be honest, are more likely to go plop than pow!

Six lenses, internal speakers and nine interchangeable lenses all add up to a tremendous show. You can even create your own bespoke display with special film and pens which come as part and parcel of your package.

The Sega Indoor Fireworks Projector is simple to operate, select a mode, pop in a disc and off you go! If you want extra drama then hook up your own speakers, choose your tunes and you’ve got an amazing multi media display!

Why wait for the 4th of July or Bonfire Night? Why suffer the indignity of fireworks that go pffft instead of pow? Get with it!

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A great song indeed, but when it comes to flying remote control helicopters, spinning around isn’t something we look for from our flying toys. So why is it we are offered these uncontrollable devices on such a regular basis?

The Syma S107 Remote Control Helicopter comes complete with built in gyroscope (ooohh, fancy) which puts an end to this endless spinning. We didn’t know what a gyroscope was either, but Google tells us it is a device for measuring or maintaining orientation, which means we’re still actually none the wiser. What we do know is that a gyroscope combined with a RC helicopter is a perfect combination, delivering possibly the single most stabilized, easily manoeuvrable flight we’ve enjoyed in a long time.

This 3 channel RC helicopter offers complete control over the height, speed and direction which means that unless your a RC flying god you will still crash it into the wall, just far less often. Crashing isn’t as much a problem as with other models either though, because the Syma S107 isn’t made of polystyrene which chips away after each knock, it’s core structure is made from aluminium which protects the motor and gearing during “mayday” operations.

With a charge time of 40 minutes from the handset or through a supplied USB connection (which is very handy), the Syma S107 RC Helicopter offers a approximate flight time of around 8 minutes, which is by any standards 8 minutes of complete and utter joy.

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What are we rabbiting on about? Peanut Butter of course! Yummy, sticky and just plain delicious, who doesn’t love a splodge of the nutty stuff on their toast?

If you are a fan of nuts in general then you’re going to love this, The Peanut Butter Maker allows us all to open our own little pea-nutty production line…right in our own kitchens!

Grab your nuts (Vintage Carry On film anyone?), throw them into the Peanut Butter Machine and stand back as the machine churns them up into warm, spreadable and extremely gorgeous peanut butter!

Believe it or not the whole process takes seconds and whether you’re a smooth or chunky type, you can set the machine to crunch, crush and pound your nuts to the consistency you like best!

You don’t need to add any other ingredients to the machine; no oil, fat or butter is necessary to complicate the deliciousness of your spread…nuts is all it takes!

And while we’re on the subject of nuts, why stop at peanuts? You can add most kinds of nuts to the machine….cashews for instance, or Macadamia nuts. Oh the joys! The possibilities! Gourmet peanut butter at the flick of a switch!

The Peanut Butter Machine is easy to clean, mains powered and so obviously brilliant that once you get yours-a- churnin’ you’ll wonder how you ever ate that jarred stuff.

So no buts…grab some nuts!

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You might not think that such a simple low tech ball-through-maze game would be able to hold your attention for very long, but this thing is frustratingly addictive and will keep you playing for hours until you become lord of the sphere!

To master the addict-a-ball you must guide your ball through a huge array of challenges, over platforms, through arches, down holes, vertical roll through’s meaning you must twist and turn the ball up to 360 degree’s in order to reach your goal.

There are two versions available, the large has 138 numbered sections you have to work your way through with the travel version still sporting 100 numbered sections to conquer. But be warned, working your way through the labyrinth like structure is no easy task and if your anything like us, you will lose many hours from your day whilst trying to figure it out.

It’s great fun and makes a great present idea for almost anybody and it’s even more fun watching their frustration growing and growing. It will sit their taunting them like a chocolatier in a weight watchers meeting, much to your amusement we’re sure.

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Thankfully we don’t all think like the Japanese and try to make everything smaller otherwise we’d never have been given this delight of a lollipop. Whilst good things may come in small packages, we can happily confirm that great things come in MEGA sized packages!

75 times larger than a standard Chupa Chups Lollipop the Giant Chupa Chups Lollipop is certainly a bit of a mouthful (go on – we dare you to try it – you know you want to!). This ridiculously sized strawberry flavoured lollipop weighs in at a scale breaking 750g, with a 13″ circumference your dentist is going to have issues with you, lots of issues.

The Giant Chupa Chup is the daddy of all lollipops and is be the best piece of over-sized candy we’ve seen since we reported on the Giant Gummy Bear a few months back. A piece of heaven sent to us from the Chupa Chup gods, Willy Wonka eat your heart out, you didn’t have these in your magical Umpa-Lumpa filled factory now did you?

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You will know somebody in your life who is so passionate about the beautiful game you’ll wonder whether he loves it more than he loves you. He doesn’t we assure you, but giving him the Personalised Football Book as a gift will definitely ensure your stock rises.

Containing genuine reproductions of all the important news stories following their favourite football team, the Personalised Football Book features the biggest back page headlines from the teams history, detailed match reports, transfer speculation, player signings and of course all the board room dramas.

This individually bound, hard back book is tabloid size (38 x 30cm) for convenient storage and handling and holds the historical news reports for your selected team. The recipients name will be embossed in gold on the cover of the book and also includes an authentic gift certificate with your own unique message.

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The Slanket is a nifty idea which will help combat those bills, keeping you toasty warm and looking like a chilled out Jedi Knight, which is a win, win situation in our eyes.

The problem with blankets is that in order to do anything like read a book, change the TV channel or drink a beer, you have to take your arms out from under the blanket, making them cold and defeating the point of having a blanket. The Slanket combats this by incorporating sleeves into the design of the blanket, meaning no more cold arms for you my friend.

It’s a lightweight fleece blanket that your practically wear and it’s surprisingly comfortable. Such a simple idea, but then the simple ideas are usually the best and the Slanket certainly gets our vote.

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Sweets have changed a lot in the last 20 years, a penny sweet no longer costs a penny and the kids of today no longer visit the traditional sweet shop for a 1/4lb of Kola Kubes and a Curly Wurly. Gone are the E numbers and additives that sent us all hyper, and blue smarties just aren’t the same these days.

Thankfully, there are people in the world who love the classic sweets as much as we do and whats more, they’ve hunted them all down and put together a beautifully presented hamper jam packed with your favourite sugary treats, Yay!

The retro sweets hamper is the perfect gift for anybody with a sweet tooth and who loves a little nostalgia, and quite frankly, we think that’s most of us.

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A bunch of wilted flowers you pick up from the garage on the way home just no longer cuts it  when it comes to romance – our women expect more!

With a good majority of the Gifts Guide UK office being male, we must admit that it took us a little while to get this one. The Name a Rose gift pack contains some seeds and a certificate, which you give to your loved one as a present and tell them to name it… name the seeds?

Fortunately we do work with a good group of girls who explained to us that this is the ultimate romantic gesture, and whilst we may not get it, that’s certainly good enough for us. So you can head off to the local garden centre and pick up some cactus seeds whilst firing up the old inkjet printer, or you can go for the professional touch and truly add some romance into your loved one’s life.

The kit comes with everything you need to name the rose, which definitely helps. You simply fill in the enclosed registration form and your rose name will be registered on the Name A Rose database, published in the Name A Rose magazine, and submitted to the British Library.

We really don’t get it, but if it keeps “er indoors” happy, it’s good enough to make the website.

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Terry Turtle has a terrible bout of tourettes (try saying that fast ten times after you have had a drink..) making him the naughtiest turtle your likely to meet this year, oh how very rude!

Ideal for insulting passers-by, office colleagues or people you simply don’t like, Terry is preloaded with over 25 insulting expletives which will shock even the heavenliest of saints.

What greater delights in life are there than a head bopping, arm waving swearing turtle? In our humble opinion, not too many at all.

Terry has an infra red motion sensor which launches him into a tirade of potty mouth insults every time somebody approaches, which is especially amusing when it’s the boss. If motion sensors aren’t your thing then Terry comes with an “insult now” button which can launch him into his repertoire on demand, along with a “not-so-rude mode” and “safe mode” for when the mother in law comes to stay … maybe.

Obviously swearing is not big and it’s certainly not clever, but Terry pulls it off with such charm you can’t help but develop an affection for the little guy.

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The closest thing you girls are going to get to our masculine dreams is the Monkey Nail Blower, ready and waiting to blow your nails dry when you need him.

There is probably no cuter way to dry your nails than a little plastic monkey who is always ready and waiting to blast a stream of cool air onto your nails whenever you need him too. We do imagine a real baby monkey sitting on your dressing table and blowing your nails dry might possibly be cuter, but we do think your going to get into a lot of trouble for stealing monkeys.

The Blow Monkey Nail Dryer measures 11cm tall and is small enough to be taken with you on your travels, Requiring two AAA batteries which are provided this is definitely the next best thing to having that real monkey dry your nails for you. It’s extremely cute looking, it’s practical and the girls are just going to love it. that’s why we think it’s a perfect gift idea for any occasion.

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The Tao Digital Photo Keychain allows you to share photos with your friends without having to lug around a photo album, which is handy.

We all love to share our photographs with friends, family and loved ones but previously taking the photo album with you has been the only real option given technology hasn’t given us a handy solution for photographs on the move. This is where the Tao Digital Photo Keychain steps in and takes its well deserved bow, featuring it’s small yet pixel packed 1.5″ digital screen this portable digital photo album fills the gap nicely.

Available in black or red the Tao Digital Photo Keyring has an inbuilt 8mb memory which is enough to hold around 100 photographs. It’s 128×128 pixel screen displays your treasured moments with great clarity and it’s 4 hour battery life (when it’s switched on) means you will never be caught out in that next “do you have a picture of him / her / it?” moment.

Our gifting experts recommend loading the Tao Digital Photo Keyring with a photograph of yourself and giving to your loved one for a truly personalised gift that they will love.

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OK, so we know your name probably isn’t Doug, and we’re being slightly silly with all the bugs tucked up in rugs, but the Snug Rug really is very snug (we’ll stop now we promise).

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? To be honest we don’t know, we just thought we’d continue with the silly rhymes because besides telling you that the Snug Rug is a blanket that has sleeves, we don’t really have much else to add to this product description.

Don’t get us wrong, the Snug Rug is a really great gift and you’ll be as cosy as a cat in a hat… But it’s such a simple and clever idea, what more do we need to add? We could point out the obvious and tell you that the Snug Rug stops you getting cold arms when changing the TV channel, drinking a beer or reading a book, but we thought that was quite obvious.

So to end with we give you our final rhyme:

Little birdie flying high, dropped a message from the sky, oh said the farmer wiping his eye, isn’t lucky cows don’t fly!

Amen.

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Of course the iLogic Sound Hat is also great for walking down the street or sitting on a train and blocking the world out in general, just you and your music.

If you’ve ever tried wearing headphones with a hat, you’ll know what a pain it can be. If you’ve ever tried using ear buds with a hat, you’ll know how much pain you can be in when the wire catches and almost pulls your ear clean off.

The iLogic Sound Hat puts an end to all that misery by allowing you to listen to your music on the go through its cleverly integrated speakers, just plug it into your ipod or MP3 player and away you go. The sound quality is simply awesome and with the added benefit that those around you won’t be able to hear your tunes, you can drift away into musical oblivion without people prodding you on the train asking you to “turn it down young man”.

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Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are. You keep the rain from off my head, some would say you’re an umbrella instead.

(We do of course apologise unreservedly for the poor poetry you have had to witness above, it seemed good to us at the time, though we now realise, it’s not), so lets get back to the Twilight Umbrella…

On the grand scale of things, there’s just not really much to enjoy about rain. Firstly it’s wet, which is slightly annoying when you’re caught out in it without an umbrella. But then umbrellas are rather dull themselves as they normally come in navy blue or black or some or some other dreary colour.

Step up and take your bow Twilight Umbrella, we applaud you for making walking in the rain more entertaining than a spider on ice skates.

The original Twilight Umbrella comes studded with zillions of tiny blue fibre optic lights, the colour phasing umbrella, well phases through 5 different colours as you might expect. With the pièce de résistance being the double sided Twilight Umbrella which not only entertains passers by, but allows you to look up into the glowing heavens yourself (ahem).

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On that note, maybe MI5 should be taking a look at these to stop their secrets from being stolen? Sadly though, it still wouldn’t stop them leaving it on a train, so maybe not.

So whilst we wait for the MI5 raid on our offices for upsetting them with our little joke, let us tell you more about the Stealth Undercover Laptop Sleeve. Cunningly designed as an old manila envelope, (didn’t see that coming did you?), this laptop sleeve will stop thieves eyeing up your laptop as what could be more inconspicuous than a tatty parcel?

The Stealth Undercover Laptop Sleeve is cleverly designed with all the marking’s you’d expect to see on your mail and takes laptops from 8″ right up to 17″, keeping them safe and secure using a well thought through Velcro strapping system… thingy.

You can now sleep well at night knowing that your laptop is unlikely to be stolen unless the thieves in question have a fetish for manila envelopes, that or they’ve read this review of course. We like the Stealth Undercover Laptop Sleeve and feel it would make an excellent gift, just don’t get confused and post it eh?

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Thankfully some clever soul decided that earbuds didn’t have to be boring and came up with the Extraordinary Earbuds, which we think are pretty cool indeed.

So you spend hours making yourself look good only to step out of the house with your boring old earbuds? We don’t think so buster! The Extraordinary Earbuds have got you covered with a design to fit any ‘look’ your going for.

The Skull Earbuds complement the rock / punk look like Starsky complements Hutch. The Diamond Earbuds look completely bling with the Duck and Ladybird Earbuds adding a little colour and cuteness to any outfit. The Fly Earbuds complement the … erm .. well they make you look like you have a fly in your ear, but that’s pretty cool too.

Functioning like you’d expect a pair of earbuds to function the Extraordinary Earbuds come with 2 sets of silicone ear tips to fit both children and adults and are compatible with any portable music device with a headphone jack.

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Making long cold walks home at 2am in the morning a thing of the past, the Cash Stash Keychain is a nifty gadget which ensures you always have money for those unexpected emergencies.

Such a simple idea that will undoubtedly help at some point in your life. The Cash Stash Keychain is a waterproof, aircraft grade, aluminium keyring which keeps a bank note safety attached to your keychain.

We love this in concept, it’s a great idea and we in the office all have them now, but we have come across a few downsides which you should be aware of. If your anything like us you’ll have the tendency to realise drunkenly that you actually have another £20 to spend on drinks and finding yourself waking up in a taxi with an IOU stored nicely away in your Cash Stash which the taxi driver won’t accept, is well, slightly embarrassing.

Secondly is the fact that if you have a tendency to lose your keys, it’s even more gutting when you realise you’ve lost 20 quid that was stored away in your Cash Stash too.

However, we do believe the benefits of the Cash Stash outweigh the negatives and if you just don’t get too drunk (ahem), all will be well. A stylish and practical gift idea for almost everyone.

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What’s special about this RC helicopter is that it allows you to fly in the dark, which is simply awesome!

It’s true, decked out completely in black and with 3 channel control at your fingertips the Nighthawk comes complete with LEDs to light your flight path in the dark, adding a new dimension to RC helicopter flying.

Flying in the dark might not be ideal for beginners (it’s great fun nonetheless), though a bit of practice with the lights on will soon see you navigating this easy to control RC helicopter through a range of specialised manoeuvres.

The second most fun thing you can do with the lights off (we do love scaring people), the Nighthawk takes RC helicopter flying to a completely new level.

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A strange concept indeed, but we insist it’s true. And we wonder, now that we have these new fangled computer-ma-bob’s, what have people done with all of their old photos?

The Pandigital Photo Scanner is a nifty gadget that allows you to scan your photographs with ease straight onto your computer or memory card that you can pop into your digital photo frame bringing back the memories of old instantly.

A flatbad scanner is all well and good but does become a little tiresome trying to align your photos so they don’t come out all wonky. The Pandigital Photo Scanner doesn’t have that problem, meaning you can scan your entire photo album should you wish with ease.

Save the memories now, before your photos start to age and turn yellow, you’ll probably regret it down the line if you don’t.

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We do stand well and truly corrected though, we’re loving these electronic candles and we’re pretty sure your going to as well.

The great thing about having electronic candles is that you don’t have to get off your bum to light them, candle wax doesn’t ruin your windowsills or sideboards and there’s absolutely no chance of the curtains catching fire when a breeze flows through the window. You can also set the the timer to four or 8 hours, meaning you don’t have to remember to blow them out.

There’s two versions available, the originals look just like real candles with constant glow or flickering flame an option. Or if realism isn’t your thing, the multi colour candles will phase through a range of colours allowing you to truly chill out to the mesmeric light show.

A candle with a remote control? These really should have been called “the lazy mans candles”.

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The Equaliser Music Hat takes this coolness to another level with a pair of sound reactive blue luminescent displays lighting up in true EQ style along with your beats.

Admittedly this product got pushed to the top of our review list because our managing director has a bit of a crush on the model in the picture (Gadget Girl Ella, From BBC2′s Something For The Weekend no less), but lets not let that detract from what is a seriously cool gadget here.

A little while ago we featured the iLogic Sound Hat which has been a favourite amongst our readers for some time now, so the addition of a pulsating blue light that beats along with your music is like adding the cherry to the top of a mountain of ice cream.

Like the other sound hat this will plug into your iPod, MP3 player, or any other headphone socket and just like the other sound hat, this is in our eyes the only hat we’ll be wearing this winter.

A whole new product review just for the addition of a funky blue light? Thoroughly deserved in our opinion….

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