1Good evening.
2Tonight's show comes to you from the Good Home Exhibition in Duke's Court,
3where we've been trying out some of the latest gadgets on show here
4and getting our resident expert - Liz Shearer -
5to tell us which ones are worth buying and which will die a death.
6Well, hello.
7Yes, John, I've been investigating four new household gadgets
8and sorting out the advantages and disadvantages
9and then really deciding what are 'Must buys',
10what are 'Maybe buys' and what are 'Never buys'.
11Let's start with this vacuum flask for keeping drinks hot.
12I felt this had quite a lot going for it,
13most of all is the fact that it contains no glass
14and is therefore unbreakable to all intents and purposes.
15It's made of stainless steel which is guaranteed for 20 years...
16hope that's long enough...
17and it's true what the manufacturer claims
18that it does maintain heat for 18 hours.
19So that's pretty good.
20On the down side, it really works out to be quite expensive
21and, much more surprisingly,
22it unfortunately leaves a strange taste...
23you know, when you've drunk from it...
24so all in all, my recommendation would be it's got plenty of advantages,
25but it is rather expensive so I'd say you should maybe buy it.
26Moving on to a natty little device...
27the Whistle Key Holder.
28Basically this is where you whistle
29and the key holder gives off a high pitched noise and flashes light
30so you can find it.
31One advantage of this model is that it also has a small light.
32You press the button and this means you can find keyholes easily.
33I also felt the small size was a real advantage.
34On the weaker side, I did find the noise unpleasant.
35Which I'm sure the designers could have done something about.
36And I found that it didn't work through metal, so...
37it's mainly used for finding in coat pockets, cushions, etc.
38But taken as a whole I thought it was a masterpiece of design
39and would highly recommend it.
40The third gizmo is called the Army Flashlight
41because it was developed initially for military use.
42It works by squeezing the handle to generate the power.
43Its advantages are that it can be used for outside activities,
44and also... and, this is one of the surprising features...
45it does work underwater.
46My main objection to it though was, although it did work in these conditions,
47this model gave off a weak light.
48So my recommendation I'm afraid would have to be to avoid this one.
49The decoy camera was last on my list.
50This is a fake video camera which you fix to your wall to scare off burglars.
51The advantage of this model is something which makes it look very realistic...
52its flashing light.
53On the down side, it was quite difficult to fix to the wall.
54However, burglary is such a major problem these days that it is worth the effort, so...
55this gets my strong recommendation.
56Okay. Thanks for that, Liz.