Worried about the number of gadgets in your home? Well, you could disguise one as a household appliance if you pick up the Iron Radio Alarm Clock.
Yes, looking like a vintage iron, this is actually three gadgets – an alarm clock, a radio and a speaker for your iPod or other portable music player. For the latter, just plug it into your player for some external sound.
It is powered by 2x AA batteries and is available online, priced at $24.99 (around £12.50).
Find out more at the Mod Cloth website
Wander round a few junk shops, vintage places and car boot sales and your’e almost certain to find a Dansette or similar suitcase-style record player. Alternatively, you can buy new – the Steepletone 60s style record player.
Very much in the style of the vintage record players and indeed in terms of functionality, with a diamond stylus, 3-speed play (33, 45 and 78), the option to stack up to seven records, front-facing speakers and a red and black leatherette speakers. The only addition is a MW/FM radio.
O yes – and one other difference is the price, which is £99.90. That’s a good £60 more than an old one, but at least you get a warranty with this.
Over a year ago, we spotted what we thought was the coolest laptop bag around, but we couldn’t find anywhere to buy it. Well, good things come to all who wait and you can now buy the Karhu Originals Flight Bag.
It was actually made as a sports bag for the 1971 European Athletic Championships in Helsinki, but has since been made into a business bag or laptop case, with two compartments, along with padding for your PC and an adjustable shoulder strap. But the look is exactly the same, complete with the golden skiing bear logo from 1916.
Sized at 38cm x 30 cm x 15 cm and made from vintage helion, you can pick one up online in green and gold for 129 Euros, which is around £90.
Habitat has a nice take on the classic bedside radio with this Net radio/alarm clock.
Mixing several styles, includes a 70s-style exterior, vintage dials and display and hopefully a very up-to-date sound quality, it can playback your favourite stations, wake you up in a morning and work off either batteries or mains.
Which is just about everything you need at the side of your bed. It retails for £45.
Forget vintage handsets for your mobile, you can now get a CB radio for your phone.
This add-on from Taito, which you plug into the headset socket, is only available in Japan so far, allowing you to indulge in that early 80s craze of chatting to truckers and bedroom loners with phrases like ‘breaker breaker’, ’10-4′ and other such nonsense.
Alternatively, you can go out and buy some CB kit – which scarily (in this online age) you can still buy. Personally, I’d avoid both!
Find out more at the CScout Japan website
Via Technabob
We love the Lexon Tykkho radio, it might be a modern piece, but it’s Lego-like looks and retro styling makes it a great thing to have around the home. And if you like it too, there’s a new range of a colours to choose from.
That includes the green and blue above, plus grey and yellow. All offer the same AM/FM reception and that tactile rubber coating, with power from 4x AA batteries.
You can buy one online now, priced at £45.99.
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