Get yourself a USB drinks cooler

Jimmy 2004 · Jan 4, 2007

Grab yourself a USB drinks cooler

Well, it can actually warm or chill your drinks. There are all sorts of bizarre USB powered accessories available nowadays, ranging from heated slippers to miniature vacuum cleaners you can to keep your computer desk spotless - and now you can get your hands on this handy gadget. Anyone who often spends long periods of time gaming or working at a computer might be pleased to hear that you can now heat or cool your drinks as necessary - in ten minutes your beverage can either be 29 degrees warmer or 13 degrees cooler. Gone are the days of cold tea and warm Cola at your PC, all for just $24.

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Fleekar · Jan 4, 2007

lol xoxide has been selling that thing since forever.

newtekie1 · Jan 4, 2007

Yeah, so has thinkgeek. But I much prefer this little gadget.

http://xoxide.com/xray1.html

shoman24v · Jan 4, 2007

newtekie1 said:
Yeah, so has thinkgeek. But I much prefer this little gadget.

http://xoxide.com/xray1.html

That doesn't cool your drink.

Fleekar · Jan 4, 2007

Lighter, cool
Cup holder, if someone knocks it over, there goes ur drives :banghead:

. Or it can simply just snap off since its sticking out like that, prone to damage

newtekie1 · Jan 4, 2007

Well if you don't like the cup holder there is always the USB rocket launcher:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/8a0f/

Or the USB robotic snowman:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/854a/

L|NK|N · Jan 4, 2007

The usb pole dancer is the best....

newtekie1 · Jan 4, 2007

The pole dancer is great.

The USB humping dog on the other hand makes me chuckle for some reason:

http://www.everythingusb.com/usb_humping_dog.html

And of course a movie of it in action:

http://www.cube-works.co.jp/works/pcgadget/humpingmovie.html

Tell me if this crosses the line, I'll delete it, but I just find it incredibly funny.

Jimmy 2004 · Jan 4, 2007

Fleekar said:
lol xoxide has been selling that thing since forever.

Ahh well, this one's new and I haven't seen them before. Now all TPU members can have the chance to be enlightened

PyroInc · Jan 4, 2007

lol I've never seen any of those except for the rocket laucher lmao ... a pole dancer

wtf8269 · Jan 4, 2007

The fact that it can warm or chill your drink is new. IIRC they could only chill them before. The thing is I've read a review on this and it doesn't work very well with cans because they only have a small ring that actually makes contact with the plate. It works better if you pour your drink into a cup with a flat bottom. Makes sense. I've always thought about getting one but as of now I haven't had problems finding a lot more useful things to spend my money on.

WarEagleAU · Jan 4, 2007

I just saw the rocket launcher in my maximum PC mag

Darksaber · Jan 4, 2007

WarEagleAU said:
I just saw the rocket launcher in my maximum PC mag

if I may hijack the thread...I used to read Maximum PC (Boot Magazine) when I was in Canada...*sigh* if the international subs were not so expensive...

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