In our Build-Your-Own Bachelor Pad series, CraveOnline will be telling you how to create your own DIY Bachelor Pad, detailing decor, furniture, tech and everything in between. In this installment, we highlight what gadgets you NEED in your new home.
If you’re a single man, the likelihood is that it is your dream to create an honest-to-goodness, awesome bachelor pad for you to spend your days in until you eventually find yourself a girlfriend (or not, if you’re one of those who champion the idea of being Forever Alone). Fortunately, we at CraveOnline have devised the Build-Your-Own Bachelor Pad series, which will help you on your way to creating your dream home.
Gadgets are must-haves in a bachelor pad, and thanks to The Ultimate Gadget Shop Red5 we have had our hands on a plethora of items that would be an ideal fit in any man’s home.
Here are the gadgets that you need in your man cave. Be sure to check back in at CraveOnline for our next installment of Build-Your-Own Bachelor Pad.
Build-Your-Own-Bachelor-Pad: Gadgets
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For Your Housewarming Party: Water Dancing Speakers
These Water Dancing Speakers are a work of art. Despite being small enough for you to carry with you wherever you go (though we're not sure how often you'd need to carry Water Dancing Speakers on your person) these speakers pack quite a punch in the sound department, along with providing a stellar visual display.
The great sound quality of the speakers is surprising given their small stature, and their LED-illuminated waterworks will light up the room with ease. Also, you needn't worry about buying new batteries as they operate via a USB connection, allowing you to plug them directly into your laptop.
We were hugely impressed with the quality of the Water Dancing Speakers, and they're a must-have purchase if you're planning on holding a housewarming party after you've settled into your new bachelor pad.
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For Your Bedside Table: Click Clock
The alarm clock is the most sinister piece of technology you'll ever buy. It's a device that permanenty sits on your bedside table, reminding you that you can't sleep forever because you have commitments and responsibilites. No one wants to own one, but it's a necessity when you're an adult, and the cool design of the Click Clock at least makes it bearable.
The Click Clock makes use of an extremely thin veneer on the face of the clock that gives the illusion of the time being displayed on the block of wood. It's also designed to switch itself off in a quiet room, and along with displaying the time it also displays the date and temperature of the room. Oh, and it also has an alarm to remind you about those pesky responsibilites of yours.
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For Your Office: LED Spiral Helix
While the LED Spiral Helix look incredibly cool when perfectly motionless, it's a thing of beauty when it begins to gently twirl around.
This ceiling light (its lamp stand is sold seperately) features two threads of LED lights that give it the appearance of "dancing DNA," with a motor that pushes its tendrils at 45 second intervals. It makes for the ideal soothing lighting to include in your office, or in the corner of your living room if you don't mind being completely distracted from what's on the TV.
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For Your Kitchen: Samurai Knife Set
Cutting up food need never be boring again when you've got this trusty Samurai Knife Set by your side.
Equipped with four knives of varying sizes, this set has all bases covered when it comes to chopping up meat, vegetables and anything else you can get your hands on. Except for human flesh. Please don't use them to chop up human flesh, we could do without the lawsuit.
Each knife is equipped with a protective scabbard, and they come with a freestanding display stand so you can leave them out for all to see in your kitchen.
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For Your Bookshelf: Stickmen Bookends
They say that you should never date a man who doesn't have a decent book collection, and they're right, whoever they are. But what do you use to keep your book collection safely positioned on your shelf? Why, Stickmen Bookends, of course.
These pair of guys may be permanently separated by your Stephen King and Kurt Vonnegut collections, but that doesn't mean that they won't be happy sitting upon your bookshelf. If you're not a book guy, they're also tall enough to hold your DVD/Blu-rays, so there's no excuse to not buy them, really.
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For Your Bedroom: Tetris Light
Light up your bedroom with the colors of the Game Boy classic Tetris with this awesome Tetris Light.
The nifty thing about the Tetris Light is that, just like the game, its 7 individual blocks can be stacked in numerous different ways, meaning that you can have it displayed in whatever way you choose. Even more impressive is that it only lights up when all the blocks are stacked, which really puts the "fun" in functional.*
*I'll show myself out.
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For Your Beer: Das Horn
While arguably not the most practical equipment to carry your beer around in given its design, the Das Horn is certainly the most eye-catching.
The Das Horn can hold up to 709ml of alcohol (preferably mead, if you wish to keep with the spirit of the product) and comes with both a display and a removable neck strap. We're pretty sure that Vikings didn't have such luxuries, but they certainly make drinking out of this fun container easier.
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For Your Bottles: Droplet Bottle Opener
If you, like us, find yourself constantly losing your bottle opener and then having to devise makeshift ways of opening your bottle of Peroni, such as slamming it on the arm of your garden chair, prising it open with a knife or, when you're really desperate, biting it, then the Droplet Bottle Opener is just for you.
The droplet bottle opener looks stylish enough to warrant it having a permanent place on your kitchen work surface, meaning that you'll never have to go searching for something to give you access to your sweet, sweet alcohol ever again.
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For Your Bathroom: LED Showerhead
We'd never really thought about it before we saw the LED Showerhead, but showers are boring. Standing in your bathroom with water hitting your head, listlessly cleaning yourself before your hard day of work; this is the 21st century, man. nobody's got the time for such a dull activity.
Thankfully, the LED Showerhead makes showering much more tolerable, turning your bathroom into a cut scene from TRON where Jeff Bridges washes after a hectic Light Cycle battle.
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For Your Living Room: Remote Pillow
Never worry about losing you TV controls ever again, as the Remote Pillow allows you to change channels with your cushion.
Aside from being disarmingly comfortable, the Remote Pillow allows you to control up to 6 of your entertainment appliances, including your TV, DVD player and most satellite/cable systems.
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For Your Wine: Chain Bottle Holder
The Chain Bottle Holder is the ideal centerpiece for your table when you're sharing a bottle of wine with friends.
Its unique design gives the illusion that the bottle of wine you place inside of it is floating, and while it may look like something you'd see being whipped out at a BDSM party, it's undoubtedly eye-catching.
