Celebrating the coolest & most useless
stuff on the web!
Gadgets, gizmos, toys... stuff.
Whatever you choose to call it we just can't get enough.
However, here at Pointless... but cool you won't find the latest iFad or home IMAX system.
That stuff is far too mundane and practical for us. The gizmos we love are those who's main purpose is simply to be coveted.
Pointless... but cool is a celebration of the weirdest, coolest and least useful stuff we can find on the web.
If we want one, but don't quite know why then it makes the site.
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Double Slanket
I think I need to add a little disclaimer to the Double Slanket before I start this one. Why? Well this website is called "Pointless but Cool", therefore the obvious answer is we write about things that are... Pointless and Cool. The following definitely fits into the first catagory, but cool? When I saw this my first thought was maybe it's so uncool it makes it cool? Who knows?
There's been a growing trend in downright silly chill-out clothing over the last few years. The onesie is back in style and selling like mad currently, but before that we had the invention of the Sleeved Blanket.
Also known as the Snuggie or the Slanket, it made a few overnight millionaires just by putting sleeves on a blanket so your hands were free to change the TV channel, juggle or have a thumb war with yourself without your arms getting cold. It also wore like an oversized garment which meant you stayed warm when getting up and moving about.
As silly and novelty as the sleeved blanket was, people loved it and I suppose you could call it "practical" in some farfetched way.
So now I get to the double slanket; really, what is the point?
Firstly, you can a single sleeved blanket for around about £10 online, which means you could buy one each and save money.
Secondly, what if one of you has to get up? Do you both huddle along like a pantomime horse or does one of you get out from the blanket thus getting cold and defeating the point?
The only use I can think of this is spooning on the sofa whilst watching a film with that special someone, but then wouldn't you want your hands under the quilt for that? I can't make my mind up if I've found a useful purpose for the Slanket or found a third reason why it's pointless!
Cost? Around £30
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Motorized Cooler
Sometimes you don't need something completely new to become a genius inventor, you just need two already existing ideas and to be a little bit mental. Like a motorized scooter and a cooler box. |
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Doodle Track
Remember having a Scaletix as a kid? Well this is kind of like that, without the broken controllers and turning your parent's living room into a health and safety tripping hazard! |
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uFlavor (Create-Your-Own Soda)
Meet uFlavor; founded by 3 tech guys and beverage fans working alongside food scientists FONA in the United States. The goal? To deploy make-your-own-soda vendors around the country! |
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Vice Wine Puzzle
And you thought getting a stiff cork out of a bottle was a nightmare! Try having to do a brain teaser puzzle to get a glass of your favourite tipple! |
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Cat DJ Scratching Deck
WICKA WICKA WAAAL WICKA WAAAL WAAAL... MEOW! How about a scratching post to make your cat look like they're DJing? You'll have to make your own sound effects though... |
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eSleeper
Hollow out a mac, add some lasers to trigger mood lighting and a Twitter account, place a blanket in it. Hello over the top Cat bed! |
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The Football
The president has a briefcase with him at all times in case he needs to launch at emergency nuclear attack. You don't have the authority to do that, but nothing is stopping you from launching an emergency party! |
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Portable Kitchen Sink
An essential item for all of you people who can't get enough of doing the washing up. Do people like that actually exist? |
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