The times we live in mean that we have had to become kinder to the planet and more eco-friendly. This roundup of the top 10 eco-friendly or green gadgets aims to help you save energy, save money or provide a new use for things thrown away.
1. FreeLoader Solar Chargers
Charge up your gadgets using the power of the sun, including MP3 players, mobile phones and digital cameras
Being able to charge your gadgets whilst on the move has got to be a good thing. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve run low on juice for my phone, MP3 player and digital camera when out and about. The great thing about the FreeLoader solar charger is that it takes power from the sun and stores it for up to 3 months so you can use it to charge up your gadgets wherever and whenever you like.
It’s a portable, eco-friendly, solar powered battery pack and comes with adaptors to fit most phones, iPods, Sony PSPs, TomTom sat navs, MP3 players, digital cameras, etc.
Buy Now – Pico £16.99, Original Silver £29.99, Pro £69.99
2. Grow It
Grow your own weird and wonderful plants. Chilli, Tea and Coffee, Carnivorous Plants, Herb Garden, Vegetable Patch or Salad Leaves
Instead of buying everything that we need, growing some of it ourselves has got to be a good thing. Even if you don’t have a garden then these Grow Its, a range of plants including herbs, vegetables, chillis and carnivorous plants mean that you can easily grow what you want on your window sill in their own biodegradable pots.
Buy Now – £12.99
3. Beer Bottle Goblets
Beer Bottle Goblets are beer bottles recycled and transformed into high quality goblets
These fantastic beer bottle goblets are made from reclaimed Sol, Corona and Grolsch bottles and then modified to become a brilliant goblets.
Buy Now - £12.99 for Corona, Grolsch or Sol Goblets twin pack
4. Smencils
Pencils recycled from newspapers that give off a scent when you draw
These eco-friendly pencils give off a scent as you use them including black cherry, cinnamon and orange. The pencils themselves are made from recycled newspaper with biodegradable erasers and hold their scent for up to 2 years. You also get your own pencil case!
Buy Now – £11.99 for a pack of 10
5. Pocket Shower
Compact shower system - fill it up with water, warm up under the sun, hang from a branch and shower
The pocket shower is a brilliant idea so you can have a shower when your miles away from any power. The pocket shower heats water using the sun and then packs up into a small and lightweight pouch, perfect for campers, hikers and festival goers. Holds enough water for a 7 minute shower and even has a flow control.
Buy Now – £14.99
6. Eco Button
Save energy and money by pushing the Eco button to power down your PC and use less power than normal standby mode
Pressing the eco button shuts down everything that draws power except the minimum that your computer needs, all the way down to just 1.8 watts.
Buy Now – No longer available
7. Firewinder
When night falls and the wind blows, the Firewinder lights up and gives a beautiful eco-friendly spiralling light effect
The Firewinder is a spiral light that is powered by the wind. This eco-friendly gadget gets going when it starts getting windy and uses ultra bright LEDs that can be seen from 250m away. It is 100% wind powered and can catch the lightest of breezes before becoming a spiralling pillar of light when it truly gets gusty.
Buy Now – Mini £29.99, Original £49.99
8. Wattson
Save money by keeping an eye on energy usage, watch the watts drop as you switch things off and view your energy savings online
This stylish gadget displays a counter of how much energy you are currently using in your house, either in watts or in real money. You can watch what happens when you turn on an electrical appliance such as a TV, washing machine or computer. As well as the meter, you get an idea of your energy consumption through the ambient light that the gadget gives off. Blue means low energy consumption whilst red means high.
You can even compare your energy usage with other people by plugging your Wattson into your PC using the USB port.
Buy Now – £99.99
9. Sun Jar
Solar powered light, collect energy during the day for a warm, ambient glow once it gets dark
One of our all-time favourite gadgets, the Sun Jar collects sunshine throughout the day and gives you a warm, ambient glow at night. Leave it on a window sill for a 3 hours or so and you will get 5 hours of glow from the LEDs inside the jar.
Buy Now – Sun or Dusk £12.99
10. USBCell Batteries
Rechargeable AA batteries that are charged by flipping open the cap to reveal a USB connector and plug into your laptop or computer
These clever batteries are recharged from your PCs USB port and can then be popped into whatever gadget needs those batteries. Simply lift up the end cap and plug into your available USB port, let them charge and view the LED indicator to show its status.
Buy Now – AA Twin Pack £10.99, 2 x AA Twin Pack £19.99
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it is nice to have those portable solar chargers, they can really charge your cellphone anywhere ‘