Girl Geek Chic

The Orbit iMT237 a portable MP3 player speaker is light-weight, shock resistant, robust, ultra-portable and small enough to be carried in your handbag.

The speaker delivers a surprisingly clear, 360-degree field of full-spectrum sound without distortion. It can connect to any digital audio device including MP3 players or laptops, and you get 24-hours of continuous play from 3 included AAA batteries.

The Orbit is great for festivals, camping etc and comes with a handy case so it wont get damages.

Available online, priced at around £30. For more information check out www.alteclansing.com

I was doing my gadget girl slot on BBC2 ’something for the weekend’ yesterday and got to play with the twister beach towel with Richard Bacon. It’s hilarious! It’s basically an up to date version of the Twister game from back in the day, but instread of a plastic mat and spinning dial, this is a huge beach towel and two inflatable dice. Brilliant! How much fun could you have with this on the beach slippin and a slidin in your bikini!

Available on line for £20. Bargain.

Pizza Stone

If you fancy a stone baked pizza along with your steak and burgers on your BBQ then check out this pizza stone, it’s designed to sit on top of your barbi. Simply place the pizza on baking paper, place it on the preheated stone, remove the baking paper after 3-4 minutes then finish cooking until the base is perfectly crisp and voila the perfect stone baked pizza.  It’s made of danish blue stone and will set you back £29.99

BBQ Branding Iron

For any aspiring cowboys (or cowgirls) out there, get this if you fancy having a go at branding! It’s an aluminium branding iron and comes with fifty-two letters and eight blank spaces, so you can customise your food with whatever message you like really ( RIP Daisy?) This could probably be a right laugh at parties if you fancied someone and didn’t want to tell them to their face…

 Available on line for £14.95

Portable Folding BBQ

This is great if you fancy having BBQs in the park or on the beach. It’s a compact, folding barbecue that you can pretty much take anywhere. You just unfold it, light the barbi and you’re away…you also need the food obviously!  No gas bottles to mess around with and it is re-usable so better the disposable ones you can get. Available on line for £24.99
Dimensions: Height: 30.0cm Width: 46.0cm Depth: 30.0cm
Weight: 4.0Kg

Baby Brain to the rescue

I remember when my sis had a baby, there were lists everywhere of feeds and times and naps and sleeps and feeds again and back to times, in fact pretty much everything baby related, and she was so tired that I actually think her brain had turned to mush!

Bring in the Baby Brain iPhone app. It basically keeps a log on your iPhone and tracks things such as feeds, nappies and sleep (no, not yours unfortunately), putting your mind at rest as a new mum and also saving you the hassle of scribbling everything down on bits of paper which end up scattered around the house!

It’s a brilliant idea and so easy to use. It answers your questions at the touch of a screen, so if you’re wondering when was the last feed or how much sleep is he/she getting each day or are they eating enough, it has all the information in one convenient place because let’s face it we’re never without our iPhones now are we!

For more details check out http://www.babybrainapp.com/.

It can be soooo hard trying to find a decent pressie for Father’s day! Check out these top 5 girlgeek gadgets for your daddy. Which one would you get?

Wireless talking bbq thermometer 

Ok, I challenge anyone to find me a Dad who doesnt think the BBQ is his domain! The Oregon Scientific AW131 Grill Right is a great gadget for checking the meat is cooked (that’s not a eupehmism!) and actually tells you so with a verbal (and audio) alarm. Simply programme the thermometer, select your level of ‘doneness’ and chill till it’s cooked! Available on line for around £35.

Pen fishing rod

Calling all fishing obsessed fathers! This clever little gadget is about the size of a large marker pen (about 8″) and wait for it… opens up to become an aluminium alloy 4ft fishing rod, how cool is that! It comes complete with a left and right handed reel (packed separately), a 5lb breaking strain line, and even includes a triple hook spinner. Never again will you be caught short when you spot a jumping salmon, as it’s small enough to carry with you everywhere, then again, only women catch salmon don’t they?!

Available at www.iwantoneofthose.com for £24.99
 

Remote control beer cooler

This is the one for you if your dad is a bit lazy and likes beer. It’s a remote controlled drinks cooler. You just fill it up with beer, then use the controller to steer it towards the next thirsty punter. Marvellous! I know quite a few guys who would like this, spesh when watching footie with their mates! It will set you back around £40 though.

Leatherman skeletool CX

DIY Dads will luv this one. This is five ounces of fury and comes packed with 7 tools! including a 154CM combo stainless steel blade, pliers, bit driver, pocket clip and carabiner/bottle opener and it looks really cool.

Available on line for around £80.

Overboard dry bags

This is great for dad’s who love watersports (ooerr), boating or even just chillin’ on the beach. It’s 100% waterproof, floats if you drop it in water and comes in the following sizes 5, 12, 20, 30 and 40 litres. Perfect for when you accidentally drop all your clothes overboard on your yatch in St Tropez!

Prices start at £9.99 for the smallest one.