This watch is great for anyone who is trying to get fit and enjoys doing things like walking to work, walking the dog or even going for a run. It records your daily activity and gives you information like how many calories you have burned, what distance you have covered, time you have been doing the activity for – similar to a pedometer but with a  bit more to it. You can also set up targets during training (like how many calories you want to burn…errrr all of them) which is quite useful if you’ve just eaten a big bar of chocolate!

It also has other features like, yep, telling the time-it is a watch afterall!

Available online at http://polar.fitnessmegastore.co.uk/polar-297/outdoor-302/female-activity-computer-15855.htm priced at £84.99

Specification

Basic Features:

• Backlight
• KeyLock
• Water resistant – 30m

Activity Features:

•  24/7 activity measurement
• Active Time
• Activity trend (shows 9 weeks of daily fitness)
• Calories of active time

Exercise Features:

• Exercise Date
• Training target: calories or distance

Watch Features:

• Alarm with snooze
• Date and weekday indicator
• Dual time zone
• Low battery indicator
• Time of day (12/24h) with alarm
• User replaceable battery

All Polar products come with a full 2 year manufacturers warranty.

I got one of these USB ‘Keys’ this morning from La Cie and it’s so cool,  the iamaKey and itsaKey (original names?!) come in 4GB and 8GB capacities and yup they really do look like real life keys! There is also the PassKey which is a microSD card reader.

They are obviously designed to look like real keys so go well on your bunch of house keys, v convenient, and they are pretty durable looking too, the gold SIP connector on the iamakey is both water and scratch resistant, although will have to wait and see if it survives the ravages of my handbag!!  I’m sure it will…

The LaCie iamaKey, itsaKey and PassKey can be used with both PC and Mac and are available now, starting at £9 , for more information go to  www.LaCie.com/uk

How many times have you tried to stand on the bathroom scales holding a mahoosive bag, just to try and find out how much it weighs? Before you go on hols that is – not just for fun… Anyway with these handy luggage weighing scales that is a now thing of the past and you will no longer be ripped off by Easyjet for those few extra kilos. Result.

They’re so simple to use, you just attach the scale, lift the luggage, wait for the beep, put it back down and read the weight – easy peasy.

Available on line at http://www.balanzza.co.uk/?gclid=CJ3z08mFjpkCFQw9GgodynLQaA 

Price:  £19.99

Specifications

• Weighs up to 44 kg / 100 lbs of luggage
• Simple to use
• Avoids excessive baggage charges at the airport and prevents having to unpack bags at check in
• Includes batteries
• Dimensions (not including strap): length: 13cm, width: 7cm, depth: 2.5cm