Top 5 eco-friendly Christmas gadgets
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If you’re looking for gift inspiration this Christmas, you really can’t go wrong with gadgets. We’ve put together a list of sleek little wonders that not only look great, but also benefit the environment and your bank balance.
Here you have our top 5 eco-friendly gadgets for Christmas.
5: Solar Powered Electric Shaver
Leave this in the sun for a couple of hours and the built in solar panel will give it enough charge for the cleanest of shaves. Great for holidays, say goodbye to that clumsy plug adaptor taking up valuable space in your luggage.
Friendly to the environment, not so much to stubble.
Solar Powered Electric Shaver, £24.99 from Nigel’s Eco Store
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4: Solio Solar Charger
This compact little beauty is, pound for pound, one of the most powerful solar chargers out there. It will work with iPods, most mobile phones, cameras and much more.
Great folding design that fits in your pocket, but opens out to make the most of the sun.
Solio Solar Charger, £59.99 from Nigel’s Eco Store
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3. Sun Jar
The Gift Association voted this “Eco-Friendly Gift Of The Year” in 2007. Leave this innocent looking glass jar in direct sunlight for a few hours and it will give you hours of atmospheric light from the low energy LED lamps inside.
The frosted jar is watertight so is suitable for outdoor use. Also available in pink and blue.
Sun Jar, £19.95 from Ethical Superstore
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2. Ecobutton for PCs & Laptops
Plug this ingenious contraption into your laptop or PC to save energy when it’s not being used. Whether you are finished or just taking a break from surfing, hit the button and it will automatically send your equipment into it’s energy saving mode.
That’s not all – built in software will record the carbon units and money you are saving by doing so.
Ecobutton for PCs & Laptops, £14.99 at Natural Collection
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1: Wattson Home Energy Meter
Having this amazingly sexy object in your home not only proves you have style and class, but also tells you how much power you are using, then tells you how much it is costing you. Very simple to install – attach a wireless sensor to your electricity meter and the Wattson will do the rest.
What’s more, you can connect the Wattson to your PC with a USB cable to see how much you are saving, then go online to compare against fellow users of this slinky energy saving product.
Wattson Home Energy Meter, from Ethical Superstore, £99.95 at Ethical Superstore
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I bought the wattson energy meter a while ago after a friend recommend it to me. It tells you how much electricity you are using (wasting), you can make such a difference by turning off lights and TVs on standby. Would recommend it to anyone.
does anyone know how much sunlight the sun jar needs to work? Not much sun up here in Scotland during the winter months!
Hi Helen,
From speaking to a few people who have one, it seems the Sun Jar works pretty well with only a small amount of direct sunshine each day. Living in North Wales I think it would struggle up here during winter, to fix this the manufacturers suggest switching it off when it’s charging (as a last resort you can charge the batteries in a battery charger).
If you buy it and it doesn’t work Ethical Superstore say you can return items within 60 days (keep the original packaging!)
Cheers, Dave.