What Appliances/Gadgets Do You Have In Your Household?

Too many to list.
I'm not one who buys gadgets just for the sake of it.
But there are things that make life easier such as the air fryer and the instant pot.
Then there are all the gadgets that we have for the maintenance and repair about the house.
Plus the security gadgets like cameras inside and out, gadgets that make life more comfortable and easy.

HaHa - I looked through your list Candy and realise I only have about half of those. I would say though that we do have others like two fridge freezer's and several computers (plus a good printer although it's seldom used, conserving paper). Even an old video player still setup lol.

Made me think about the lines of the song during the wedding scene in Napoleon Dynamite.. "I love technology"

There are times when it is good to get away from it for a while though - at least for me

I'll agree with you. A lot of my best times are when I am out in nature and not using any technology at all. (phone in pocket for emergencies only)

I didn't get a Smart TV till this year, and only because the slightly older TV had poor sound and didn't seem compatible with the soundbar I already had. Now I'm enjoying the Roku apps, but didn't really need a TV connected to the Internet...

I do have a tablet and there's one for the kids, too. One laptop for me, and one provided by the provincial government for the boy with autism. I do like that my smartphone allows me to have a phone on me for emergencies, plus a camera when I'm out walking. Otherwise I like to ignore it when I'm not expecting a call or checking on email. LOL

I still have a VCR, but because there's a BluRay player, DVR from the cable provider, etc. there wasn't enough room to plug it in! It stays in a closet and I'll get it out if I ever need it! Used a little more often is a turntable/cassette combo. (I plan to use records and old tapes even more in the next year, just need a decent extension cord for where I've set the record player in my bedroom. The kids don't care for vinyl as much, so it's all mine!)

There is so much funtionality in TV's these days. Ours does have a satellite receiver / decoder as well as normal TV but we have never used it. I think most people probably only use a fraction of what is provided and would have to search for the manual for the rest. Many things even have the manual on the equipment now. I remember, on the BMW car I had on loan, the user manual could be accessed on the car screen.

Funnily enough there was a fascinating discussion on radio 4 today on bootlegging, and hacking.

I was actually in the queue outside Hastings cinema waiting to see The Empire Strikes Back, when the tapes were stolen and bootlegged. That was why we had to wait an hour longer than was advertised.

It wasn't often Hastings was on the news.

I don't know why cassette tapes were phased out in the first place: they were perfectly good items. In fact, cassette tapes are better than CDs!

Sometimes old-skool is better.

They hiss all the way through. They are a bugger if they tangle. If they snap you have had it. If they go anywhere near a magnet, you have had it. If you don't play them or at least rewind them regularly, they go off. The info they came with was minimal due to the tiny case.

Is that enough?   

Wow! I am glad I never had any....lol...

I didn't know that....

and vinyl degrades every time you use it, so wtf?   

The thing about music collections is that a lot of people don't use them and leave them to gather dust. My sister - for instance - had a CD unit. But she never listened to any of those CDs, which I pointed out. So what was the point of having it? My sister never listens to the radio: she never listens to CDs either. She has zero interest in music. She doesn't even watch music videos on YouTube. Again, I pointed all this out.

I am the opposite: I always watch music videos on YouTube. I play the radio every evening when getting ready for bed and I always play CDs. So I use my CD unit.

Basically - if someone loves music - I'd advise a unit. But - if someone is like my sister - I wouldn't bother.

Come to think of it, I still have cassette tapes, but no player. Most of them are mixed tapes I made from radio broadcasts. The only player I had was in the car I sold in 2017. I tried to test one, but I couldn't tell if it was the player or the tape. I didn't care enough to try another tape. (Note to self: Trash the tapes.)

I've been meaning to do this for a while...ever since I've gotten rid of all my ephemera...I have a few record albums (10-20) that I need to get rid of as well. There is a nearby record store that buys and sells vinyl. I doubt that the collection is worth anything. I've tried looking online, but the prices vary so much, and I don't know what is reasonable...meaning, I don't want to be holding onto something that is overpriced, especially if I need to be rid of them. (I know... I know... I haven't played them since the mid-80s, so why worry about that, now?) I'll probably end up giving the store all my records, since I don't have the heart to throw them out.  I'll take advantage of my week off to take care of this.

Why did I hang on to these things when I obviously have no use for them?  Stored out of sight, out of mind, I guess.