Most useful thing you've bought under £30

[KenAdams]

We do a game at Christmas where instead of presents, we do useful gifts in bags for people to win. Things like mango slicers, those cards that double up as ice scrapers, that sort of thing.

Have you bought anything surprisingly useful that you use more than you thought you would that cost under £30 please? I really need some ideas this year!

Can you share which one you have?

I have one of these , got it years ago so no idea what I paid for it . Excellant if I;m making a decent amount of gravy .

Yes to these , got mine from Lakeland

A battery case I bought from QVC , it has compartments (in foam) for your batteries and a charge check device .
Before we kept our batteries in a biscuit tin but this is so much easier

VW. It’s quite old though now. I’ve been doing the tyre pump thing for a good four years now

An apple corer and slicer. I use mine every day. I know that knives were invented first but I am lazy and if I had to faff around with a clean knife and chopping board every morning then I wouldn't bother.

Or go the whole hog and just buy a bag of magic mushrooms. See who wants to swop for those

I'm loving this thread, the mix of random presents we all have been given or are giving some useful & practical some just fun and so much variety

A defrosting tray

What good ideas!

Would you mind linking to this? Sounds ideal. Thank
You!

Rosemary rabbit have a quick look back on this thread - i(hopefully)linked it earlier 🤞 - I genuinely love it!

I got one of those thermal cameras, think I paid £20 with a load of rolls of thermal paper and also some that were sticky backed for making stickers. I bloody love it, can't believe how good it is for the price.......I'm currently using it to make festive bunting 🤣🤣🤣 the photos print on a continuous strip so very easy to do.

Another vote for the crimpet, easiest toasted sandwich ever.

Yes, most definitely I can recommend this. I’ve had mine for many years, purchased when only the colour black was available, lots of different colours now. I use it for lighting candles & the gas grill & oven.

Have you hot a link please? Can only see 3 figure ones.

Thank you I found it! Should have RTFT. if I find a good value 4 portion one I'll link it too.

https://www.johnlewis.com/oxo-good-grips-compost-bin

Just remembered another. Got this label maker a few months ago and has been a game changer for organisation. My parents also bought one after seeing it in action 😀 You download an app and can type the label, add pictures and things and then they print out onto little stickers that come with it.

https://amzn.eu/d/8KnxwMy

An example of what the labels look like:

https://www.johnlewis.com/molton-brown-woody-aromatic-body-care-collection

https://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-drift-brass-finish-pedestal-mirror-natura

https://www.johnlewis.com/bialetti-moka-classico-ground-coffee

DH uses them for his latte coffee mugs.
I use them for stirring gravy/custard in measuring jugs.
We use them to get to bottom of jam jars or large yoghurt pots like Onken.
I have a tallish mug for cupasoup in winter and use one then as I have to constantly stir it.

We use one at least every second day. We bought ours from Wilkos (sob) so I'm sure B&M, The Range or other cheaper shops will have some for a couple of quid. Dunelm etc definitely do but are more expensive.

Can you link please?

amzn.eu/d/5wL5ZOY
Fingers crossed this works!

Hot water bottle with VERY fluffy cover - £10

Thermos mug - £18

Tangle Teaser - £15

Use these every single day and love them.

I've had my zyliss garlic press for years. It's the best.