Geek Gadget Guide - Finding the Perfect Gadget For the Geek in Your Life

The task of buying gifts for gadget aficionados can seem very daunting. They have seemingly every gadget under the sun and they know about all the newest gadgets. The goal of this guide is to help you avoid the pitfalls and get the ultimate geek gadget for your loved ones. Gadget obsessed geeks are notoriously difficult to buy gifts for. They either have it or they have a better version of it already.

"Uh, thanks granddad! An All-in-one phone-MP3 player-address book-internet-camera. Its uh.. fine, I mean great. What? Yeah I love gadgets. Thanks.." If your buying a gift for one of these types, every family has one, this guide will help you find the ultimate geek gadget!

What makes a great Geek Gadget?

First you have to understand the psychology behind technology enthusiasts. They are, at heart, big kids and gadgets are the acceptable face of the adult toy industry. With that in mind lets take a look at what factors go into making a great geek gadget.

    New. If the gadget has been out long enough that you have heard of it they will not want it. It has to be cutting edge. If it was available last Christmas chances are it is already too old to set your beloved gadget lovers heart on fire.

    Practical. Well not so much practical but it has to fulfill a need. Preferably one that they did not even know that had. Like metal detecting flip flops.

    Advanced. As a rule of thumb it needs to impractically overpowered for what it needs to do. If your buying a secure USB Flash Drive it needs to have better encryption than the CIA uses.

    Uncommon. Every gadget geek wants to show off to their friends. They all have a need to be the first one in their group of friends to have something, so they can casually pull it out at the pub and start tinkering with it.

Mens gadgets are always popular, look at one of the more successful brands of shaving razors on the market today and you will see the the rules mentioned in this article playing out. Whether it be the number of blades, the frequency they release new models or if it needs batteries you will never look at gadgets in the same way again.

Please bare in mind that gadgets do not have to cost the earth in fact some of the best ones are weird gadgets and they are more often than not cheap gadgets. Good luck finding your gift gadgets. If you need inspiration in finding the latest gadgets take a look at the latest geek gadget blogs on the internet.

Is it Worth Investing in Cheap Gadgets?

If you are looking to buy cheap gadgets then the best answer for you would be gadgets made in China, as these are the most cheap gadgets world over. Any gadget you might be thinking of right from the smallest one to the biggest one as well as from the least popular gadget to the most popular gadget are all manufactured in China. Tons of gadgets are being manufactured in China at one go, as result of which they are able to manufacture gadgets very cheaply. There are lots of websites which offer a huge range of Chinese gadgets in the internet. In case if your looking for a special gadget to show off among your friends and not want to spend a lot o money on it, there are enormous variety of cheap gadgets which can be bought from various websites.

These days there are many European as well as American websites which offer cheap gadgets from China. These gadgets are very addictive and you can not just take the hands of it at least for first couple of weeks of buying them. They may not be as worthy as the normal gadgets you would get in America or Europe if you are actually putting a lot of thought into it. But if you do a calculation based on the number of hours these gadgets work in comparison with normal gadgets actually these gadgets it is quite worthy in terms of hours and the number of dollar you pay. You must say "by and large" they are worth for every bit of dollar you have paid.

If the amounts of variety of cheap gadgets on the American and European websites are lesser to your expectations, then the best places you should look for these cheap gadgets should be the authentic Chinese websites. There quite a huge number of companies from China that manufacture these gadgets. A lot of these companies have their own websites but most these are in Chinese. Having said that most of the large companies have slowly but surely started opening websites in English as well. One most important factor you should keep in mind is to find out the amount of customs duty you have to pay for ordering these gadgets from these Chinese websites. In case you have plans to make a larger order it would make a lot of sense to contact the nearest customs office to find the amount of duty you have to pay and proceed with the order if you paying the duty. Otherwise you might well be in a state of shock when you get to know the customs duty you have to pay while receiving the goods.

When ever you are ordering for these cheap gadgets from these Chinese websites you must be aware that you do as much as research possible before buying them as Chinese gadgets do not come with much of guarantee. These cheap gadgets are not like American or European gadgets which come with adequate guarantee period for replacement or money back (in some cases).