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BETTY BOOM Bluetooth speakers are for sharing your vibes. These tiny egg-sized speakers deliver decent sound and slip easily into your jeans pocket so you’re always ready to rock. They’re no bass monsters but they do produce a surprisingly large room-filling sound for something so tiny, and you can pair two of them for a bigger soundstage. Another neat feature: tap the power button to snap a photo on your phone. R375
FUJIFILM INSTAX MINI 11
LENOVO IDEAPAD C340
The Instax camera line brings back the simple pleasure of instant printed photos to stick on your fridge, in your car and anywhere it spreads joy or gets a laugh. There are no fiddly settings on the camera; just point and shoot, and out slides your photo. This latest model in the Instax range automatically measures your light then balances the flashfor best effect. For great selfies, the tiny front-facing mirror helps you perfectly frame your shot. Camera R1200 Film R150 (10 shots)
The C340 has everything you want in a notebook, but for a lot less. Budget laptops are usually bulky with dull and grainy screens, and are slow at just about everything, but pay a little more and this touchscreen convertible offers plenty of processing power, a great screen and an SSD drive which starts up in seconds, not minutes, and makes everything fly. It’s just 17mm thick and weighs only 1.6kg, so you’ll be taking this one absolutely everywhere. i5, 4GB RAM, 14” screen, 256GB SSD storage, R12250
SEGWAY DRIFT W1 These futuristic roller skates sport Segway’s trademark self-balancing tech. Each roller has a strong but lightweight magnesium body housing a powerful hub motor that can even carry you up to 12km/h, even up (gentle) inclines. We strongly recommend you practice your turns and maneuvers at home before you flick on your built-in RGB lighting and hit the city streets. R9300 (import)
SKULLCANDY SESH Completely cordless buds – now known as “true wireless” – became more affordable when funky headphone brand Skullcandy hit the shelves. The Sesh buds deliver great sound and fit snugly without looking dorky or feeling like they could go tumbling as you bounce around. Available in half a dozen cool colours, they come with a pocket-friendly carry case which doubles as a charging dock. R1000
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