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Canon Legria FS37 €399.00

Canon’s smallest camcorder, the Legria FS37, is designed to be ultraportable without sacrificing features. Not only is the camera small, but it’s also light relative to the competition, and has some handy features such as a 41x advanced zoom and a quick battery charging mode.

Recording up to 10 hours of footage, the camera can save your video masterpieces to the 16GB internal memory or removable SD card. Canon’s digital video camera includes a video snapshot mode, which allows you to capture short clips at the touch of a button. It also has a “pre-rec” mode, which starts recording three seconds before you press the record button.

www.canon.ie

Hammacher Schlemmer Solar-powered iPod Speaker

$199.95

Solar powered, splash resistant and rugged, Hammacher Schlemmer’s solar-powered iPod Speaker is something you might need for the summer months. Okay, so Irish summers aren’t usually anything to write home about, but there is more to this speaker than just a green gimmick. There are two five-watt full range speakers which provide decent sound that mixes crisp highs with serious bass.

The system has a rechargeable battery that can be powered by the sun, making it very portable, and the aluminium rubberised casing means it can probably stand up to a knock or two outdoors.

For every three hours of solar charging, you get an hour of use, but you can also use mains power – good news for those of us who will be lucky to see the sun for that length of time. Not only will it work with the iPod and iPhone, it will also work with most MP3 players.

www.hammacher.com

Ecco Personal Pocket GPS €81

Searching for your missing car in the long-term car park at the airport is never fun, particularly late at night, when it’s dark and cold. But a new gadget could cut down on the misery by providing you with a high-tech trail back to your vehicle.

The Ecco Personal Pocket GPS Locator is a reverse navigation device, allowing you to lock in a location and guide you back to it safely when you need to return. Follow the arrow on the screen to get back to your original location. The GPS device stores up to three locations, so should you need to find your way home, it will bring you right to the door.

The device is convenient and portable, just the right size to fit on to a key fob. It recharges from USB and can be used anywhere in the world.

www.idcgps.com