Road Test: Nanda Tocky

IS anything more annoying than an alarm clock that goes walkabout when it goes off?

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What is it?

An alarm clock that rolls off your bedside table and randomly scoots around on the floor when it goes off.

How infuriating! Yes, but that’s the point. You can’t just dozily press a button and go back to sleep; you have to get out of bed and chase the bloody thing around the room.

How does it work? The plastic sphere contains an electric motor and some sort of rudimentary evil intelligence. You can opt for a default alarm sound, or customise it with MP3 files of your own making. “Wake up to your mum’s voice calling you to get up,” Nanda suggests. What are they on?

Verdict: The sound is tinny, the touch-screen is clumsy, the battery life is poor. None of that matters, though. Because you’ll smash Tocky to death with a hammer on day three.

Available online, around $99