50 Weird And Wonderful Things People Didn’t Know They Needed Until They Saw Them (New Pics)
InterviewParticularly as an adult, there is a special kind of joy that comes from walking into a store and discovering a product that actually solves a problem that you deal with every single day. From little irritations that eat up a few seconds constantly, to major issues that you avoid like the plague, life is full of opportunities for designers and engineers to make things easier.
The “Didn’t Know You Wanted” internet group shares products and items that people may not have known about but would love to buy. So prepare your wallet, set a budget, and get to scrolling. Be sure to upvote your favorite items and comment your thoughts and observations below. We also got in touch with the mods to learn more.
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Former Boat Builder Sculpts Breathtaking Wooden Bathtubs
I can't even imagine what he sells those for. If you have to ask, you can't afford it.
I won't tell you, but if you're curious...https://www.nkbath.com/order
Load More Replies...Such talent and what a stunning piece of art and on top of that, functional too.
Gorgeous. I wish I had room for one of these, although I probably can't afford one.
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words?
Imagine the work that went into selecting the colour palette and setting the colours to the keys.
He's Right
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With a logo of a hand gripping a wad of cash, a homage to the often-repeated catchphrase “shut up and take my money” yelled by Fry on the animated show Futurama, the “Didn’t Know You Wanted” internet group has amassed over one million users. Folks come from across the internet to witness and explore innovations that some of us would truly throw handfuls of money at.
I Don't Care If Is Kinda Useless, But Come On, Look At These
🔥 Got the one you like over there https://amzn.to/47DMUyw
Load More Replies...I actually gave them to a friend as a gift. While they do look very cute, they're almost unusable because that single hole is blocked very easily resulting in absolutely nothing coming out.
Transparent Book Weight
Yup. Holds it open to your recipe and protects against splatters and stains.
Load More Replies...I love the idea of this, but would eventually get annoyed when I have to move it every time I need to turn the page. I'm a fast reader so it would just end up irritating me by slowing me down.
Likewise. Although, it would be great while at the beach.
Load More Replies...I used to have one on a stand to use with cookery books. Since I have no idea what happened to it, I'm guessing it's in my daughter's house!
My grandma had one of those 30 years ago that also magnified the page Huge help to her.
Fantastic, and you could make it so it magnified a bit, for those that have sight issues. Brilluant
The Window On The Front Door Of This House
Imagine just popping this open and scaring the doodoo out of the person on the other side
So futuristic! I'd pretend I was on a spaceship 🚀 or something 😆... or in The Jetsons. 🤖
O.k., you adjust it to look out and see who's there. What happens when you close it back up, lock the door, and walk away?
The core of the group is pretty simple, folks share products, items, and designs that do things we often didn’t even know existed or that we needed. Poor marketing, a saturated consumer market, who knows how many things have stopped us from finding the product that would make our lives easier. But good citizens of the internet have done their part to spread the word.
Mother Of Power Outlets
Someone is going to see how many plugs can fit - and then- burn the house down....
Type F was good, but it´s outdated - source: me=electrotechnician
Load More Replies...Steamer Boat Lid
Here you go https://www.amazon.com/AOOF-Silicone-Steaming-Kitchen-Cooking/dp/B09MRTHXMK
Load More Replies...I saw a teapot that was a train....when the steam gets going the wheels turn.
Load More Replies..."Currently unavailable. We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock." ~Amazon
I have some lids that suction to the tops of pots and pans, but I really want this.
Good thing it has a way to remove it from the side. My suction cup ones have the handle where this ship 🚢 sits. Don't grab the ship....
Load More Replies...This Shirt Has A Microfiber Lens Cloth Sewn Into It
I have a flannel coat that has a microfiber strip at the bottom.
I would prefer the microfiber strip at the bottom, too.
Load More Replies...Duluth Trading has a lens cloth in some their button downs. Both Men's and Women's.
However, if we take a step backward, there is another question, namely, can and should problems be solved by just buying things? Both personally, and at scale, people attempting to solve their issues by buying things is often, at best, a temporary bandage. We are talking about, of course, consumerism.
This Swinging Duck Car Ornament
"Kawaii (Japanese: かわいい or 可愛い, IPA: [kawaiꜜi]; 'lovely', 'loveable', 'cute', or 'adorable') is the culture of cuteness in Japan."
Load More Replies...wrong good idea : I had one, I loved it, I installed it, it bothered me, I took it away. something that moves all the time in the field of vision, either it disturbs and we spend our time turning our head, or we get used to it and we can have an accident because we did not pay attention
Probably against the law in in most U.S. states, and VERY stupid and dangerous !
Why would this tiny thing be dangerous or against the law? So many people hang things from their mirror all the time. It's not obstructing any view.
Load More Replies...LOL. Check out my tiny swinging duck. This needs to be in a big ole lifted truck rolling coal.
Thoughtful GF Gift
This Lighter!
Be careful when finding this. Dont search dragon lighter, lots of dropshipping scams.
You don't need to be a smoker to have that awesome dragon lighter, you can use the lighter to light candles, or have it as an emergency, or something else.
Load More Replies...It's been over 20 years, but this lighter is almost cool enough to get me to start again.
I can totally skip this because I have lighters that are easier to use... and where the flame doesn't face where you have to press.
Coined in 1955 by none other than the current VP of Ford, John Bugas, consumerism was originally a sort of definitional offshoot of capitalism. These days, it tends to be used in a pejorative way, indicating the tendency of people to medicate with shopping and the overwhelming plastic waste and pollution caused by the constant manufacture and shipping of things.
This Curtain Design That Ensures That There Is No Annoying Light Gap In The Middle
They have been around for a long time, but I have yet to find one in the wild... or in stores that sell curtain rods.
Joystick For Keyboard
*flying Su-22M3* I feel like real Russian pilot!
Load More Replies...Door Mat
Cool concept, but it's already curling up at the corners. Needs better execution.
Despite some of the optimism we often associate with the past, consumerism, as a term, got a more negative connotation pretty early on. By 1960, some magazines and journalists were using it to indicate just how susceptible people were to marketing and how happy they were to spend disposable income on things they didn’t really need.
It Does Look Cozy
This is not a want, it is a need. Like every minute of my life is leading to the moment I can sleep in a sloth hammock. And now I must suffer from eternal ennui knowing that it is a one-off art piece. My soul will never recover.
my big tree came down in the storm 8/13 or I'd have the ideal home for that!!!
If I had a house of my own, where I could hang something like that (weight capacity, etc.), I totally would get one.
This needs to become something available to the public, not just an art piece.
Load More Replies...A Bird Feeder That Fits In The Metal Extrusion Of A Stop Sign
Oh I love this, I wish more urban spaces made stuff like this normalized
Stop signs in my area are on smooth poles, as far as I can recall. Nowhere to attach these. I'd have to search the city for poles with this sort of construction.
No, thank you. Most cities here in Australia are already full of sparrows, blackbirds, pigeons and mynahs that aren't native. Why should we feed them?
I Could Really Use A Bag Like That
Things like this are in danger of imploding through sheer cuteness.
Setting aside the psychological impact of trying “retail therapy” the truth is that consumerism isn’t just bad for our wallet and mental state, it’s downright horrible for the planet. Uruguayan American professor and writer Jorge Majfud wrote "Trying to reduce environmental pollution without reducing consumerism is like combating drug trafficking without reducing the drug addiction."
This Homer Meme Rug
So you can pull a Homer in the bushes? But it’s just you disappearing into the couch?
Load More Replies...This would be good for a kid's room, game room, etc. I would not put it in a living room.
Bruce Lee Clock
we have one of those at our house! The battery ran out so until we change it he's stuck in a very uncomfortable position lol
Load More Replies...Attachable Cat Bed
My house tiger would still want the main bed. How else can she rest a paw on my face when I sleep.
Mine sleeps on my pillow. Luckily, he leaves me some room.
Load More Replies...My two would evict me from my bed to sleep on this so they got the whole thing to themselves.
And who is gonna sleep on my bed, snoring and getting jealous if I lean on my hubby?
My cat would rarely use that. She likes to curl up behind my knees and between my legs.
Ping Pong Tube
I find this intimidating, like now I can lose in more ways. But this would look great in a sci-fi series, like Spock or Kirk bringing out that multi-tiered chess set.
This My Little Danny Doll
Everyone needs a lil Danny Trejo on their shoulder, talking into their ear 😊
He’s an incredible advocate for sobriety and a really cool dude so :)
Load More Replies...This just has to be an "Obvious Plant' fake product. Hah hah, I freaking love the machette hair-comb.
"His beautiful dark hair glistens and smells just like tacos." Isn't.....Isn't that a bit racist?
This Ceiling Fan Has Tiny Chain Pulls With A Fan And A Light So You Know Which Is Which
I just remember that the long one controls the light because they both start with L
but, I have a remote for my new lighted ceiling fan so now I have no need. Dang it.
Load More Replies...The chains are usually different lengths, and the placement should tell you which is which. That said... I would still like this.
Absolutely Floored With This One!
I couldn't handle this floor sober, add some wine or other nefarious substance and I'd be mind blown.
Ok, this is the first good reason I've ever seen to justify the chillyness of having a first floor open to the second
It would give me the absolute w*****s but I still want it. Maybe not in the kitchen though
Load More Replies...Looks like glow on the dark epoxy resin. Find someone who does epoxy floors and supply the glow in the dark resin or try yourself. May want to do test pours first as some vendors/colors work better than others.
Load More Replies...How about using those same materials to paint a floor picture that is actually beautiful?
I wouldn't be able to handle this floor sober, so I could only imagine what magical galaxy I would be transported too seeing this after one to many drinks.
My Magneto Paperclip Holder
Bender Smoker Insert Meat
Paramedics In Jet Packs For Hard-To-Reach Terrain In The U.k
Break your leg somewhere remote in the UK and you'll want one?
Load More Replies...Not paramedics, mountain rescue and this was only a test/advertising for the manufacturer, not many useful applications for it in the real world are there, a drone can find a lost or hurt person quicker, if it’s too windy for a helicopter it’s too windy for a personal jetpack, it the rescuer uses this to reach a casualty then what? Would they need a buddy also using one each on one end of a stretcher to then carry the casualty to safety which wouldn’t be safe at all. How would the user carry any kind of tools or medical equipment? Just a nonsense
Should be everywhere, but they talk about them, but dont implement them.
Yeah nah we don't use those in the UK, we use helicopters like normal people 😅 This looks more like Mountain Rescue.
wait what !?! So all I need to do to fly is become a paramedic in the UK?
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"Star fire", or "Vigil Fire", both in the ScoutsBSA handbook. FREE!
Not that good. The entire supply could catch fire. And even if it doesn't, the logs are not likely to just neatly fall into place as the old ones burn away.
Three logs, placed in a certain way, burn for 8 hours. No gadgets needed.
You use full logs because they burn slower than split wood. This burns slowly all night long to keep you at least warm enough to survive without having to reload every little while and doesn't burn through wood as fast. It's used in the arctic & Norwegian snows.
Load More Replies...Pillow
I keep these little bags that come when I buy a handbag, don't know why but it's not because I'm going to eat them
they are great at absorbing moisture, I always keep some in my closet
Load More Replies...House full of memes would have these pillows, the Homer rug, the Bender smoker/grill, and whatever else that fits the concept.
I keep these for when I pick magic mushrooms I mean normal mushrooms.
Defender Of The Kitchen
I've seen a lot of similar ideas for knife blocks. My main worry would be my cat knocking this over....
My sister has one that is just shaped like a dead body (well I assume dead, with the amount of knives sticking into it)
Ferrolic Clock
$8,300.00 USD - https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/ferrofluid-clock/
Load More Replies...Sauron Celebrates Christmas Too
Because you eat the crusts. Now, finish your plate, or else!
Load More Replies...Sadly you'll have to make it. Which is totally doable. A "water" projector lamp aimed up or a sharp angle & cable running down the tree, piece of plexiglass & painted to look like the eye (or real glass, or find a cool one online) , 3D printed or cut out a stand to mount the eye into, add something that attaches it to the tree.
Load More Replies...Adorable Penguin Boiled Egg Holder!
Saw this. Ordered one before scrolling further. First time I've been an Impulsive Panda.
Come back to BP and let everyone know how it works
Load More Replies...What's the point? If I boil eggs, I want to eat them, not store them, and that's no egg cup.
I take hard boiled eggs to work for breakfast and boil enough to last a few days. This would be great to boil them in, easily transfer them to the ice bath and then move them all to the fridge until needed.
Load More Replies...An Extra Hand
Hmmmmmm... maybe... just maybe... I could... pick up the can (gasp) IN MY HAND
But why do I want to lift my nacho chips every time I take a sip of beer?
Why? They'd have to set the whole thing down to eat the nachos. They can't hold the beer and grab a chip at the same time if they have one hand.
Load More Replies...would work great until the pivot mechanism is gummed up with cheese and then you spill the nachos.
If they only had some sort of surface available for me to set my food down on instead having to hold everything all at once. A surface that is about waist high, and whose express purpose is to allow people to set things down on.
Not an extra hand. He's using one hand to do that while the other hand does nothing. And it's not that useful for missing a hand, either, since you have to set it down somewhere to eat the chips, if you are one handed.
I can see it now, you lift it up to take a drink of the beer. The chips fall on your shoulder and the cheese on top of that, and then you’re a walking nacho!
And With That The Library Was Never The Same
https://www.amazon.com/Sculpture-Shining-Bookend-Library-Ornament/dp/B09DCM5TV2/
Transformer Pen Drive
I have this. Also a Soundwave mp3 player, a Blaster usb hub and a Grimlock mouse. I don't know if they actually function as they're supposed to, they're just interesting toys to me.
I also have this, a Soundwave power pack and a yellow Lambo mouse I call Sunstreaker. I have used the power pack.
Load More Replies...Nope - cassette from Soundwave - Transformers (original, not the bayformers)
Load More Replies...I had one exactly like this. my kids loved to keep transforming it so much I just gave them and bought one that doesn't transform.
Big nope. It reminds me of an episode of Black Mirror where robotic guardian dogs hunt people to death
Hmmm
I would wear these in a most annoying way. Like I'd put them on just to react to people.
Just Finished My Lord Of The Rings Desk Lamp. Pretty Happy With The Turn Out
We wants it my precious. We wants it.
Load More Replies...Adult Quarry Play Set Up
No, there's the actual adult setup, e.g. https://www.diggerland.com/ at various locations in the UK...
Inception Table
I can imagine spotting a spider running towards it then spending ages trying to catch it as it runs between the buildings
Gonna Need Some For The Entire Family
This is why we can’t have nice things, people need to make everything sexual 😂
Load More Replies...Might be good for older people in nursing homes, that have balance issues
Could also pillow fights to a whole new level (trying to imagine lol)
" I like turtles!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMNry4PE93Y
Hey, This Looks Cute
The picture on the right, I thought he was doing something else at first glance.
Just had a horrible mental image of my cat running across my face to attack the intruder.
Wish I Knew This Exists Earlier
Yep, that's what I did. And as far back as I remember, (70's) they have been around, in one form or the other.
Load More Replies...Something For All The 90's Kids Out There
Ew where’s the bubble gum, also why would you make the ear pods the colour of dead alien buttholes
I never liked that stuff. Also, I doubt the sound is very high quality.
My James Webb Inspired Wall Ornament
No, mirrors of James Webb :) this telescope is honestly amazing! So worth learning about
Load More Replies...They spent 3 months lining the mirrors up though. You evidently didn't.
For some reason I forgot the name of the James Webb telescope recently, and while speaking to an actual Astronomer I called it the 'John West telescope'. In my defence I was fighting the flu at the time.
Well the mirrors just need to be aligned. You can do that while flying it out the the L2 point ;)
Load More Replies...Defibrillator Toaster
**me looking at the toast shaped 2nd degree burns on my chest** Thanks friend.
If you're in the medical profession, especially that uses these devices. Best be expected to be gifted one of these if the future.
I think this is funny provided you are NOT in the medical profession. If you use one of these at work on daily basis guess you won't appreciate the joke.
Load More Replies...Coolest Volleyball Court!!
Yeah, no. Looks kinda cool. But thalassophobia and submechanophobia instantly engaged. Especially with that wall right there next to to!! No thanks! Not for me!
It says Ljubljana but mirrored, it's the Slovenian capital.
Load More Replies...Tie Fighter Grill
Everyone is cool until those giant metal plates heat up and standing between them feels like you fought obi-wan on mustafar.
giving an arm and two legs for a well broiled steak? This is the way....
Load More Replies...Is it tie fighter or TIE fighter? (Real question cause I’ve gotten shît for saying both)
Except the actual usable cooking surface is super small. Form >>> function here for sure.
Tight Fit, No Problem
I Made A 'Toothpaste Mover' So You Can Push Toothpaste From One Costco-Sized Tube Into A Lil Travel Tube 🦷🦷🦷
A solution to the wrong problem. Use toothpaste tabs instead. Tubes are not recyclable. Tabs are much easier to carry for traveling.
(Oc) My Life... Just A Happy Little Dumpster Fire
Sponge Holder
My mother has this and it's just so cute. It works really well too.
High Pressure Glass Rinser, That Reaches Where You Can’t
Literally every restaurant I’ve ever worked at had one of these at the bar. I’ve always wished I had one in my house so I’m jealous
Windeck - This Would Be Perfect For Long Summer Drives
This Is What A 24mm F/14 Macro Lens Looks Like
What's the magnification? Everyone has 1:10 or greater these days, so I hope it's better than that. "Capable of focussing from 2:1 macro to infinity with an incredible 85° field of view creating a unique ‘Bug Eye’ perspective. The wide angle design provides a greater depth of field at close distance than conventional telephoto macro lenses. An extremely long and narrow waterproof front barrel and integrated LED"
Dkiwt...a Conversation Starter And A Conversation Ender All In 1
"Soooo, I should not take anymore of your time....!" (I need to leave..)
Spoons That Look Like Shovels
You can literally shovel your food down and nobody can scold you for doing so.
Stab Your Friend In The Face Game. Block’em Pop’em Woodbots By Brokedeck Creations
This Device To Thread A Sewing Needle
Or for people like me, who are farsighted, lol.
Load More Replies...I was going to mention this! My sister and mum always use it.
Load More Replies...Cat Spotlight
No, just no. My cats don't need an invitation to join me when it's dinnertime.
Computer desks come with a plug and hole like that, for keeping cables out of the way.
Otherlog Clock
Liberty To Sleep
Handset Receiver For Smartphone
This is practical. Some people struggle to hold mobile phones (and even wireless handhelds); and I’m sure these have much better audio quality for the listener.? The handsets were designed that way for reason!
So people with hand issues can talk on phone without resorting to speakerphone. I live rural and sometimes the tractor is loud. But holding the phone for long time is not easy.
Load More Replies...Articulated Finger Extensions
I have a set with much longer fingers. I used it when I dressed as a demoness for Halloween. The fingers really did creep people out.
Counting Toilet Papers To Fall Asleep On The Toilet
My younger sister fell asleep on the toilet once, when we were little kids. She got up to pee, and we woke up a little later and found her still on the toilet, out cold, sitting sideways, with her head on the wall-mounted toilet roll!
My bathroom has no storage ( and none outside bathroom either ). This is better than just package on floor. Why cant people design houses with utility closets ?
Load More Replies...The Paper That Allows You To See Where Magnets Are Located Inside Of The Devices
IT SAYS "THE PAPER THAT ALLOWS YOU TO SEE WHERE MAGNETS ARE LOCATED INSIDE OF THE DEVICES"
Load More Replies...McDonald's Bathroom Sink With Smartphone Washing Station
It cleans the phone whilst in the slot. So it is sanitary
Load More Replies...Ah. This won't last long. Some clowns will put chewing gum inside or something worse.
I Got These From A Trip To Thailand
A Real Collectors Item
This Cabinet Mechanism
Need to click on the 'notsweep' link under the photo to see the video of it in action.
Load More Replies...Nose Warmer
“What’s with this silly nose hat?” “It’s a known fact that we lose 90% of our body heat through the nose.” “That can’t be true.” “But it’s a known fact.” “But don’t ‘known facts’ have to be true?” “Oh, I forgot. You aren’t religious.”
Woah
Finally caved and asked for the banana duck stuffie for my birthday (don't have a yard for the statue) and two friends came through, so now I have twins. Well worth it.
Every Lazy Dads Dream
Even better idea, just get an automatic hoist pulley to mount on the vehicle and then the kid doesn't even have to get of the sled and be pulled back up to the top of the hill.
I can see you are not one of those strange people who write "off of".
Load More Replies...Life Sized Functional Wooden Mario Boxes
A kid at uni made an "art installation" project placing these all over the school, hanging from the ceiling (they were cardboard). If you jumped and bumped your head into them, sometimes prizes would fall out. it was brilliant.
Fully functional eh? So if i smash my head into them coins will fall out? Lol
As A Programmer- I Would Absolutely Get This
As a programmer, that's the last thing I want to look at when I get home.
Intelligent Playing Cards Dealer
"Here I am with a brain the size of a planet and they ask me to deal out cards. Call that job satisfaction? I don't."
Load More Replies...I Work At A Toyota Dealership. Customer Had His Stuck On Their Air Vent. Pretty Cool
Round And Round
These are brilliant. So brilliant that I've had one for twenty years!
Very common in US homes for what? 60+ years? Definitely doesn't belong on this list.
Never seen anything like it here in Australia. Neither in old nor new homes.
Load More Replies...Easily Flip Your Entire Grill With One Easy Move
Making Potato Salad Has Gotten A Whole Lot Easier. Found On Amazon
Is the whirly thing with the skin taken off, used for the salad? Cause it's lots of potato that goes away with that peeling! 😶
The leftover bit can still be used. It's only wasted if you actively waste it.
Load More Replies...One more thing to move out of the way to get the thing I want in the cupboard
A Custom Made Mechanical Bugatti Watch
You could get a proper decent car for the amount they charge to buy that.
This Magnetic Phone Side Mount To Easily View Both Screens At Once
Does anyone need to point out how dumb it is to attach magnets to devices like computers and phones?
I bought one, although I never opened/uses it and gave it to a friend. The part that attaches to the back of the computer sticks on with an adhesive strip, then there's a small part you stick on the back of your phone. That has a magnet, which then attaches magnetically to the part of the arm that comes out from behind the computer. Idk if that magnetic part is still to close though... I'm not that tech savvy.
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