LA Gadget Expo

FIRST LA GADGET EXPO
… left me UNIMPRESSED.
The expo barely covered the venue, maybe only ¼ was used (if even). The products and gadgets were things you already see out in the market or on the streets — its as if I’ve already seen those products elsewhere. I walked to every booth with the lack of interest and covered the entire space in about 20 minutes. The «cool» product many were commenting saying its the coolest booth was the the 3D Toy Printer. But let me clarify, that is not new as big toy companies such as Mattel already have them and put them to use. There was one COOL product that caught my attention… the magnets that can hold a 6 pack of beer bottles by the cap in your fridge — that was probably the only thing that impressed me. Physics! That’s what impresses me. Oh and the dog tags where you can search for your dog. This isn’t really new as I’ve seen similar products out in the market but overall it seems like a great idea. Ideally locating your dog with your smart phone and by a dog collar tag sounds legit but there were so many limitations that in theory it’s a product that’s not as reliable to its purpose unless everybody who owns a smartphone has the application downloaded so you can ping off of their phones to find your dog. If technology can be improved, that item would be in demand.
Will I be back? Likely not.
Until the next review…

Cool products, but not worth the $ 15 door admission. I went late Sunday and seemed like some exhibitors had already left. Pretty empty. Eh. I wanted half my money back.

It’s their first year here and the place is pretty small. The exhibition hall isn’t even half filled. A few vendors are on Kickstarter and Indiegogo — some haven’t raised all their funds yet.
You could probably get through in two hours.
It somewhat satisfied my inner gadget freak but yeah, that $ 13.50 admission for two from
was well worth it vs. $ 10 pre-​sale or $ 8 Groupon or $ 15 at the door…