The gadgets people just don’t want

THE Atkins Diet bans bread, so it shouldn’t be a surprise to find the two most useless household appliances have been revealed as sandwich toasters and weighing scales.

Sandwich toasters are top of the list of things people wish they hadn’t bought, with an estimated 21.5 million consumers spending about €467m on the appliances, according to a survey by internet insurer esure.com.

Britons have collectively spent more than €14bn on household gadgets they rarely if ever use, the research shows.