Tech Eye: A moveable feast

Truly, it is a time of joy for all.

Techeye is a huge fan of the picnicking season, despite its seemingly gadget-unfriendly nature. Most of the technology that goes into picnicking equipment seems to focus on water-proof this, child-friendly that and safe-and-dependable everything. In a word - boring.

We're the sort that needs a bit of a thrill in the Great Outdoors - back in the village, Techeye was renowned as champion of the annual bee-sting endurance contest (the only equipment allowed is a diaper made of honeycomb). We've also been known to take part in the odd cheese-wheel rolling contest, zorbing race or sepak takraw match.

These days we get our kicks from the latest invention to come our way, of course, but the military-grade toaster we recently picked up - 47-mm, depleted-grain toast - is both unwieldy and likely to cause deafness, making it difficult to bring on picnics. Thus we settled on Picnic Time's portable Vulcan cooler/grill as our prime picnicking gear this season. True, its cooler section is poofily waterproofed, but we're not going to hold that against the Vulcan, since it also includes a propane-gas grill to offer a modicum of danger. Plus, the three-piece BBQ tool set means that there will always be at least one tool spare for walloping, in case our alpha wench starts to get too uppity. The Vulcan can be seen at www.picnictime.com and will set you back around zł.269. l