Brits spend £50,000 on gadgets
Brits will spend an average of £50,000 on electrical gadgets over their lifetime, a survey has found.
But it is not all giant plasma screens and iPods the poll discovered that there are some, more humble appliances, we have to buy again and again.
For example people buy an average of 20 kettles throughout the course of their lives adding up to £1,000, the poll also found we spend £400 on alarm clocks
But the poll of 3,000 people says the device we will spend the most on are computers, costing on average £500 they are replaced every 4 years which means they cost £7,500 per lifetime.
Working on those figures I would have bought enough computers to last me till the year 2200.
A spokesperson for Reevoo, who commissioned the survey, said: "The research also showed that over our working lives, we will spend a massive £48,940 on electrical devices alone. And what is the item we’ll have to replace the most? The humble kettle. We will buy one every three years, costing us £1000 over our lifetime.
"But that's small fry compared to the amount we’ll spend on PCs, TVs and ovens over the years. The table below shows how often we’ll replace items and how much they’re likely to cost us."
Item - Replaced ? years - £ Cost - Number in 60 years - Total Cost (£)
Kettle 3 50 20 1000
DVD Player 4 70 15 1050
Straighteners 4 50 15 750
Games Console 4 230 15 3450
Toaster 4 40 15 600
Computer 4 500 15 7500
TV 5 500 12 6000
Hairdryer 5 30 12 360
Electric Shaver 5 100 12 1200
Curling Tongs 5 20 12 240
Washing Machine 5 400 12 4800
Microwave 5 70 12 840
Oven 6 545 10 5450
Dishwasher 6 370 10 3700
Speakers 6 100 10 1000
Food processor 6 70 10 700
Fridge 6 420 10 4200
Freezer 6 420 10 4200
Hi Fi 6 100 10 1000
Radio 6 50 10 500
Alarm Clock 6 40 10 400
