Face it, you spend too much time in front of the telly. We all do. So you have a couple of options: You can go outside and take the dog for a walk, or you can just accept it and buy the very best, most comfortable TV chair you can afford.

I very nearly bought one of these last year. I have a problem with most furniture which largely revolves me around being tall, wide and heavy. Luckily for me, the Scandinavians know a thing or two about ergonomics so Ekornes (makers of the Stressless brand) sell their chairs in different sizes to cater for different body shapes.

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Oregon Scientific are synonymous with digital weather stations – indoors, outdoors, remote sensors, solar powered – any combination you can think of.

They tend to look a bit functional though – it’s hard to make the weather sexy. Until now, anyway. This Crystal weather station actually looks – dare I say it – quite cool?

The weather icons are laser-engraved onto the top transparent block and lit up with different colours to display the forecast. (translated: Do you need to take a brolly to work tomorrow?)

There’s also some motion sensor action going on so you can wave at it to change the bottom display between clock and temperature.

It’s available online at the Oregon Scientific store for £99