2019’s top ten? Tech your pick

1. Bowers and Wilkins PX7

These big noise-cancellers offer levels of peace and quiet from ‘low’ (to cut out chit-chat) up to a level where you can walk through the loudest train station in peace, listening to high-quality music via the latest AptX Bluetooth. £349.99

2. Gearbox Automatic MkII

This record player is modelled after a Braun player that inspired the look of early iPods, and also packs Bluetooth. £549

Gearbox Automatic MkII. This record player is modelled after a Braun player that inspired the look of early iPods, and also packs Bluetooth

Echo Dot With Clock. Given that you use these things mainly as kitchen timers, adding an LED clock to the outside is a genius move

3. Echo Dot With Clock

Given that you use these things mainly as kitchen timers, adding an LED clock to the outside is a genius move, ensuring that you no longer have to keep yelling at the thing: ‘How much time is left?’ £34.99

4. Amazon Kindle Oasis

A new ‘warm’ light setting means you can read in bed without searing your eyeballs, and this ultra-slim Kindle adjusts its brightness as the evening draws in. £229.99

5. IKEA Symfonisk

One of the year’s truly splendid ideas, this is a Sonos speaker cunningly disguised as a nice-looking lamp. £150

Amazon Kindle Oasis. A new ‘warm’ light setting means you can read in bed without searing your eyeballs

IKEA Symfonisk. One of the year’s truly splendid ideas, this is a Sonos speaker cunningly disguised as a nice-looking lamp

Roberts iStream 3. Roberts finally caved in and blended its high-tech internet radios with its retro sets – and the spawn of that decision is this

6. Roberts iStream 3

Roberts finally caved in and blended its high-tech internet radios with its retro sets – and the spawn of that decision is this, which packs internet radio, Spotify, podcasts and Bluetooth into a deceptively retro package. £199

7. Apple Watch Series 5

Apple has dealt with the biggest problem with its Watch – the fact that the screen often switched off. A new always-on screen fixes that, along with GPS and heart-rate monitoring for fitness fiends. £399

8. Naim Mu-So Qb 2nd Gen

No one makes wireless hi-fis like Naim, and this block-shaped cube is a minimal marvel, with astonishing sound and gut-wrenching bass from something the size of a bowling ball. £749

Apple Watch Series 5. Apple has dealt with the biggest problem with its Watch – the fact that the screen often switched off. A new always-on screen fixes that

Naim Mu-So Qb 2nd Gen. No one makes wireless hi-fis like Naim, and this block-shaped cube is a minimal marvel

Google Pixel 4. The splendid camera on this is a gift to photography dunces

SanDisk iXpand This clever wireless charger also backs up your photos overnight, so you never need to worry about losing the family album

9. Google Pixel 4

The splendid camera on this is a gift to photography dunces, somehow magically upgrading your efforts to make them look well-lit and faintly professional. £699

10. SanDisk iXpand

This clever wireless charger also backs up your photos overnight, so you never need to worry about losing the family album. Works with both Apple and Android gadgets. £89.99