Bought myself a quadcopter a few months back. Barely used it. Has a built in camera, cost me $80. I'm getting my feet wet for this.
http://www.amazon.com/DJI-CP-PT-0000.../dp/B00HJOTIFS
Wow lots of quadcopters in this thread, apparently drones were the hot gift this year:
http://www.theverge.com/tldr/2014/12/25/7449183/drones-for-christmas-presents
I got a HAK909, had NO IDEA I was getting anything
remotely fun for Christmas It's amazing! And huge! Definitely has a Terminatorish feel to it when you bank it forward for chase mode :awe: The gyro system is really incredible, one of the easiest things I've ever had the privilege to fly. I understand why people are freaking out about them since they're known as war & camera tools, but we've had cheap R/C helis for years, and R/C planes before that...this is simply a better chopper.
My big present this year was an Instant Pot Smart, which is a Bluetooth electric pressure cooker. You can make cooking scripts on your phone to control the time, heat, and pressure, which lets you do slow cooking, pressure cooking, rice cooking, anything really. Already did ribs & some other stuff, came out great! I'll have to post a dedicated thread on it once I get some more hands-on experience.
Also got a gift card to a local kitchen supply store & used it tonight to pick up a crazy nice Waring double waffle maker with flip functionality. The flip is really nice for cooking evenly, and being able to cook two at one time is super convenient when you need to make a bunch at once. I made dessert waffles for dinner...topped with peanut butter, whipped cream, and melted chocolate. Going off to pass out in a sugar coma for the night now :biggrin:
Also got a great gift from my ATOT SS, already put everything to good use, many thanks for all of the thoughtful goodies :thumbsup: