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| | Description | The ThinkGeek Annoy-a-tron would be useless against an army of Snowbots, but it's very effective at disturbing that guy in the sales department or your "friend" down the hall. With its thin design and embedded magnet for easy hiding, the Annoy-a-tron can be placed in a variety of locations. Select one of the three sound choices (2 kHz, 12 kHz, or alternating) and push the switch to the on position. Place it in a proper hiding spot and let the "fun" begin.
The Annoy-a-tron generates a short (but very annoying, hence the name) beep every few minutes. Your unsuspecting target will have a hard time 'timing' the location of the sound because the beeps will vary in intervals ranging from 2 to 8 minutes. The 2kHz sound is generically annoying enough, but if you really really want to aggravate somebody, select the 12 kHz sound. Trust us. The higher frequency and slight 'electronic noise' built into that soundbyte will make a full-grown Admin wonder where his packets are. 3 simple steps: 1) Turn on. 2) Hide it. 3) Muahahaha... | |
| | Product Details | | Product Weight: | 0.07 pounds | | Package Length: | 2.99 inches | | Package Width: | 1.57 inches | | Package Height: | 0.63 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.22 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 36 reviews |
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70 of 80 found the following review helpful:
Works as Advertised-A-Tron! Jul 20, 2010
By Zolton
"Veni. Vidi. Reviewi."
I purchased this product as part of a home-administered hearing test I wanted to perform on my wife and dog. Neither of them seemed to listen to a word I said; I could yammer on until I was blue in the uvula, with no response. Nothing but blank stares. So I decided to find out whether they'd actually gone clinically deaf or had just learned to tune me out, by making a series of loud and annoying noises and monitoring their responses.
This little gadget boops and squeals at random times, like a crazed robotic mouse or R2-D2 on a juma juice bender. Or my senior prom date.
First, I tested the dog, clipping the Annoy-A-Tron to her collar before a walk. Even with the outside distractions, she definitely responded to the intermittent noises -- trying desperately to twist around to find the Terminator that had apparently snuck up DIRECTLY BEHIND HER. So her hearing still works -- as long as it's not me doing the beeping. Just for that, I left the device on her collar for the whole walk -- or at least until the thing squealed down the block, and she backflipped into Mrs. Wilson's petunias trying to get at it. We scurried home pretty quickly after that; the mutt doesn't listen, but she still knows when to 'cheese it!'
For my wife, I needed a less obvious hiding place, but one where I could easily observe her reactions. So I snuck into the bedroom one night before she got home, pulled the buzzer out of her alarm clock and replaced it with the Annoy-A-Tron. For the next week, she'd set the alarm, and the clock would happily beep and shriek at her. Never at the time she wanted -- and often in the middle of the night -- but it still made about as much noise, on average, as before. And she could definitely hear it; I could tell by all of the tossing and turning and angry pounding on the clock. On the last night, I jokingly called it her 'alarming clock' and she threatened to beat me to death with my own pillow. 'Because it'll take longer'.
I think I've collected all the data I need, thanks.
19 of 20 found the following review helpful:
 A Tale of Two Reactions Dec 11, 2010
By db
"dubby"
I hid this in my husband's pen jar on his dresser. He came to bed after I was "asleep", gave me a quick kiss, and climbed in. Two minutes later, a quick beep from his dresser. He jumped up and and went in the general direction of his dresser and checked it out, finding nothing, so he went back to bed.
Five minutes later, another beep. He jumped up and yelled "Did you hear that?" "Hear what?" I replied. "That beep. It came from my dresser." "Honey, you have a cell phone, a PDA, a camera, a ham radio, and who knows what else? Probably a low battery on one of them."
He carefully moved all of the electronics off his dresser. Five minutes later "Beep!"
"It's on my dresser! I know it! What is it! It goes off every five minutes!"
"I don't hear a thing, just go to sleep."
By now he has the lights on and is standing beside his dresser, stopwatch in hand. "Beep!"
"See! There it goes again!"
By this time, although I'm trying to pretend to be asleep, I can't hold back the laughter anymore. I get up, take the Annoyatron out, hand it to him, and say "Here. Now get some sleep."
Of course, by this time, the adrenaline has him so pumped up he doesn't get to sleep until three. Oh my, I AM evil! I actually feel kind of bad. But not bad enough to keep from doing it again.
So I try it on the teenage girl, taping it under her clock right beside the head of her bed. Three days later I ask if she has heard any random sounds. "Yeah, I hear a beep in my room every now and then. You know what it is?"
16 of 18 found the following review helpful:
I need more!!! Nov 12, 2008
By M. Ridenour
This little thing is ALMOST perfect.
My intended victim is older.. and the unfortunate thing about old people is that they can't HEAR the high beeps and squeals this thing makes. So my target was immune, except for everybody around him. So all in all, still a win, but it would be better if it had a lower pitched beep option for those hard of hearing.
14 of 17 found the following review helpful:
As promised... Oct 09, 2008
By Adam
"Adam"
I had this in my boss' office across the hall for a (business) week. By day 2, he was asking other people if they heard that noise. By day 3 he was actively looking for it. When he finally found it on day 5, he hid it on my desk for retribution, and took me a day to find as well.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Works as advertised! Jul 23, 2011
By Eric Rutter
"Anotherflyer"
Perfect roving toy! 2 days here, 2 days there. Nobody ever located it, but a few figured out what it was and the cleverest of them even knew who was to blame for the annoying chirps. I have currently placed it on a rest cycle, but the annoyance will soon be revived. Inside a cpu case, above a flourescent light fixture, the side of an air vent...the hiding places are endless. Within the Air Force, I have learned that Finance folks are most accusational, Logistics people the most curious, and Aircraft Maintainers the most tone deaf. Up next? Personnel or Training...time will tell. Who says you can't have fun in Iraq?
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