{"id":118668,"date":"2022-01-14T02:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/?p=118668"},"modified":"2026-04-16T05:19:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:19:32","slug":"home-gadgets-with-strongest-online-emotions-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/rental-market\/market-snapshots\/home-gadgets-with-strongest-online-emotions-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tech That Makes Us Tick: These Home Gadgets Triggered the Strongest Online Emotions in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Beauty and self-care gadgets were the most loved home electronics\u00a0in 2021; anti-snoring devices and beard trimmers\u00a0made us laugh the most, while\u00a0fitness trackers\u00a0made us sad \u2014 all according to Facebook emoji reactions. In truth, it\u2019s\u00a0an accurate reflection of\u00a0everyone\u2019s life in\u00a0another year of the pandemic,\u00a0with\u00a0too much\u00a0time spent indoors and\u00a0too many failed\u00a0attempts at\u00a0maintaining\u00a0healthy habits.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So how do you feel about your home gadgets? This might seem like a strange question. But, after spending the larger part of another year at home, you may have bonded with the stuff in your home a little more than you\u2019d like to admit. For instance, do you secretly get mad at your food processor? So do lots of people, as it turns out. To learn more, we analyzed 747,000 Facebook emoji reactions (excluding likes) to around 2 million articles regarding 70+ popular home gadgets and electronics in order to uncover the items that stirred the strongest emotions in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-118984 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/emoji-story.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/emoji-story.png 900w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/emoji-story.png?resize=455,500 455w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/emoji-story.png?resize=768,843 768w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/emoji-story.png?resize=150,165 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-118837\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/love.png?w=91&amp;h=91&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"81\" height=\"81\" \/>Most loved: When the beauty salon is closed, self-care is (literally) in our own hands<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Of all items analyzed, the following gadgets gathered the highest percentage of \u201clove\u201d reactions on Facebook:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-IeJDG\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/IeJDG\/5\/\" height=\"433\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Bar Chart\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var a in e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r<t.length;r++){if(t[r].contentWindow===e.source)t[r].style.height=e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][a]+\"px\"}}}))}();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif\" data-listid=\"20\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Gel nail kit (96% love, 1.3k reactions)<\/strong><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-118906 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/MicrosoftTeams-image-9.png?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/MicrosoftTeams-image-9.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/MicrosoftTeams-image-9.png?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/MicrosoftTeams-image-9.png?resize=96,96 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The gel nail kit was hands down the most loved item online in 2021, with 96% love emojis out of all of the Facebook reactions triggered by this gadget. Its popularity goes to show just how much we had to take self-care routines into our own hands \u2014 and we ended up loving it.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">2. <strong>Graphic tablet (92% love, 7.6k reactions<\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>)<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-118907 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/MicrosoftTeams-image-7.png?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/MicrosoftTeams-image-7.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/MicrosoftTeams-image-7.png?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/MicrosoftTeams-image-7.png?resize=96,96 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>One of the newest and most popular digital devices to hit the market, the graphic tablet got lots of love \u2014 a sign that some of us have been doing something productive this past year.\u00a0\u00a0 <span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">3. <strong>Kindle (tie) (89% love, 624.9k reactions<\/strong><\/span><strong>)<\/strong><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-118713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1649941246.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1649941246.jpg 4050w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1649941246.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1649941246.jpg?resize=500,500 500w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1649941246.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1649941246.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1649941246.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1649941246.jpg?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1649941246.jpg?resize=96,96 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The overwhelmingly positive reactions to Kindles show that we might have found at least one good consequence of the pandemic: either reading is back in style, or, when there\u2019s nowhere else to go, we\u2019re putting our time to good use.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">3. <strong>IPL hair remover (tie) (89% love, 10.2k reactions<\/strong><\/span><strong>)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">4. <strong>Smart air fryer (tie) (88% love, 32.2k reactions<\/strong><\/span><strong>)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4.<strong> Slow cooker (tie) (88% love, 66.4k reactions)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kitchen items \u2014 like the smart\u00a0air fryer\u00a0and its partner in crime, the slow cooker, have also made the list of \u201cmost loved devices\u201d this year, as\u00a0we\u00a0(re)discovered\u00a0our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fooddive.com\/news\/survey-7-in-10-consumers-say-they-will-keep-cooking-at-home-after-the-pand\/593532\/\">cooking skills<\/a>.\u00a0And\u00a0what\u2019s\u00a0not to love about a gadget that figured out how to make guilt-free fried food\u00a0or one that allows you to dump all the ingredients in one place and go about your business?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-118843\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/haha.png?w=91&amp;h=91&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"81\" height=\"81\" \/>Funniest:\u00a0The anti-snoring device\u00a0grants us a\u00a0few laughs and a truly silent night<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Of all items analyzed, the following gadgets gathered the highest percentage of \u201chaha\u201d reactions on Facebook:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-s98Oz\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/s98Oz\/1\/\" height=\"433\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Bar Chart\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var a in e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r<t.length;r++){if(t[r].contentWindow===e.source)t[r].style.height=e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][a]+\"px\"}}}))}();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">1. <strong>Anti-snoring device (tie) (89% funny, 1.7k reactions)<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-118719 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_691656928.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_691656928.jpg 5000w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_691656928.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_691656928.jpg?resize=500,500 500w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_691656928.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_691656928.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_691656928.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_691656928.jpg?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_691656928.jpg?resize=96,96 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sure, we dealt with a lot this year, but humor is what keeps us going. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/best-anti-snoring-devices-4686087\">anti-snoring device<\/a>\u00a0is supposed to reduce the midnight chanting and, as a bonus, it will also make your spouse look like Tom Hardy\u2019s version of Bane in \u201cThe Dark Knight Rises.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">2. <strong>Beard trimmer <\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>(tie) (89% funny, 6.9k reactions)<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-118720 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1096504109.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1096504109.jpg 4992w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1096504109.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1096504109.jpg?resize=500,500 500w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1096504109.jpg?resize=768,769 768w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1096504109.jpg?resize=1022,1024 1022w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1096504109.jpg?resize=1534,1536 1534w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1096504109.jpg?resize=2045,2048 2045w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1096504109.jpg?resize=96,96 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Apart from being promoted as a device for any man and\u2026 any area\u2026 it\u2019s safe to assume that the beard trimmer was also the culprit in many home fails in 2021. We may or may not speak from personal experience here,\u00a0but let\u2019s just say that it was a good thing that a certain writer\u2019s husband works from home.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">3. <strong>Smart light bulb (83% funny, 9.2k reactions)<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-118721 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_303108338.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_303108338.jpg 4500w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_303108338.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_303108338.jpg?resize=500,500 500w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_303108338.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_303108338.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_303108338.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_303108338.jpg?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_303108338.jpg?resize=96,96 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Not generally known as a particularly funny item, the light bulb was reinvented this year by a group of nostalgic developers who used an IKEA light bulb to run the 1990s staple game Doom,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/6\/14\/22533512\/doom-ikea-tradfri-smart-light-bulb-hack\">which caused lots of online laughter<\/a>. Talk about a creative way of going back to the future!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-118841\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/sad.png?w=91&amp;h=91&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"81\" height=\"81\" \/>Saddest: The pet camera reactions remind us that cats still rule the internet<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Of all the items analyzed, the following gadgets gathered the highest percentage of \u201csad\u201d reactions on Facebook:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-P11P8\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/P11P8\/1\/\" height=\"243\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Bar Chart\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var a in e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r<t.length;r++){if(t[r].contentWindow===e.source)t[r].style.height=e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][a]+\"px\"}}}))}();\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var a in e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r<t.length;r++){if(t[r].contentWindow===e.source)t[r].style.height=e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][a]+\"px\"}}}))}();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">1. <strong>Pet camera (77% sad, 192.7k reactions)<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-118908 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/MicrosoftTeams-image-8.png?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/MicrosoftTeams-image-8.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/MicrosoftTeams-image-8.png?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/MicrosoftTeams-image-8.png?resize=96,96 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, ignorance really is bliss, and that\u2019s exactly what\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9273809\/Feline-lonely-Pet-cat-Fu-Fu-appears-cry-security-camera-left-home-alone.html\">Fu Fu<\/a>\u2019s owners learned by using a pet camera after leaving the cat home alone during the holidays. The sad reactions to the pet camera accounted for a whopping 77% of the total number of emojis (except likes) \u2014 showing us just how easily cats control our emotions and the internet. But, what else is new?<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">2. <strong>Fitness tracker (49% sad, 67.8k reactions)<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-118715 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_480373939.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_480373939.jpg 5000w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_480373939.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_480373939.jpg?resize=500,500 500w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_480373939.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_480373939.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_480373939.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_480373939.jpg?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_480373939.jpg?resize=96,96 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Online sad reactions to the fitness tracker are the best metaphor for self-disappointment in our failed attempts at staying fit. This evil little device is also the fourth item with most angry reactions.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">3.<strong> Washing machine (38% sad, 148.2k reactions)<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-118716 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1030100488.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1030100488.jpg 5000w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1030100488.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1030100488.jpg?resize=500,500 500w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1030100488.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1030100488.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1030100488.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1030100488.jpg?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1030100488.jpg?resize=96,96 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On the same note,\u00a0the\u00a0washing machine\u00a0is here to remind us that a large part of\u00a0adult\u00a0life is, sadly, never-ending laundry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-118842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/infuriating.png?w=91&amp;h=91&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"81\" height=\"81\" \/>Most infuriating: Smart thermostats that make us feel like\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0not home alone<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Of all the items analyzed, the following gadgets gathered the highest percentage of \u201cangry\u201d reactions on Facebook:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-AiKAC\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/AiKAC\/1\/\" height=\"243\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Bar Chart\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var a in e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r<t.length;r++){if(t[r].contentWindow===e.source)t[r].style.height=e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][a]+\"px\"}}}))}();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif\" data-listid=\"21\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Food processor (38% angry, 8.6k reactions)<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-118909 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/MicrosoftTeams-image-11.png?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/MicrosoftTeams-image-11.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/MicrosoftTeams-image-11.png?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/MicrosoftTeams-image-11.png?resize=96,96 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The food processor is supposed to make cooking easy and hassle-free, but tell that to the 50 different pieces that take up all the counter space and need thorough cleaning after each dish. In fact, just reading that now even gets you pretty irritated, right?<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">2. <strong>Smart thermostat (31% angry, 32.9k reactions)<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-118718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1859493226.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1859493226.jpg 2100w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1859493226.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1859493226.jpg?resize=500,500 500w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1859493226.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1859493226.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1859493226.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1859493226.jpg?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1859493226.jpg?resize=96,96 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The smart thermostat took an intrusive turn this year when, in Big Brother style, Texas power companies\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/texas-energy-companies-remotely-raised-smart-thermostats-temperatures-2021-6\">controlled<\/a>\u00a0residents\u2019 thermostats remotely \u2014 hence, the angry reactions. Granted, remotely controlled devices can be extremely useful if you\u2019re the one doing the controlling. But, when others do it, you might get an unpleasant feeling that you\u2019re not quite home alone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-118844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/wow.png?w=91&amp;h=91&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"81\" height=\"81\" \/>Most impressive: Smart doorbells that get too personal with the neighbors<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Of all the items analyzed, the following gadgets gathered the highest percentage of \u201cwow\u201d reactions on Facebook:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-kn3Bz\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/kn3Bz\/1\/\" height=\"433\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Bar Chart\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var a in e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r<t.length;r++){if(t[r].contentWindow===e.source)t[r].style.height=e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][a]+\"px\"}}}))}();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"25\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Smart doorbell (44% wow, 9.3k reactions)<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-118722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1767416882.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1767416882.jpg 2098w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1767416882.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1767416882.jpg?resize=500,500 500w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1767416882.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1767416882.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1767416882.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1767416882.jpg?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1767416882.jpg?resize=96,96 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Alarmingly, news regarding some smart doorbells revealed that they\u2019re able to capture\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-58911296\">private data<\/a>\u00a0from neighbors \u2014 which could be considered a privacy violation, especially if you\u2019re in the habit of bad-mouthing your annoying neighbors. The moral of this story is: smart home tech is spy tech in disguise.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">2. <strong>Smart thermostat (39% wow, 32.9k reactions)<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-118723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1106115263.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1106115263.jpg 4000w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1106115263.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1106115263.jpg?resize=500,500 500w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1106115263.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1106115263.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1106115263.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1106115263.jpg?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_1106115263.jpg?resize=96,96 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Also part of the most infuriating items.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">3. <strong>Baby monitor (32% wow, 82.5k reactions)<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-118910 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/MicrosoftTeams-image-10.png?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/MicrosoftTeams-image-10.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/MicrosoftTeams-image-10.png?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/MicrosoftTeams-image-10.png?resize=96,96 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Stories of brotherly love are always heartwarming, especially when they come from 10-year-olds. This\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/parents\/baby-monitor-shows-boy-comforting-his-baby-brother-3-m-t204789\">caring brother<\/a>\u00a0surprised his mom and the people who witnessed the images captured by the baby monitor when he woke up in the middle of the night to comfort his 18-month-old brother. All together now, \u201cAww!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Methodology<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>RentCafe is a nationwide apartment search website that enables renters to easily find apartments and houses for rent throughout the United States. Our research blog deals with everything related to apartment life, from market analyses to guides and features about apartment amenities.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>This study was based on data from <a href=\"https:\/\/buzzsumo.com\/\">Buzzsumo<\/a>'s Content Analyzer, an online research tool. We verified 70+ popular home gadgets to determine the ones that triggered the strongest emotions on social media in 2021.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>We analyzed 747,000 Facebook emoji reactions (excluding likes) to around 2 million articles.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>We ranked the items by the highest percentages of Facebook reactions (love, sad, angry, funny and wow, excluding likes) to the articles in which they were mentioned in the past year.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Fair use and redistribution<\/h3>\n<p>We encourage you and freely grant you permission to reuse, host, or repost the research, graphics, and images presented in this article. When doing so, we ask that you credit our research by linking to RentCafe.com or this page, so that your readers can learn more about this project, the research behind it and its methodology. For more in-depth, customized data, please contact us at media@rentcafe.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beauty and self-care gadgets were the most loved home electronics\u00a0in 2021; anti-snoring devices and beard trimmers\u00a0made us laugh the most, while\u00a0fitness trackers\u00a0made us sad \u2014 all according to Facebook emoji reactions. In truth, it\u2019s\u00a0an accurate reflection of\u00a0everyone\u2019s life in\u00a0another year of the pandemic,\u00a0with\u00a0too much\u00a0time spent indoors and\u00a0too many failed\u00a0attempts at\u00a0maintaining\u00a0healthy habits.\u00a0 So how do you&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2470,"featured_media":118913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3661],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-market-snapshots","gallery-content-unit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Tech That Makes Us Tick: These Home Gadgets Triggered the Strongest Online Emotions in 2021 - RentCafe rental blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Beauty and self-care gadgets were the most loved home electronics\u00a0in 2021, while\u00a0fitness trackers\u00a0made us sad, according to Facebook emojis.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/rental-market\/market-snapshots\/home-gadgets-with-strongest-online-emotions-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Tech That Makes Us Tick: These Home Gadgets Triggered the Strongest Online Emotions in 2021\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Beauty and self-care gadgets were the most loved home electronics\u00a0in 2021, while\u00a0fitness trackers\u00a0made us sad, according to Facebook emojis.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/rental-market\/market-snapshots\/home-gadgets-with-strongest-online-emotions-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"RentCafe rental blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-14T10:00:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-16T12:19:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/12\/social-media-featured-image-2.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Laura Pop-Badiu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Laura Pop-Badiu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"10 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/rental-market\/market-snapshots\/home-gadgets-with-strongest-online-emotions-2021\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/rental-market\/market-snapshots\/home-gadgets-with-strongest-online-emotions-2021\/\",\"name\":\"The Tech That Makes Us Tick: These Home Gadgets Triggered the Strongest Online Emotions in 2021 - 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