One of the most annoying things about remote controls is that there is so many of them. You know how it is – I want to turn my TV down but I’ve got the remote for the stereo in my hand! So I look for the TV remote and after 10 minutes o searching, it’s always in the last place I look – under the sofa. Surely a remote control that controls everything is a must. It’s especially annoying where one of your remote controls gets broken or misplaced and the only way to use a piece of equipment is to order a new one as there are no manual controls. I think there should be a law that states that each household is only allowed one remote.

I recently bought a ‘One for all’ remote, which claimed that all my remote control troubles would be over. How wrong they were. Not only was it impossible to ‘calibrate and ‘program’ it to each piece of electrical equipment (it just seemed to have a mind of it’s own), it was also impossible to then put it into action. I tried to turn down my air-conditioning but ended up recording the weather program on my VCR. One remote for each piece of equipment makes sense to me. You just need somewhere to put them!