The Best Gadgets for Throwing a Kick-Ass Party

You could watch the Big Game on a TV the old-fashioned way, or you could step into the future and glue some OLED screens on your eyeballs. The Vision Pro might not be the most obvious way to watch Super Bowl LX, but it is the most obvious way to watch the Super Bowl in VR. With a ridiculously premium display and the ability to stream from the Peacock app, you could make Super Bowl LX the wildest, most face-heavy watch experience you’ve ever had.

I’m a big advocate for taking advantage of air fryers for all your favorite heart-stopping snacks, and if you plan on having a crew over to mukbang some jalapeño poppers, you’re going to need one that works well and is capable of frying a lot of stuff at once. Having used Philip’s air fryers in the past, I’m a fan of how well they compare to deep-frying, and if you’re trying to reduce mess, crisp up some food, and make things as tasty and easy as possible, a big air fryer is the way to go.

The Super Bowl is as much about entertaining as it is about actually watching football, and having a ton of people in your home can get messy fast. Don’t waste valuable football time cleaning up crumbs when you can have a robot do your work for you. The Matic is great at what it does (we rate it highly for great vacuum performance and solid mopping), but it also makes a statement. Think about it: do you want to just pick up crumpled tortilla chips? Or do you want to pick up crumpled tortilla chips and impress your friends?

A great sound system might be a bit obvious when it comes to must-have Super Bowl tech, but not all sound is created equal. Samsung’s HW-Q990F, despite the clinical name, is beloved for having a ton of channels—11.1.4 for all the audiophiles out there—and is fairly compact. This system has one sound bar, two wireless surround speakers, and a subwoofer that has two drivers. There are a lot of home theater systems to choose from out there, but Samsung’s HW-Q990F is a great mix of style and power—nothing says Super Bowl like hearing football through 11 speakers at once.

Sometimes hearing it just isn’t enough. Sometimes you need to feel it, too. Sometimes you need to feel it on your butt, actually. Razer’s Freyja chair takes sound and translates it to haptics in a gaming chair. Sure, this is meant for high-end PC battlestations, but who’s to say you can’t also feel the rumble of the NFL’s most important game?

The Super Bowl might still technically be a product of network television, but let’s be honest—the vast majority of us aren’t paying for (shivers) cable just to watch it. If you’re streaming Super Bowl LX on Peacock like most of us, the last thing you want is a shoddy internet connection. To avoid that, you can go way overboard with a gaming-centric Wi-Fi 7 router from TP-Link that has three bands with a max output of 19Gbps and a grand total of eight antennas. As if that wasn’t enough, it also does RGB so when you’re done streaming the Super Bowl, you’ll be able to game like a professional.

Screens are great, but what if your Super Bowl party is huge? What if you need to really ball out and get something theater-like for all of your football-loving friends? If any of that sounds like something you need to do then Anker’s Nebula X1 projector may be the solution for you. With 4K resolution and the ability to project up to a 300-inch screen, this is how you super-size your Super Bowl LX watching experience. Good luck finding enough friends to justify balling out this hard, though.

Super Bowl LX isn’t just a huge football game, it’s theater, and no theatrical experience is complete without an over-the-top light show. The Philips Hue Play HDMI sync box does exactly what it promises—it syncs up your TV content at 8K 60Hz or 4K at 120Hz with your Philip’s Hue lights for a coordinated smart light experience. If you didn’t have $25,000 lying around for Super Bowl tickets, this could go a long way for making the game a lot more immersive.

Listen, football might be awesome, but it’s also stressful. If you’re a fan of either the Seahawks or the Patriots, your blood pressure is going to be through the roof, and win or lose, you’re going to need to decompress after it’s all said and done. To help facilitate the relaxation process, you can get this EEG meditation band that can help get you to sleep and guide you through a nerve-soothing meditation.

You might have the sound system squared away, but what about the after party? If your team wins the whole thing, you’re going to need to celebrate appropriately, and nothing says Super Bowl champs like a gigantic party speaker. This Bromley 750 from Marshall is big and loud, and if you need to give a season-ending speech (or eulogy) there are inputs for a microphone.

Beer is fine, but sometimes you and your pals need something a little more heavy-duty—especially if your team is down big time. Skip the pre-batching and get this cocktail maker from Bartesian that has a 1,500 milliliter capacity and can churn out cocktails on demand thanks to Keurig-like capsules. You can choose the drink strength, too, in case things get really dire as the game goes along.

If a projector or a VR headset isn’t your style, the easiest way to watch Super Bowl LX is getting the biggest possible TV. Hisense makes a pretty damn big one. At 100 inches, this mini LED 4K has solid picture quality and a 144Hz refresh rate which is sufficient for high-motion sports viewing like the kind you get in football. Honestly, for that much TV, the price ain’t crazy, either.

When you’re having a party, fridge space is often the first thing to go. To avoid having everyone’s beer go warm, buy a smart cooler that uses a battery to keep everyone’s drinks at the perfect temperature. If you live in a place that still sees sun this time of year, you can also charge the Solix EverFrost 2 up using solar power. Who said drinking too many beers on game day couldn’t also be kind of eco-friendly?

If you’re the type to make your own pizza as opposed to ordering it, you’re going to need a pizza oven, and Ooni makes some pretty spiffy ones. The Ooni Koda 2 Pro is an outdoor gas-powered pizza oven that can get as hot as 500 degrees Celsius, meaning you can churn out pizzas quick. On top of that, there’s also a smart thermometer in this bad boy so you can check the temperature on your phone to make sure they don’t come out soggy like the Kansas City Chiefs did in last year’s Super Bowl.

For most fans of the NFL, the Super Bowl is a relaxing experience since their team isn’t in it. To maximize that relaxation, why not spend all that time sitting in front of a screen and shoving snacks into your mouth while also getting a massage? This absurdly complex massage chair from Bodyfriend doesn’t just massage you, it uses two robotic leg holders to stretch your legs, that way you don’t have to leave the comfort of your armchair to get the blood flowing again.