Top 50 Unique and Cheapest Things on AliExpress

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In the digital era, where online shopping has become more of an adventure than a chore, AliExpress shines as a beacon for the curious, the frugal, and the trend-savvy shoppers.

It’s a marketplace vast enough to promise something for everyone, and yet, the sheer volume of products can be overwhelming. But fret not! We’ve done the legwork to compile a list of 50 items that stand out for their uniqueness, utility, and unbeatable prices.

From gadgets that feel like they’ve been sent from the future to quirky home decor that will have your guests asking “where did you get that?“, this list has it all.

So, without further ado, let’s dive into the world of the unique and the affordable on AliExpress.

1. Drone

Drone

If you dream about drone here’s an affordable one, and it has pretty good quality. Despite its size, there is a camera and place for a card. In the box comes three extra propellers and protection that will be safe not only for propellers but also for your walls and furniture.

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2. Vegetable Wrapper

Vegetable Wrapper

Then we ordered this cool thing putting it together we realized that it’s a better version of a grind. We liked it overall we can grind any vegetables saving time and not scratching fingers.

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3. Speaker

Speaker

We ordered a small portable bluetooth speaker that can be used outside. Form is like jbl and looks decent and costs way less. There is also some kind of water resistance. Thanks to carbines speaker can be hooked up to pants or backpack. Overall for a price it’s a steal.

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4. Rubber Gun

Rubber Gun

This pistol really made us happy. It made of some kind of wood but shoot with rubber bands. I saw this a lot of times online and I always wanted to buy but unfortunately couldn’t find time. Rubbers go about five-six meters for sure and it won’t hurt anyone.

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5. USB Card

USB Card

Next we have this usb drive with 32 gigabytes. Here is its unique part when you connect it to your computer nothing extraordinary happens just a flash drive. But on a case, there is a fingerprint reader and when the owner touch it. It opens a secret folder where you can keep your photos and other files which should not be visible for other people. Even if you lose your drive someone who finds it wouldn’t be able to see what’s inside.

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6. Bird

Bird

We got this package with some details that we need to assemble by ourselves. After 20 minutes of assembling, we got this bird. Use the leverage which allows spinning rubber and bird probably should fly a little. It’s pretty cool the wings look pretty realistic and from a few meters it may look like a real bird. It can fly for 3-5 meters or more depending in windy situations.

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7. Soap Dispenser

Soap Dispenser

Now we’re gonna show how it works. With batteries put inside, press power on button. Put our hands and get soap but thick foam. It’s more fun. The dispenser looks really cool and works flawlessly. With this thing you don’t need to tell kids to wash hands, they will do it by themselves.

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8. Stirling Engine

Stirling Engine

This one I saw on internet as well and the name of this thing is stirling engine. And now we’re gonna show the way it works. So put our device to cup or little hot surface. Wait a few seconds push the circle and it automatically starts working. In order to make it work the lower part should be warmer than the upper part to about 15 degrees or higher. Inside of it air moves and it works.

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9. Wine Cork

Wine Cork

It happens often when you open the vine, drank a little and want to leave it for later. After opening it it gets badder real quick because inside is oxygen. This cork has a pump inside which pumping out oxygen from a bottle. We need to close a bottle and pushing a cork pump out the air. There is a scale with days and months so we can put day when you want to open it.

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10. Nozzle

Nozzle

This weird thing can make it easier to deal with packed products. For example macaroni put in attachments on packet from were you have open it. Snap this and it’s ready, opening a cap pour as much as we need and close it down.

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11. Wooden Rubber Gun

Wooden Rubber Gun

When you order this it comes in pieces. And you can assemble it at home. The pistol is made from wooden layers that connect with each other with other. After 20 minutes we got this huge weapon, in the set, there was the pile of rubbers that it shoots with. Then rubbers can be attached to a pistol. It really fast it can work with any other robbers as well and looks way better than the first version.

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12. Tritium Keychain

Tritium Keychain

I wanted to buy this thing for a long time and here is it now. It’s a keychain with the rod inside and it’s not simple, it can light it at night. It’s not just a phosphorous that charges daytime and then just disappears later on. Here the energy’s radioactive material titanium which can’t expose radiation from case but can show light. It will not light for a day or two but more than 10 years.

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13. Perfume Dispenser

Perfume Dispenser

This gadget for our women viewers. Get your perfume and dispenser. Pick our gadgets put down sprinkler of perfume, then put dispenser on top with bottom part stuck at the novel. Push it that’s how we pump perfume to a smaller container and get this mini portable perfume. You can place it anywhere, it doesn’t require much space.

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14. Pneumatic Gun

This is one of the most interesting gadgets. It looks like some kind of space gun from fantasy movies. It has huge leverage that used to pump air to the reservoir on top and trigger that, on high pressure goes outside. Airflow is pretty strong, with special attachments it can open up the clogged water lines.

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15. Shoe Dryer

Shoe Dryer

It happens quite often that your shoes get wet on rainy time and it’s better if you dryed as soon as possible. For this we have this device, it has two stands that stick out and blows warm air. Put your wet shoes and start the timer. Warm air flow will vaporize water quite fast and you can go to walk after that.

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16. Reusable Adhesive Tape

Reusable Adhesive Tape

Next up is this big transparent double stick tape, it’s pretty sticky and elastic. But that’s not all it can do its main feature is that it’s reusable. After usage, it might be dirty then just wash it under the tap, dry and it will be sticky again like brand-new. Chinese came up with this and first I couldn’t believe until I tried by myself. I think you can find a lot of uses for this.

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17. Fast Wireless Charging

Fast Wireless Charging

We already showed you lotta charging stations for wireless charging but apart from the quality implementation. This one has fast charging and recently I forgot about cables and charge my smartphone with this.

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18. Vacuum Machine

Vacuum Machine

This device will be useful in almost every kitchen. In the set, you can find the thick plastic package where you can put any products. Then you need to put the tip of packaging in the device. Push the button and immediately it will start suck air out of the package. Making vacuum inside, in the end, the device will pack the product, so air won’t go inside that’s how you can vacuum almost any products.

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19. Xiaomi Fitness Bracelet

Xiaomi Fitness Bracelet

We couldn’t ignore this great fitness bracelet from xiaomi. Why it’s good you ask? First is design and most important a low price. The second one in one charge it lasts more than two weeks and doing so still have a lot of features. For me the most important thing is the number of steps daily. It also shows travel distance and calorie quantity. Bracelet has heart rate meter which can measure your pulse.

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20. Bicycle Dimensions

Bicycle Dimensions

Next up is this popular lights for bicycle where each of them has bright diodes and have different modes. But most important is that you don’t need to change batteries because it can be charged with usb port. We took apart one of those and found it has compact lithium battery. It attaches to the bicycle using a rubber ring.

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21. Triple USB Charging

Triple USB Charging

First, it looks like a typical charger for a smartphone but it’s not really like that. The device has fast charging moreover it has three ports. The first one gives more than 9 volts and 2 amperes which is really good indication. But in which cases you need it? Let’s say you have three devices on your desk and these things should be charged from usb. And in this case for every device you gotta have its own charger also three ports for its connection. But our setup is different and we need only one slot and all gadgets connect with one charger and all works properly.

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22. PowerCube Plug

PowerCube Plug

This one I’ve seen a long time ago on the internet and wanted to buy. Besides its reliable and we can say stylish. It has two usb ports for charging gadgets, in some cases adaptors have an advantage compared to general plugs. This version with usb is just a dream. It also work as a phone stand as it is huge brick.

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23. Flashlight

Flashlight

Lets take a look at affordable flashlight which not lacking any features. The first advantage is the angle of light that can be changed which allows to point the beam to tiny part. That’s how we extend the length of lighting. Then turning on special modes we get this effective and round light in middle of flashlight. There’s special magnet near power button to use this flashlight holds on metal surfaces.

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24. MeteoStation

MeteoStation

This is super useful thing that we use every day. This is a compact meteorological station that consists of two parts. The display we leave at home and small transmitter we got to place outside. Now on display we see not only temperature and humidity inside the house but also information about outside weather. You can place a display wherever you want.

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25. Grafting Scissors

Grafting Scissors

This device would be nice if you have a garden or cottage. This thing is for immunization of trees. Now we’re gonna see how it works we are not expert in this sphere but we get the concept. Cut the branch and using special blades make an exact form on the end of a stick. Now take a branch from the other tree and do the same thing in the end. Two branches ideally match on the form and fits.

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26. Big Flashlight For Bicycle

Big Flashlight For Bicycle

It gets warmer outside and the cycling season starts. Though it can be dark outside pretty quick that’s why I bought a decent flashlight for a bicycle. It has a special removable mount that allow us to fix flashlights securely and it can take you when you need it. Light is bright and long, also has different modes of lighting. The flashlight has a nonremovable battery and charges from microusb.

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27. Cable

Cable

Probably most of you faced an issue with a damaged charging cable sometimes from your hamster. But our cable won’t be thrown away with these damages. If you have this issue you just need to cut a piece lock it in, plug and pull outsides. Now put the whole cable inside and close. That how this cable work, you can cut it as many time as you can depend on cable length.

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28. USB Tester

USB Tester

This thing is a tester using it you can access the performance of your charging devices and cables. Even if you have a good charger but bad cable it can ruin everything. I have two white cables and let’s compare them first one could make it to whole nine volts and almost one-and-a-half amps. Meanwhile, other cables couldn’t switch to fast-charging modes and may go to only five volts and accordingly will charge your smartphone two times longer. Similarly you can check power banks not only fast charge but also for its capacity.

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29. Bike Lock

Bike Lock

Continuing bicycle theme we are presenting you this device. It can help you to protect your bicycle from the thief. Using tricky moves it changes this to a chain for attaching a bicycle to a pole. It consists of thick parts I think it’s impossible to just cut it with pliers or break it off. You probably need to cut it with the chainsaw. The chain has a length of 85 centimeters, it will be plenty to attach the bicycle rack with the wheel to a pole.

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30. Wire Holder

Wire Holder

Next up is cable organiser. It come in two panels and this can a clamp which we have a magnet inside on the other side there is a double-tape. Using it to stick to an edge of a table or somewhere else. Next you should open clip and put cables inside which you rarely use. Now it won’t lie on the ground and be messy.

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31. Adapter For USB

Adapter For USB

In this small package, you got usb kind of thing. Putting it into your smartphone or tablet you can connect any flash drive. And then send files from your smartphone to the flash drive if you don’t have any computer nearby. So that’s how you can save some files on your smartphone or you can watch movies which are on the flash drive.

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32. Clicking Cube

Clicking Cube

Many people enjoy clicking with the pen or doing some weird things with their hands. I guess especially for them they invited this thing. It has a lot of buttons and keys so you can click it, flip it and do whatever you want. It makes some clicky sound when pressed.

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33. USB Fan

USB Fan

We already feel summer break and this hot weather which will be for two months. If you have a laptop or computer nearby using these gadgets you can simplify your life. This tiny fan on the flexible leg can be put into your usb connectors. If you push the button it will start to rotate and give you fresh breeze.

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34. Spoon Scale

Spoon Scale

All the girls know how useful this spoon could be in the kitchen. The difference of this is that it shows the weight. Probably it will help you when you will cook some goodie in the kitchen.

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35. Remote Control

Remote Control

This keychain is actually tv remote which you can control any tv you want. In order to pair it with tv, you need to press middle button and press it until the tv will not turn off sound. And that’s pretty much it now you can control this tv but please don’t hack tv in some restaurants or mall.

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36. USB Flashlight

USB Flashlight

The coolest gadgets, in my opinion, are these things they have some led light and contacts for usb. Putting it into your laptop or computer will have a mini limitation which will give you really cool mood in the darkness. So you can put into your smartphone and get additional flashlights. Also, you can put it in the usb port on your television getting light behind. And the coolest thing is if you put the flashlight into your charger you will get a night lamp.

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37. Shoe Laces

Shoe Laces

More than a hundred years people have been tying their shoes but it comes to an end. The reason could be this silicon like ties. All you need to do is to put it through like usual laces clasp. And from now you don’t have to lace it.  It’s super comfy and easy to use.

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38. Gamepad

Gamepad

Almost everybody laughs at the time playing on a smartphone. But doing it with fingers is not really comfortable and of the quarter of the screen always block. This is the joystick for the smartphone so turn on, put special holders to mount on a smartphone, connect bluetooth transmitter and enjoy convenient experience.

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39. Magic Pen

Magic Pen

First, it seems like a general fan but it has a unique feature in the ink. Writing a word on a paper, the ink disappears in a few minutes. Other people won’t even realize what is there and you can also trick writing something on clothes.

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40. Wireless Charger Module

Wireless Charger Module

Many new smartphones has wireless charging very convenient feature. This function on your smartphone helps to charge without cable. But if you don’t have the most expensive phone and it doesn’t have this function. Using this thing you can upgrade your phone without investing too much.

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41. Saw

Saw

If I went to camping, I would definitely think of this thing. It is a handy cutting chain. It is the same as a chain saw. We found a dead tree to test it. Put one side to our hand, wrap it around tree and start to shove. We were so surprised when using only the hands power. Cutting through the tree like a knife through butter. It took us only four minutes to cut a dead tree, perhaps with ax it would take much longer.

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42. Laptop Cooler

Laptop Cooler

Laptop heat really quickly, so solution of this problem can be this thing. It has small tentacles which clings to the coller of a laptop. It runs from usb ports it will cool your computer down not drasticly but atleast 5-10 degree.

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43. Bracelet For Survival

Bracelet For Survival

Then we like this kind of bracelet for survival with a few features. It has a small pedal and you using it you can set fire. For some reason they put thermometer. It has loud whistle and three meter long rope which will be useful in extreme conditions.

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44. Tablets For Glass

Tablets For Glass

Probably someone in your family has a car and these pills will come in handy if you out of windscreen washer fluid. To see what it should really make just take a big bottle filled with water and put one pill inside. Right away we can observe reaction with water, it will dissolve in a few-minute. We will  gets four liters of washing windscreen liquid for your car. Considering price in gas stations these pill just saving for your wallet.

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45. USB Battery Rechargeable

USB Battery Rechargeable

This is usual but it is an unusual battery. In order to charge it you don’t need any other device because it has micro usb port. You just need normal phone charger to have a hundred percent power.

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46. Slime For Cleaning

Slime For Cleaning

Next, in this package, you can find a weird thing. This kind of slime that you can play with also it will help you to clean. Just put it on the surface and this slime will smack and take at all dust. That is how you can find many applications to use this thing every day.

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47. Mini-Smartphone

Mini-Smartphone

Next up, there is a small smartphone really small, even smaller than a box from matches. It has led display and even extra features. I don’t know why people buy it maybe as a keychain or a phone for a kid. But I really like it.

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48. Chameleon Case

Chameleon Case

First, it seems like an ordinary case for the smartphone but it has a very cool feature. To be exact it can change color because of the warmth of your hands. It looks really awesome, to be honest, it doesn’t matter the source of warmth. It will change color in that space where it heated up.

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49. Battery Tester

Battery Tester

Almost in every home, you can find a lot of batteries and it’s pretty hard to find whether they work or not. To find out we can use a special battery tester. Put pin sides, push and look at the scale. Green means that the battery has a lot of power. Yellow tells you that the end is coming and the red is the time to dispose of your battery.

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50. Luminous Headphones

Luminous Headphones

First, it seems like usual headphones but as soon as you connect to your smartphone. The wire starts to light with bright and beat to the music. Looks really cool especially at night and sound quality is good too. Details are in place but they produce less bass then same-priced headphones.

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FAQs

Are these items really affordable?

Absolutely! Each item on this list was selected for its balance of uniqueness, utility, and affordability. Prices can vary, but each find is aimed at offering great value.

How do I ensure I’m buying from a reputable seller on AliExpress?

Look for sellers with high ratings and positive feedback. Also, check the number of orders for the product, as a high number usually indicates a trustworthy seller.

Can I find branded items on AliExpress?

Yes, you can find both branded and non-branded items. However, be cautious and read reviews to ensure authenticity, especially for high-value items.

What about shipping times?

Shipping times can vary greatly depending on the seller and your location. Always check the estimated delivery time and consider opting for AliExpress Standard Shipping for faster delivery.

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Jaskaran Singh

Jaskaran, a tech enthusiast from childhood, inspired by his father, began his tech journey by rooting Android phones. He now writes on various tech topics, aiming to simplify complex ideas for a broad audience. His writing is direct, concise, and flows effortlessly, making tech topics accessible and engaging.

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