The 5 most surprising things our readers bought on Amazon this week (No. 1 is a great gadget)

ZDNET readers love random gadgets - and during Amazon's Spring Sale, they picked up some interesting niche items, some of which are still discounted.

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Amazon wrapped up its Big Spring Sale this past week, and we've been tracking what deals ZDNET readers actually purchased amid all of the discounts. Some of the most popular items were TVs (the Sony Bravia II), SSDs (like those from Western Digital), and headphones (like the Sony WH-1000XM5), which all feel somewhat expected during a sale. 

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But then, there are some top sellers that are on the more random and strange side. Out of the 25 most popular items ordered by hundreds of ZDNET readers through links on our pages during Amazon's Big Spring Sale, the following gadgets stood out ...