As times get tougher, the money-saving energy monitors get cooler. This Efergy eLite easily connects to your power meter and gives you wireless readings with its handheld unit up to 200 feet away, showing you how much energy you're using — and money you're spending.

It works just like that $100 Black & Decker Energy Power Monitor we showed you a few months ago, and it also shares the same drawback: it can't export its data to your PC for graphing and visualization. Even so, we like the design of this cheaper (£44.95, about $65) product made for the UK that hopefully might someday find its way to these shores.