I guess you could call them "eggs-traneous"?

I have to admit... I have that egg strainer on my wish list. It may be not necessary... but I love it.

I can only see a point of an egg slicer - say you want neat-looking even slices to top your open sandwiches or salted herring. But agree with you, Cambria, that a simple slicer without all those extras would do.

The egg cuber is extraneous for another reason: you can make "shaped" eggs from old paper milk cartons (and, presumably, cling-wrap covered cardboard.) All you need is a hot hardboiled egg (you can reheat it in lukewarm water) and a mold that holds an egg's volume. Use rubber bands for tension and pressure.

I did a post on creating Platonic Solid eggs on my blog a while back. Great craft/math project for kids.

Anything that is a unitasker is not welcome in my kitchen unless it serves a specific need that can't be duplicated by any other equipment or my wife insists on it (which is why we have a garlic press.) The only exception to this is our rice cooker which you can pry from my cold dead hands and actually can be used for other things so it's not truly a unitasker.

An egg seperator doesn't make much sense to me. I made an angel food cake and homemade ice cream and required the whites for the former and the yolks for the latter. I separated 9 eggs yesterday (and used 3 extra frozen ones) and didn't find using the shell to be that hard.

Best egg separation technique ever.

http://www.mostwatchedtoday.com/tag/how-to-separate-egg-whites-using-plastic-bottle/

I separated eight eggs this morning with those new fangled high tech egg shells. Worked like a charm!

That egg separator is a great gag gift. I would never buy it for myself though.

Am I the strange one that seperates my eggs with my hand, rather than with the shells? I just always seemed easier...let the whites fall through your fingers and the yolk stays in your hand.

@bobette - Nope, you're not the only one. I think it's easier too.

If you make bento boxes, the egg shaper is not so strange.

the box is generally used for bento making.
the gun-shaped form amuses me, and i'm tempted to purchase one if only to make those queasy about guns even more queasy. because gun-shaped things are harmless.

Although it doesn't actually exist - remember that gadget from the Bridget Jones's Diary movie? The one that her mom demonstrated? "Wise Crack Egg Peeler!

Egg slicers also work GREAT for slicing strawberries. I was once in an assembly line for a fundraising meal for my local library, and we needed to slice a massive amount of strawberries for strawberry shortcake. It cuts the time down quite a bit when you use an egg slicer instead of a regular knife. Not to mention it's easier on the wrists. That being said, yes, the add-ons are a bit much, but if it comes with, why not go for it?

@Bobette - that's how I do it too. I feel like I'd accidentally break a yolk on some hard piece of shell and I would have just wasted an egg.

What? No mention of the "Have it Oeuf" Wise Crack egg peeler from the Bridget Jones' Diary movie?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJi4d6J1_HM

I bought an egg cuber purely because the box had a picture of a chicken, swearing as it laid square eggs. And it's also fun to put square eggs in my salad and have people do a double take at lunch. Guess it doesn't take a lot to amuse me.

The cubed egg is every Minecrafter's dream.

When I was very young my mom had an egg cuber that was rarely - like never - used after the novelty wore off. I always, always, always wanted them, but you can only make one at a time and it takes a while. I had a dream that I'd have dozens. What do you think my husband would say when he finds a drawer full of them?

I know this is all in good fun, but when laughing about uni-taskers, don't forget that they might be really useful to the disabled. Cracking and separating an egg must be pretty difficult for someone with bad arthritis or neuropathy.

That egg separator is hilarious!!! I think the old-fashioned way is the way to go...although the egg-cubes and slicer would make for interesting presentation! ;-)

No mention of Eggies</href>?

(Full disclosure - I actually own these. And they do work, so long as you can crack the egg into the tiny, tiny hole at the top of the Eggie. A little messy, but no more shells to peel off a hard boiled egg! Haha.)

No mention of Eggies?

(Full disclosure - I actually own these. And they do work, so long as you can crack the egg into the tiny, tiny hole at the top of the Eggie. A little messy, but no more shells to peel off a hard boiled egg! Haha.)

My father-in-law, bless his heart, saw an infomercial for the EZ Egg Cracker and bought me one because I bake a lot. I still haven't figured-out how to use the thing. By the time I get the contraption ready to use, I could crack a dozen eggs by hand, no mess. It's the thought that counts, though, and I appreciate him thinking of me ;-)

In addition to meliz88's strawberries, egg slicers work great to slice high volumes of button mushrooms quickly as well.

Landfill.

I love the gun one. Love it. I assume it's just a cookie cutter, so you can probably do just about any shape if guns aren't your thing. Also makes this slightly less than single use if you use it baking, too. Or maybe I'm just justifying it because I want one.

LIZRD906 beat me to the punch with the plastic bottle video clip for seperating eggs. Seems fool proof, but my luck would be finding the empty bottle when I wanted some egg whites.
You failed to mention my favorite egg device. When I married my husband 36 years ago, I received a Sunbeam egg cooker because that is how everyone is his family cooked eggs. I still use that same cooker often, mostly for poached eggs, but also for hard cooked eggs. Up to four poached or 7 hard or soft cooked at a time. Bought one for each of my three daughters.

OMG...hilarious! Had to share on facebook. Square eggs? OK, Mah Hubz has been doing that for years, without an extra gadget, in our waffle iron! Waffle eggs!....that will REALLY get people talking! :) We even posted pics of them years ago on our facebook....people laughed...but then they started doing it too!

Some of these are just plain ridiculous, but I won't mind the square egg thingy and super slicer for decorative eggs in my bento :)

Ridiculous as it is, I'm buying the gun egg shaper for my dad for Christmas now. He's going to get such a kick out of it.