Health and fitness: six of the best home tech ideas for wellness fanatics

1. BKool Smart Pro 2

Enjoy outdoor cycling indoors by attaching a “turbo trainer” to your bicycle, turning it into a high-end exercise bike. This new design is quiet and can simulate slopes of up to 20 per cent, so you can fly down hills and feel the burn of climbs. It comes with a subscription to BKool’s virtual trainer software, so you can ride virtual courses, take part in virtual velodrome games, even simulate the impact of weather conditions. Priced £499.

2. Falmec Bellaria

Londoners are rightly concerned about air pollution and looking for ways to clean the air in their homes. This beautiful lamp, a collaboration with internationally renowned Venetian designer Marco Zito, is also an air purifier. It creates negatively charged ions to remove pollutants from the air including bacteria, viruses, dust and dust mites, pollen, spores, odours and cigarette smoke. It also uses a dust filter and an activated charcoal filter for good measure. Priced £849.

3. Miele DG 6001

This 24-litre free-standing steam oven offers valuable extra cooking space and adds healthy steam cooking to your repertoire. Steam retains essential vitamins and minerals, for example up to twice as much vitamin C as boiling. You can prove dough and slow-cook casseroles, too. It sits on the worktop and doesn’t need to be plumbed in, making it a handy, portable addition that renters can take with them when they move. Priced £799.

4. Lumie Vitamin L

Feel the urge to bathe in light? This slim light box simulates UV-free bright sunlight, which is proven to boost mood, alertness, focus and even sleep patterns in winter months. Its rippled diffuser creates a soft, comfortable light. It’s smaller than a sheet of A4 and just 3cm thick, so you can take it anywhere. Use for half an hour a day to help tackle SAD and the winter blues. Priced £75.

5. Vitinni Air Fryer

​Mmmm... chips. Air fryers are a much healthier alternative to deep frying because they blast food with hot air rather than hot oil. So your “fried” food contains 80 per cent less fat. Many cost upwards of £200, so you’d need to be a household of chip addicts. This more affordable model, which has a family-size four-litre capacity, is a smart buy at £54.99.

6. Kuaifit Sport Headphones

Multi-sport wireless headphones with a built-in personal trainer, these don’t rely on a phone, chest strap or wristwatch and they work equally well at home, in the gym or out and about. The integral heart rate monitor and sensors calculate your pace, calories and more. Get individual voice coaching from top athletes and trainers plus there’s built-in storage for more than 2,000 songs, three months of workout data and training plans. Priced £159 (£209 including bike sensor).