Polaroid Now — the joy-per-click ratio is hard to argue with

The Polaroid Now Instant Camera is one of those purchases where the ongoing cost hurts but the immediate joy is undeniable. Each print runs somewhere around a dollar, which means watching a kid go through a pack of film in an afternoon is a mildly painful experience. But there’s something about watching a photo develop in real time that a phone screen just can’t replicate — the anticipation, the slow reveal, the physical object at the end. My tween went through an entire pack documenting the family dog from every possible angle, and every single print ended up on her bedroom wall. The joy-per-click ratio on this thing is genuinely hard to argue with.