Yes they do. The more obscure and expensive it is, the better they like it. Plus they love showing their gadgets off to other men. They have their own secret man-language when they go out to the garage to gaze upon all the gadgets : )
Well hell yes we need them, what kind of question is that? You give us a remote with 893 buttons on it that's bigger than the thing it controls and we are set for a month! That's how long it takes us to read the book that came with it...