News, reviews and articles about home and kitchen products.
No matter how carefully your furniture is arranged, sometimes you find yourself without a convenient, secure place to put your drink while you read or watch TV. With the CouchCoaster, you can have a steady, easily reachable place to hold a bottle, cup, or can right on the arm of your sofa or chair – […]
CouchCoaster solves the problem of where to put your drink Read More
Evapolar makes small evaporative air coolers designed to cool your personal space, be it in your office, bedroom, or a nursery. The evaSMART EV-3000 adds WiFi connectivity so you can control the functions through a mobile app or through home automation interfaces. What is it? The Evapolar devices use evaporative cooling to drop the temperature in
Evapolar evaSMART EV-3000 Personal Air Cooler review Read More
If you like to mix up your own drinks in your home bar, you know you need various tools, including a cocktail shaker. Unless you have an incredible memory, you’ll also need a recipe book, or you’ll find yourself asking Siri or Google how to make drinks. With the Mixology Cocktail Shaker, you’ll have recipes
Your drinks will be shaken, not stirred, with the Mixology cocktail shaker Read More
Do you keep a fire extinguisher in your kitchen like safety experts recommend – and sometimes homeowner’s insurance policies require? If you have one, do you know how to use it? Or even how old it is? If you have a kitchen grease fire and don’t aim the spray from the extinguisher correctly, you can
Safely extinguish kitchen fires with a Kovenex blanket Read More
Kuna has recently announced a follow-on to their Smart Security Light (that I reviewed a few years ago), the Maximus Floodlight Camera. The new Maximus Floodlight Camera can detect motion in a 270-degree arch within a 70-foot range. It has 2400-lumen floodlights (5000K color temp) and a 1080p HD security camera (H264) built into its
Kuna announces new Maximus floodlight camera Read More
Whether it’s lotion, ketchup, syrup, or something else, we’ve all experienced that moment when we squeeze a bottle and nothing comes out of the spout even though there’s product still left inside the bottle. So what do we do? We shake it, bang it on the counter, or if we’re ultra thrifty, we might actually
Flip-It caps let you use every last drop from bottles Read More
I suffer from seasonal allergies and live in an area where avoiding the trees and grasses that are the catalyst for my symptoms is impossible. The dry air in Colorado also makes for a very dusty indoor environment so between the great outdoors and the dusty indoors, my stuffiness and irritated eyes are on round the clock.
IQAir Atem personal air purifier review Read More
As a chemist, I have a weakness for laboratory glassware or items that even mimic labware. This set of Jigger Bottle Stoppers caught my eye, because they combine barware shapes – whiskey glass, snifter, hurricane, and martini glass, respectively – with a labware feel. Measurement markings both add to the lab feel, and they serve
Jigger Bottle Stoppers are the perfect gift for the home-bartending chemist Read More
We drink a fair amount of wine in our world. From my wife’s Friday evening wine club to our many social engagements, we have the opportunity to indulge in some very good vino. A majority of the wine we consume comes from what most would consider classic vineyards. That said, we have several friends and
Üllo Wine Purifier review Read More
If you’re anything like me, your microwave is used daily to reheat leftovers. And the interior of your microwave might look like you nuked a small animal if you don’t regularly cover your plates while you’re reheating your food. Or maybe your microwave is clean, but you use plastic storage containers with plastic lids when you
Ditch plastic wrap and use this glass spatter guard in your microwave Read More
With Star Shower, you’ll be able to decorate the exterior of your house without requiring ladders or risking a trip to the ER. Shown in the above image is the Window Wonderland. Apply the adjustable 4ft x 6ft easy-fit screen to the inside of your windows, position the old movie camera-styled projector in your yard,
Star Shower makes Christmas decorating easy! Read More
EZSTAX is a set of interlocking plastic trays that can organize your life. You can use a stack to separate and keep folded shirts neat. And you can even use the EZSTAX tray as a folding pattern for the shirt, so you’re sure the shirt will fit the organizer.
Organize your closet, suitcase, or office with EZSTAX Read More
MeshCanvas allows you to have your favorite photos custom-printed, but this is nothing new. What is new is that MeshCanvas photo tiles come with special adhesive hangers that attach to most non-laminating hard surfaces so you can hang them without putting nail holes into the wall. The adhesive removes easily without damage to the wall,
MeshCanvas adhesive custom prints hang without nails Read More
Think about all the regular housekeeping chores that you have to do on a regular basis. Now think about the ones that appear close to the bottom of that list. Maybe it’s taking out the garbage or cleaning the toilet. But if you would have asked me what I least enjoy, it would probably be
Electrolux ProSwivel Vacuum review Read More
I’ve been the happy owner of a Dyson 360 Eye robotic vacuum for over a year. It’s been great knowing that all of the little crumbs I spill at breakfast would be magically gone by dinner time. I was eager to have a look at HouSmile’s Ecan Robotic Vacuum Cleaner to do a comparison.
HouSmile Ecan Vacuum Robotic Cleaner review Read More
If you’re replacing a big, clunky thermostat with a Nest, you may find yourself with a patch of unpainted or un-wallpapered wall that the Nest isn’t going to cover. If you aren’t aware that Nest comes with a rectangular white plate to cover up such things ( ahem…) or you want a different look, perhaps
Add a decorative “nest” for your Nest thermostat Read More
There’s a creeper in my garage! A tool creeper that is. Like many shade tree mechanics, I am plagued with tools and loose items rolling around my garage floor. The Mychanic Tool Creeper aims to help that problem.
Mychanic Tool Creeper rolling tool tray review Read More
Samsung has been making a name for themselves lately by taking kitchen appliances and transforming them into essentially gigantic gadgets – for example, their Family Hub 2.0 smart fridge has a large touchscreen display at the center of it which helps transform the fridge into the center of the kitchen. Their new Chef Collection however
Samsung’s Chef Collection proves that the future of kitchens is customizeable Read More
If your home is anything like mine, we don’t use our front door much. More times than not, we come and go through the garage door, even when not using a vehicle. Inevitably, the door gets left open, creating an ideal habitat for many friendly (and not so friendly) woodland creatures. This doesn’t happen much
Chamberlain MyQ Wi-Fi hub and Home Bridge Review Read More
I felt a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of dust bunnies under my couch cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced… Just in time for holiday shopping, Samsung brings us their POWERbot robot vacuum in a limited edition Star Wars theme! Available in either a Darth Vader or Stormtrooper design, the
Harness the power of the Dark Side to vacuum your living room! Read More