News, reviews and articles about home and kitchen products.
Over the years, there’s been a lot of discussion of how to get spreadable butter here on The Gadgeteer. We’ve examined heated knives, water-immersion chambers, and even electric butter dishes. This Butterie dish keeps it simple by just keeping the butter covered and sitting on the kitchen counter. Butterie is made of 95% BPA-free plastic and […]
Enjoy spreadable butter with the Butterie dish Read More
The ecobee Switch + is the smarter light switch with built-in Amazon Alexa. Unlike other smart switches that just work with Alexa, the ecobee Switch + has the voice assistant built right in. Use the built-in mic to ask Alexa for lights, news, music, and more. Or control other voice-enabled devices in your home. Depending
Ecobee recruits Amazon’s Alexa for their new Switch+ smart switch Read More
Everyone likes a clean house, but most people I know don’t enjoy doing the work to keep their house clean and tidy. With keeping the laundry clean and put up, the dishes cleaned and put up, the furniture dusted, and the floors vacuumed, there’s no time to binge watch your favorite TV shows! So let’s
iLife A8 robotic vacuum cleaner review Read More
If you use your tablet as your cookbook or for watching cooking videos while you work in the kitchen, have you found a safe place for it while you work? If you need a new cutting board, you should check out this bamboo board that has a built-in stand for most tablets 10″ and smaller.
Keep your tablet close at hand but out of the mix with this cutting board Read More
It’s me again, your resident asthmatic living in sunny and pollen-infused Florida. In 2016, I reviewed the IQAir HealthPro Plus air purifier, a machine I affectionately called Aunt Beast for its gray utilitarian form. (If you don’t know the reference, go read A Wrinkle in Time.) Though the machine performs as promised, its size and
Airfree Onix 3000 Air Purifier review Read More
I live in Florida, the land of perpetual pollen, in an older home in the woods. And I have asthma. Those three strikes mean it can be difficult to enjoy the outdoors. But what about the indoors? My husband, Bill “Mr. Headphones” Henderson, recommended I try the AirVisual Pro by IQAir to help me monitor
IQAir AirVisual Pro Air Quality Monitor review Read More
You maybe didn’t get your letter to Hogwarts, but you can dine as if you did with this Harry Potter Hogwarts House dinnerware. The 16-piece set has four place settings, each with a dinner plate, salad plate, bowl, and cup. There’s one place setting for each House, decorated with an illustration of the House and
Dine like you’re at Hogwarts Read More
Before I fell in love with my Instant Pot, I used a slow cooker to cook chickens and roasts while I was at work during the day. The only annoying thing about using a slow cooker (aka crock pot) is that I’d have to get up earlier than usual to put all the ingredients in
The Gourmia IoT Cool-Cooker has something other slow cookers don’t Read More
Usually, when you hear about tiny homes, you hear the story of how the owner has crafted their home themselves. If you aren’t handy, there are some options for buying a pre-made tiny home, if you’re lucky enough to find a manufacturer you can work with. Now any of us could have a tiny home
I don’t like ironing, so I try to quickly hang up shirts as soon as the dryer buzzes so they don’t need ironing. Sometimes, though, the shirt will look fine, but the collar just won’t lay flat, and it needs ironing anyway. With the Compact Touch-Up and Portable Iron, you won’t have to get out
This little iron keeps your collars looking perfect Read More
Murphy doors aren’t quite the same as a Murphy bed; they utilize a door to add shelving, but the storage isn’t necessarily hidden away. There are several varieties of Murphy doors. Some look like a built-in bookcase, some look like free-standing bookshelves. Some have the storage visible in the room; others have the storage on
Forget Murphy beds – check out these Murphy doors! Read More
SnapPower GuideLights are easy to install outlet wallplates that add an automatic LED night light that turns on when it gets dark and turns off during the day. I reviewed the SnapPower GuideLight back in 2014 and continue to use them in several rooms of my home. Well, every room except in the bathroom and
Now you can put a SnapPower GuideLight anywhere Read More
This cleaning tool isn’t a robot, but the WOW mop from Nellie’s is a rechargeable, powered mop. A powerful motor oscillates two pad holders on the bottom of the mop up to a thousand times a minute to make short work of dry or wet mopping your floors. It’s safe for hardwood, tile, and ceramic
Nellie’s WOW mop will help you power through cleaning Read More
Any tea you make with this infuser will be out of this world! The Space Capsule Tea Infuser holds loose-leaf tea in the capsule, and the astronaut tethered up for some extravehicular activity fits over the edge of your cup to act as the counterweight for brewing. This is a ThinkGeek design and available exclusively
Major Tom, take your protein pills and put your kettle on* Read More
A few years ago, The Gadgeteer had a story about a build-it-yourself murphy bed that was a popular read. If you aren’t the handy type but still need the convenience of a hide-away bed, you need to check out the Bristol Queen Storage Murphy Bed with Mattress from Wayfair. The Bristol is a piece of furniture
This murphy bed folds down into a console instead of requiring a full wall cabinet Read More
Make Monday mornings magnificent with Dash’s new mini waffle maker! This hot new appliance produces perfect little 4 inch waffles in seconds; an exact single serving size. It’s got a non-stick surface and it’s also cute and compact, so it won’t take up much room in your kitchen. Don’t worry about overcooking your waffle due
and in the morning… we’re making WAFFLES! Read More
If your cooking skills are better than nuking a Lean Cuisine microwave meatloaf in the microwave, then you might want to check out this adjustable measuring spoon that will let you ditch that ring-o-spoons that you can never seem to find in your kitchen drawers. This one-piece spoon will let you measure precise portions of
One measuring spoon to rule them all Read More
I prefer to cook my own food than eating in a restaurant because it’s cheaper to cook at home and by cooking myself, I know exactly what is in my food. But the biggest downside to eating at home is the time that it takes to cook a meal and cleaning up the mess afterward.
Instant Pot Ultra 6 Qt review Read More
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