Home and Kitchen

News, reviews and articles about home and kitchen products.

Save space in your kitchen with these dual-purpose mugs

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You don’t need room to store a set of espresso cups and a set of coffee mugs in your kitchen.  The Double Shot Glass Mug serves both purposes.  Each “hand-blown” mug has a 1.5 ounce espresso cup in one end and a 5.5 ounce coffee cup in the other end.  The Double Shot Glass Mug is $13.99 at […]

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Say good-bye to harsh fluorescent lighting with Skypanels

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Have you ever been sitting in your office, or maybe your basement with no windows and felt claustrophobic or cramped? Well, when all the frustration from the day has you holding your head in your hands and you’re at your wits end…look up!  Designed to reduce the harsh glare from existing fluorescent lighting, these amazingly

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I’m a lumberjack and I’m okay. I work all night and slice pizza all day!

axe pizza cutter

If you’re the sort who likes to chop through a pizza with a macho tool, or you’re a Monty Python fan, you’ll need the Axe Pizza Cutter.  It has a rolling blade like a standard pizza cutter, but it ups the macho factor with the wooden handle and the axe-blade surround for the stainless cutting

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As seen on TV: Mighty Blaster Fireman’s Nozzle Garden Hose Sprayer review

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Do you need to buy a new spray nozzle for your garden hose every summer because they are cheaply made and fall apart before the end of the season? The folks at TeleBrands sent me the Mighty Blaster fireman’s nozzle and a Pocket Hose to try for a few weeks and so far it’s a

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Silk by Saffron Smart LED Lighting matches your home’s lighting to your body rhythms

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In recent years, there’s been a lot of discussion about how the blue light from the screens of mobile devices could be negatively impacting sleep patterns.  Humans evolved having bright, bluish-white light from the sun during part of the day.  The only light they had at night was either from the stars and moon or

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Forget the Jetson’s robot maid – get a Robotic Bartender instead

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Do you have a burning desire to have the hottest man cave (or woman cave) in town and you have an extra $25,000 just burning a hole in your pocket?  Get yourself a Robotic Bartender!  This bartender is the same computerized mixologist found in hotels and country clubs.  You select a drink on the touchscreen menu from

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iFork is a great idea with a really dumb name

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Wasn’t there a law passed several years ago banning the practice of adding an “i” in front of a product name just to sound techy and hip? Probably not, but there should be, call your congressman now. Anyway, the iFork (just saying the name makes me roll my eyes because it has nothing to do

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What’s a barbecue without bacon for the burgers?

stainless steel bacon grilling rack

With the Stainless Steel Bacon Grilling Rack, you can cook some crispy bacon for your burgers right on the grill.  The rack is made of 430 stainless steel and measures 4.88″ x 10.79″ x 5.63″.  It’s big enough to hold 4-6 slices of bacon (you may need a couple if everyone wants bacon), and it cooks the

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Don’t settle for boring bookends

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Get yourself some bookends you can build on!  The Build On Brick Bookends not only keep your books tidy on your shelves, they serve as a base for building base compatible with most bricks (LEGO, PixelBlocks, Mega Bloks, KRE-O, or K’NEX Bricks).  Like many bookends, these have metal plates that slide under your books, DVDs, CDs,

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Forget boring nightlights; keep the dark away with a rainbow!

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You don’t have to settle for a boring nightlight in your kid’s room.  Use a beautiful rainbow to chase away the shadows instead!  The Uncle Milton Rainbow in My Room device shines a rainbow of colors across the ceiling and walls of a bedroom or any other room that could use a bit of color

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Bartesian – bartending made easy!

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Have you ever thrown a party, but stressed over what ingredients you need for various alcoholic beverages? Perhaps you’ve always dreamed of being a bartender, but can’t tell a martini from a margarita. Thanks to the Bartesian you’ll have to worry about or memorize ingredients again. The Bartesian is an automatic drink mixer that uses

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2nd generation Nest Protect available for pre-order

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As I’ve stated before, I love smart home products. I’m not entirely sure if it’s laziness or the cool factor, but I love having the ability to control things from my smartphone. Nest recently announced a redesign of its Nest Protect fire alarm. I have the original Nest Protect at home and was excited to

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The only gardening tool you’ll need… is your smartphone

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Growing veggies on your counter is neat.  I love the idea and will probably try it very soon, but growing full-sized plants indoors, hydroponically, organically, and controlled by your smartphone?  I’m in! Niwa has pioneered the first interactive system that controls the growing conditions 24/7 and lets you interact via a smartphone app to grow whatever you

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Beautiful lighting for your deck that doesn’t require expensive wiring

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Outdoor lighting makes using your deck much more enjoyable, but it can be expensive when you have to have an electrician come out and wire them.  These Solar LED Stained-Glass Postcap for 4X4 Posts lights don’t need wiring because they have solar panels built in to charge the included 1 AA NiMh rechargeable battery that powers

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FLIR FX security camera review

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If you’ve been looking for a home security camera but can’t decide which brand to buy, let me make your decision even harder by giving you another company to check out that you might not have considered before. It’s FLIR, the same company who makes thermal imaging cameras and other high-tech gear. Their FLIR FX

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Protect your property with a network of light

netbright wireless network security lighting

Motion sensors are great in concept – illuminating your property when they sense nearby motion – but they can lack in execution.  Normal motion sensors light up only a relatively small area around the light when they detect motion.  This isn’t a problem when the motion is from an animal, but could allow a more

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