News, reviews and articles about home and kitchen products.
Vacuum cleaners or “sweepers” as we call them here in Southern Indiana, are not a product that I would normally think of as a gadget, but some of the latest brands of vacuums are starting to add features that put these home appliances in that category. In the last month, I have been offered three […]
Shark Rocket HV300 ultra-lightweight upright vacuum review Read More
If space is at a premium in your house, it may be tough to carve out room for a desk for your home office. With the PodPad from Ruphus, you can hang your workspace in only a few square feet of wall space. Closed up, the PodPad looks almost like modern wall art made from
Mount your home office to your wall Read More
If you’re a fan of the pour-over method of brewing your morning Joe, no doubt you have a trusty plastic cone and a supply of paper filters. Each morning it’s the same experience, the same tasting coffee. What if there was a way to keep the ease of a drip coffee and at the same
Coffee with notes of wood Read More
Here’s something you don’t see everyday – and you apparently won’t see much longer. Hammacher Schlemmer has a set of Rechargeable Illuminating Wrenches that have built-in LEDs that light up that dark area you need to work on under the car hood or under the sink. The lights are recessed in the cradle of the wrench,
These wrenches shed light on your target Read More
Unless you live near a clear, unpolluted mountain stream, you are stuck drinking tap water or bottled water. Tap water often has chemicals, like fluoride, that some people prefer to avoid – and that can give water an unpleasant smell or taste. And bottled water often is simply tap water in a flimsy plastic bottle.
Soma can help you keep your resolution to drink more water Read More
The Netchef G2 is a kitchen recipe reader developed by Sungale that is powered by the Android operating system and features a 1024×768 8-inch touchscreen. This counter-top cooking companion comes preloaded with over 500 recipes and has 4GB of internal memory and up to 32GB of external memory that can be used to store your own
Netchef G2 is an Android powered digital cookbook for your kitchen Read More
I love my Apple TV, but I do have a couple of nitpicky problems. First of all, that darned remote is very hard to keep up with because it’s so small. Secondly, the Apple TV itself is so small and light that the heavy power and HDMI cables can pull it out of position in
Keep your Apple TV in place with this holder Read More
These coasters may have been inspired by the logo for Breaking Bad, or they may be been designed by someone with a scientific bent. They certainly appeal to the chemistry geek in me! The set of four Studio Vertu Element Chart Coasters look like cells from the periodic table of the elements, but these “cells”
The elements of potent potables Read More
Move over Dyson, there’s a new sweeper in town. The AirRam from UK based Gtech is a cordless vacuum that features a light weight bagless design that compresses dirt into two square bales for easy clean up. The AirRam can be used on wood, tile and carpeted floors and can run for up to 40
Gtech AirRam is a new vacuum that shows calories burned and energy used Read More
How about the rocking chair of 3 irons? UncommonGoods offers some wooden rocking chairs by Michael Bellino that use things like golf clubs, baseball bats, hockey sticks, and other sports equipment as the back of the chair. This Golf Club Rocker is made from unfinished Canadian white cedar and uses “reclaimed golf clubs” for the
Not man enough to sit on the Iron Throne? Read More
You spend time each morning carefully crafting your lunch sandwich just the way you like it, then you wrap it in waxed paper or a plastic zipper bag and put it in your lunchbag. When lunchtime comes, you pull out your lunch only to discover your sandwich has fallen apart into a mess, with condiments
The world’s most flexible lunchbox comes from Norway Read More
I swear my wife and her friends are in search of the perfect bottle of wine (think of it as looking for the end of the internet), and they will be on this never-ending crusade to their dying days ;). Over the years, the conversation of aeration has come up many, many times. Our various
The Aermate Wine and Spirits Aerator review Read More
This small, Coca-Cola-branded beverage refrigerator is perfect to keep drinks chilled and ready to drink in your family room, man cave, or even office. The Coca-Cola Vending Fridge holds 10 12-oz cans of your favorite beverages and dispenses them at the press of a button. This little tabletop vending machine won’t be able to keep
Small beverage vending machine for your home Read More
According to Belkin’s latest press release, they are introducing new WeMo products at the 2014 CES. I’ve been using Belkin WeMo Switches to automate my lamps for months now, and they have worked flawlessly. I wanted to use some of their WeMo Light Switches to control ceiling lights, but the wiring in my older home
Belkin expands its WeMo line with internet-connected light bulbs and a Crock Pot Read More
The engineers at iDevice have completely redesigned their award-winning iGrill. The iGrill2 was “redesigned from the ground up to create the ultimate grilling thermometer powered by Bluetooth Smart technology.” The new iGrill2 has a four-probe capacity, enabling you to monitor multiple meals at once and hopefully allowing you to cook each to perfection. The new
iDevice announces the iGrill2 Read More
Normally you expect to see candles on the dining table, but you could have the Carl Mertens Guido Wahrmann Paraffin Tabletop Fireplace instead. Two 18/10 stainless steel tubes serve as the “logs”. They have cotton wicks and burn liquid paraffin. They’re mounted on a piece of slate that’s inset into a walnut base. It measures
Why use candles when you could have a fireplace? Read More
Whether you have older parents and grandparents or you yourself are older and would like to give your loved ones piece of mind, Lively is a system that offers independence while also respecting privacy. Lively doesn’t use wireless cameras or microphones. It uses small sensors that can be attached to keys, a pillbox, the refrigerator
Lively – Senior tech gadget Read More
Winter is here, and so is the possibility of power outages due to ice storms in my area. When the power goes off just just an hour or so, you’re pretty sure the stuff in your freezer is still okay, but what if the power is out for most of a day or more? If
Here’s a low-tech solution for a first-world problem Read More
The EveryDrop from Whirlpool is a portable water filter that you can use anywhere to filter funky tastes and odors from hard, soft, cold or hot water. Hold the funnel shaped filter under your water faucet to filter tap water in real time as it runs through it. It can filter chlorine and chloramine from
EveryDrop – Portable water filter for on the go hydration Read More
From the “Now I’ve seen everything” file comes Garbage Pantz. If you’ve ever wished that you could give your ugly trash cans a fashion makeover, Garbage Pantz durable all weather covers let you express your creativity. The stretchy machine washable covers fit most 32 to 45 gallon cans, rectangle or round in shape. They are
Do these pants make my can look fat? Read More