News, reviews and articles about home and kitchen products.
It can be hard to give someone precise directions to find your house. If you’re waiting for medical assistance, you want to be sure the responders don’t have to waste time driving around trying to find you. The Westek HomeFinder flashing light controller simply screws into your outdoor light fixture, and it can flash your […]
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Beam N Read Hands-free Lights from ASF Lightware Solutions are portable LED lamps worn on the chest. The theory is that this illuminates your working area better than headlamps or other options. The people who make them are pretty enthusiastic about them, and deservedly so!
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The Archerfish Solo is the world’s first “thinking” camera. Developed by Cernium, Archerfish Solo is a compact, wireless, IP video camera designed for homes and small business with the smarts to watch for what matters to you. It can be installed indoors or outdoors and uses built-in homeland security technology, allowing it to tell the
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The Philips 818566 LivingColors LED lamp produces 16,777,216 different colors of accent light. The lamp’s four LEDs (two red, one blue, and one green) can generate 256 different hues, 256 levels of saturation, 256 brightness settings and up to 120 lumens. By using the small remote’s touch-sensitive color wheel, you can wash a wall, corner,
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You can buy the Autonomous Saucier from Hammacher Schlemmer. It’s a battery powered sauce stirrer. No longer will you need to slave over a pan of gravy when you have this little gadget. It sits in the pan and automatically spins and revolves around to keep everything mixed and smooth. The three legs made of
When stirring is just too much trouble… Read More
At first I thought “How friggin’ lazy do you have to be??” when I saw this. But then I realized its potential. The “Infinitely Reading Valet” from Hammacher Schlemmer could be used while exercising, while cooking, while following instructions on knitting… The most interesting aspect is that it is adjustable to fit a given situation.
More Useful Than it Looks – Adjustable Reading Valet Read More
I try to be aware of my impact on the environment. I recycle as much as possible and recently installed a programmable thermostat. I’ve often wondered how much water I use every morning when I take a shower. The Waterpebble is a nifty little device that can help you keep your water consumption at acceptable
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We’re living in the future. While cancer has yet to be eradicated, many medical conditions which would have meant either a lifetime of pain or even death to people not so long ago are treated by medications developed over the last hundred years. Me? After an incident when I was 16, I was left with
I live with someone that loves growing house plants. We have a bazillion of them in our family room. Jeanne likes buying and growing plants, but (and don’t tell her I told you…), she doesn’t have the Greenest of thumbs. At any one time, there will be several plants that look like they are just
Your Computer Has a Green Thumb Even When You Don’t Read More
I reviewed an earlier model of the AirFlow Breeze and was not greatly impressed, but the addition of a temperature sensor in the ‘Ultra’ model makes a big difference. Let’s take a look.
AirFlow Breeze Ultra Register Fan Review Read More
At my house, we’re always looking for a wooden spring clothespin, or binder clip to keep a newly opened bag of chips fresh. A couple of years ago I reviewed QuickSeals, which worked great, but were a bit of a hassle to install. I never did see them in our local grocery stores, so after
How do you keep your chips fresh? Read More
It’s no secret that everyone is looking for new ways to save power for whatever reason; either because you want to be “greener” or you want to lower your power bills from the “vampire suck” of plugged in but turned off electronics. For $40.00, TV TrickleSaver shuts off the flow of power to your gaming
You can now add retail-store type security to electronics in your home. Simply attach the one end of the Sound Protect Security Kit alarm to your computer, game console, TV, or anything you want to protect and the other end under the table or desk ledge. If anyone cuts the cable or breaks the connection by trying
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With all this talk of Kindles and iPads, netbooks and notebooks, does anyone still read real books anymore? ‘Sure,’ you say, ‘But I’ve got no room to store ’em!’ Feast your skeptical eyes on the Conceal Bookshelf from Umbra.
Dude, where’s my bookshelf? Read More
It’s not uncommon to keep yourself up at night as you race through the mounting “to-do” lists in your mind…but why lose sleep over it? The Voice Interactive Personal Assistant from Hammacher Schlemmer lets you rest easy by recording and replaying up to six commands at the time of your choosing. This voice-activated alarm clock
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My sister and I used to be birdwatchers when we were kids. We even kept notebooks where we would write down the birds we saw and the times we saw them. We didn’t take pictures of birds back then, but the Brinno BirdWatchCam has me thinking about getting back into the hobby. It’s a motion
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I am a sucker for anything that functions via USB. Funky shaped flash drives, licensed character hubs that recite theme songs and quotes, and little creatures that perform random repetitive actions have all found their way to my desk at one time or another. When a USB-based beverage warmer and cooler from Convenient Gadgets & Gifts
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There might not be much to be said for your average and sundry water cooler and dispenser…unless you’re me. I was never sold on water coolers. When they first came out, sure they were cool and the water delivery man could usually be counted on to be really cute with great looking legs. And in
Primo Bottom Loading Water Dispenser Review Read More
Ahhhh, the 80’s….back when big hair, bell bottoms, disco, and soul-pounding boomboxes were all the rage. Thankfully most of the trends of the 1980’s have fallen to the passage of time. Over the past two decades since, how we listen to and travel with our music has certainly taken huge evolutionary steps. With the advent
Altec Lansing iMT800 MIX BoomBox Review Read More
The Kill-A-Watt Graphic Timer displays the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly power usage of a connected device on its large backlit LCD. We’ve reviewed Kill-A-Watt products before (see related posts below), but this gadget goes one step further by providing a programmable timer feature with up to 96 programmable on/off settings per day. It also
Track Electrical Usage and Program Devices to Power On/Off Read More