News, reviews and articles about home and kitchen products.
I’ve watched entirely too many scary movies this past weekend, so when I saw the PeepHole Viewer from Solutions, I thought it looked like a great idea. It’s a device that replaces the existing peephole in your door and displays the image on a 2¼”x1½” LCD screen that is powered by 2 AA batteries. It […]
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I’m not a huge water drinker, but the person I live with doesn’t go anywhere without a bottle of water. We buy multi-packs of Aquafina and other name brand bottled water when it is on sale. Even though we recycle the empty plastic bottles, I still feel guilty buying them. That’s why I’ve been trying
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Just like spending time in Australia, the BottleMate just makes things fun. The BottleMate looks like a cross between a fingernail clipper and fifteenth century torture device. Its purpose, however, is to access necessary liquid contained in otherwise locked up containers. Ok it’s a beer bottle opener. But it’s fun.
G’day, eh? BottleMate Review Read More
There are only 2 full days left before January 1st, 2010 and we all know what that means. It’s new year’s resolution time, the time of year when everyone makes promises to themselves to start working out, eating better and losing weight. For the past 5 years, I haven’t needed to make that resolution because
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The Cord Charmer turns any 2 outlet power receptacle into a neat little device charging station. It replaces a 2 outlet cover plate for one that has a special covered section for excess cable. There’s even a small shelf that can be used to hold the currently charging gadget. You can buy one for $9.95
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Like many gadget lovers, I personally own many gadgets, mp3 players, cell phones, etc. One thing that all gadget lovers can agree on is that it is a nuisance to constantly charge all of these gadgets. What’s worse is that all of these gadgets use different cables to charge. Don’t you just wish you had
Powermat Wireless Charging Review Read More
Since I first heard about how germs spray all around your bathroom when you flush, I’ve been a little icked out by the thought that my toothbrush is stored in there. A couple of years ago, I got a countertop UV sanitizer that stores and sanitizes my family’s toothbrushes. When Julie offered the Zapi UV
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Being able to keep an eye on our pets and home when we’re not there can be very useful for those of us that tend to worry. For those of us that don’t have a worrying bone in our body (me most of the time), it’s just fun to be able to check in and
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These tabletop items from Vat19 can help you do your part to reduce waste and appeal to your sense of humor. They offer a line of reusable melamine plates and cups that look like their wasteful cousins. There are melamine “paper” plates that look like the thin, pleated edge paper products – set of four
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The Scanning Digital Picture Frame from Hammacher Schlemmer offers a wealth of options for $199.95 It has an 8″ TFT LCD screen with 800 X 600 resolution, and it has 1 GB of internal storage to store up to 3000 images. It has a 300 dpi scanner built-in to make adding pictures easy. You can display pictures, play
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The My Child ID is a small USB flash memory keychain device that securely stores, organizes and manages your child’s vital information, medical information (medications, allergies, physicians, etc.) and emergency contact information. It also stores images that can be shown in a slide show on its 1.4in LCD. It is a proactive tool for parents,
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Here’s another stocking stuffer idea for your favorite wino… I mean alcoholic beverage connoisseur. It’s the BottleMate bottle opener. It’s unlike any bottle opener I’ve seen before. You just push down on the cap and it removes it swiftly and easy. There’s a short video demonstration on their website that makes me want to try
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Do you hate stepping on the scale each morning to check your weight? Anticipating your current poundage level can be a scary thing this time of year, with all the turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, homemade yeast rolls and pumpkin pie. Anyone would be terrified. To help alleviate that fear, we have the Quantum Scale which
Battle of the bulge – Don’t fear the scale Read More
Dyson is well known for their space age style upright bagless vacuum cleaners. I’ve wanted to try one from the first time I saw one of their commercials on TV. I wasn’t aware that they also sold canister style cleaners and happily accepted the opportunity to review the Dyson DC23 Turbinehead Canister Vacuum Cleaner when
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The Energizer Light On Demand (LOD) Swing Lamp ($29.99) is an LED lamp with an interesting gimmick: It has a power sensing mode that turns the light source on automatically if power is lost. It can also be angled, looks sleek, and its light source can be slid out and removed from the base. So
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