Safety

FosPower Model A6 5,200mAh Emergency Solar Hand Crank NOAA Weather Radio review – a good tool you never want to use

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REVIEW – Here in central Florida, every year between June 1 and November 30, one thing gets featured regularly on the local news.  Hurricanes.  Right around June 1 every year, they stress hurricane preparedness.  One of the things that the experts recommend be in everyone’s hurricane kit is a quality weather radio.  They also stress

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Lumos Ultra Fly bike helmet review – Become a human firefly with this cool helmet

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REVIEW – The Lumos Ultra Fly Helmet with Firefly Light did its pre-launch validation campaign on Prelaunch.com that gave invaluable insights including market interest, user preferences, and feedback with a Prelaunch score of 69 which indicated that the product is primed for success. Now the pre-ordering is underway on their website. Production is in the

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X-Sense Combination Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detector with Voice Location review

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REVIEW – As far back as I can remember, I have always had a fear of house fires. I think it may have to do with the destruction that I witnessed as a kid that was caused by a house fire. Since then, I have been very diligent in making sure that there are smoke

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Billconch Biometric Gun Safe review – responsible fast-access gun storage

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REVIEW – Gun ownership comes with tremendous responsibilities.  Along with a full understanding of applicable laws regarding firearms, storing your firearm so that it is accessible when needed yet inaccessible to those that shouldn’t have access is a tough act to balance.  Billconch makes a line of gun safes that provide rapid access to those

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You don’t want your e-bike to go boom!

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NEWS – 880,000 e-bikes were imported into the U.S. in 2021 according to the Light Electric Vehicle Association. Consumer Reports, Fox, and several other media sources are reporting a high incidence of lithium-ion battery fires from e-bike and electric scooter batteries. Most large battery packs contain smaller cells connected together. Consumer Reports points out if

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Are those airbags in your jeans or are you just a little fluffy?

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CROWDFUNDING NEWS – During one of my recent cool product surfing quests, I scrolled to the picture above and wondered what was going on with this guy’s body. A quick scan revealed a new type of clothing designed especially for motorcycle riders. They are Mo’cycle Airbag Jeans. And no, this isn’t April Fools’ day yet

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Corsori air fryers recalled, free replacement offered

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RECALL NEWS – Back in July 2019, I reviewed Corsori’s air fryer model number CP158-AF.  My wife and I like the appliance, but I recently found out that it and several other models have been recalled because a wire can overheat and thus cause a fire and burn hazard.  The impacted models are CP158-AF, CS158-AF, CAF-P581-AUSR

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Blincclip and Blincc Hex bicycle reflector review – Innovative use of motion to improve visibility

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REVIEW – Blincc is based in Singapore and focuses on cycling safety. They originally launched on Kickstarter and currently have two products in their line; the Blincclip and the Blincc Hex. Both are hyper functional reflectors, but have different applications. What is it? Both of Blincc’s products are reflectors for bicycles. Blincclip is designed to

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I almost fell for a DirecTV phone scam! – Julie’s gadget diary

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ARTICLE – In order for this story to make a little more sense (and so you won’t think I’m a complete moron), you first need to go read my DirecTV cord-cutting article from yesterday. But if you don’t want to read that article (it’s really good by the way…) here’s a quick summary… Once upon

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X- Sense SC01 10 Year Battery Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detector with Display and Alarm review

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REVIEW – Over the past few years, there seems to have been a surge in carbon monoxide related illnesses and deaths. There have also been many fires where the outcome was deadly because there was no smoke detector installed. This X- Sense SC01 10 Year Battery Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detector with Display and Alarm

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Be ready and safe with the Reach Safe from Vara Safety

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NEWS – While no one can argue that there are way too many gun violence occurrences and tragedies across this country and around the world, there should also be an acknowledgment that there are millions of law-abiding gun owners who safely use firearms for reasons such as competition shooting, target shooting, and home safety. When

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RZMask M2 reusable air filtration mask review

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REVIEW – One of my ongoing quests has been to find a air filtration mask for routine home improvement / hobby activities. I have several criteria, including easy to use comfortable effective versatile cost-efficient don’t cause my glasses to fog up My specific use cases are filtering dust from machining wood, outdoor spray painting, clearing

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The Evergreen Elf monitors your Christmas tree to keep your family safe

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NEWS – Forget the Elf on the Shelf; that little tattletale only makes your kids anxious.  The Evergreen Elf is useful; he will keep your family safe by preventing your real Christmas tree from drying out and becoming a fire hazard. The Evergreen Elf will fit on any live-tree stand on the market now.  He

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Florence is headed this way, and my thoughts have turned to emergency preparedness

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NEWS – Here in North Carolina, we’ve experienced way too many hurricanes coming ashore over the years.  Florence seems to headed our way right now, and it’s time to think about laying in supplies in case we experience power outages and disturbances in other services.  The SolarPuff light would be a good light to have

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