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iRepel Home Chef Apron extremely resistant to spills and stains

Christina Bay — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:58:10 +0000

iRepel Home Chef Apron uses nano-technology to create a revolutionary fabric surface that is extremely resistant to liquid spills and stains. The fabric is eco-friendly and does not contain harmful chemicals and dyes. The advanced nano technology fabric in iRepel Home Chef Apron is durable, breathable and soft. It’s effectiveness lasts up to 5,000 washes.

Buy iRepel Home Chef Apron, $35.

Garject by Dreamfarm one of the best garlic press ever

Christina Bay — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:50:17 +0000

Garject is a smart garlic press by Dreamfarm designed to make peeling and pressing garlic as quick and easy as possible. Simply throw unpeeled garlic cloves into the anodized metal chamber, press handle to crush it, scrape off excess garlic as you open the handle and eject the peel into the bin at a press of a button. Quit peeling garlic cloves or getting your hands messy and stinky. Garject rinses off easily under the tap and is top rack dishwasher safe.

Buy Dreamfarm’s Garject garlic press, $33.

Mohu Leaf Plus Amplified HDTV Antenna

Christina Bay — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:29:37 +0000

Mohu’s Leaf Plus paper thin HDTV indoor antenna is aesthetically minimal but delivers maximum reception capability. Quick and easy to install and setup. Minimalistic and stylish design suits the modern and contemporary interiors. Omnidirectional reception does away with the hassle of carefully adjusting placement and positioning for clear picture. Leaf Plus adds a high gain, low noise state-of-the-art pHEMT to the already popular and successful Leaf antenna, extending range and further improving TV signal reception.

One of the goals was to keep production cost low while delivering crystal clear reception for over-the-air free broadcasts. A fair amount of engineering study and work is put into the development of Mohu Leaf HDTV antenna. Greenwave Scientific Engineers who designed the original Leaf antenna have designed antennas for the US military for many years. They developed the Leaf antenna using a patent-pending process to deliver high performance reception. Users, to their surprise, even picked up previously undetected over-the-air TV channels with the Leaf antenna.

Mohu Leaf is easy to install. It’s paper-thin design and omnidirectional reception, unlike common TV antennas, allows for versatile discreet placement and positioning. You could easily hide it if you feel antennas are an eyesore.

Buy Mohu Leaf Indoor HDTV Antenna. $75

Chirp an alarm clock with vibrating pillowcase clip

Christina Bay — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:34:36 +0000

An alarm clock doesn’t discriminate and when it goes off, everyone in the room without a hearing problem wakes up. If you don’t wish to disturb your roommate, try Chirp, the bedroom clock with a detachable vibrating that clips onto your pillowcase. It discretely wakes you up by vibrating your pillow while your roommate sleeps. For heavy sleepers who doubt the vibration is enough to wake you up, the Chirp’s audible backup alarm will go off after a certain time making sure you get out of bed.

Chirp alarm clock is stylishly designed with smooth touch buttons for control and has a curved tray to hold small items. The blacklit display shows an analog clock and scheduled alarm. The rubber coated plastic clip onto pillowcase securely.

Preorder Chirp alarm clock. $39.99

C.H. Hanson Self-Adjusting Automatic Locking Clamp

Christina Bay — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 09:56:57 +0000

C.H. Hanson Self-Adjusting C-Clamp lock materials of varying thickness with equal grip pressure. It uses patented locking mechanism to grab thick or thin objects, with quick-engage and one-handed ease. Dial in the desired clamping pressure – from slight to extreme – once, and the pressure is applied on objects you clamp every time automatically regardless how thick or thin they are. C.H. Hanson Self-Adjusting Locking Clamp makes tool work faster, easier and more enjoyable.

Available in different sizes, from 7″ to 19″. Buy C.H. Hanson Self-Adjusting Locking Clamp (11 inch), $25.

Flush Puppies flushable, water-soluble, biodegradable pet waste disposable bag

Christina Bay — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:02:00 +0000

Flush Puppies dog and pet waste disposable bags are perfect for environmental conscious pet lovers. Unlike normal plastic poop bags, or even bags claim to be “biodegrable”, Flush Puppies actually delivers their promise. That is 100% water-soluble and biodegradable dog poop bags you can simply flush down the toilet. These bags dissolve in water making them safe for both septic and sewer systems. Flush Puppies is a great ‘green’ alternative to plastic pet waste disposable bags.

Flush Puppies - Water soluble, biodegradable pet waste disposable bag

Flushing pet waste down the toilet is very much preferred than simply throwing them into the rubbish bin, which eventually end up polluting the environment.

Buy Flush Puppies (3-pack “wallet style” 60 bags total), $9.

Whirligro space-saving vertical spiral plant growing tubes

Christina Bay — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:33:54 +0000

Whirligro is an ingenious plant growing tube designed to take the shape of a coil spring which spirals vertically up in the air. Growing plants, herbs and flowers in the garden is fairly space consuming. With Whirligro, you can grow them in a spiralling compost/soil filled tubes without taking up much garden space. It is the ideal solution for small gardens. Whirligro can be used to grow plants in balconies, decks, flat roofs and more. It is portable and can be easily moved around your garden.

An ideal Whirligro setup consists of multiple individual plastic growing tubes. Each growing tubes hold 3 plants and you can easily connect up to 10 tubes spiralling around a central post. The footprint taken up by Whirligro is under 1 metre square. Imagine growing 30 plants in such a small space.

Each plants grow out of a small hole in the growing tubes. Compost and soil are held inside Whirligro tubes so rain or watering your plants doesn’t create a mess. Because Whirligro is an allevated platform for growing plants, no slugs or snails will reach and destroy your plants.

Buy Whirligro, from £55 to £140.

ON THE CUFF stops water from running down your arms when washing

Christina Bay — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:57:02 +0000

Annoyed with water running down your arms whenever you wash your face, bathe your kids or simply holding your wet hands high above your head? On The Cuff inventor, Rana Bauer, had enough of it. She came up with a simple solution to prevent water dripping down your hands and getting your shirt wet.

On The Cuff is a pair of spongy rings that fits snugly around your arms. Slip a pair of On The Cuff spongy rings through your hands to soak up a good amount of water trickling down your hands.

A re-usable mesh bag is provided to keep the sponge cuffs clean and dry. Currently available in white or teal.

Buy On The Cuff, from $7.99 per pair.

FreshMax 100% cotton shirts with patented SmartWeave tech hide sweat marks

Christina Bay — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:41:34 +0000

100% cotton FreshMax shirts for men (and women in Spring 2011) uses patented SmartWeave Technology that prevents unsightly sweat marks from showing. What SmartWeave does is draw sweat away, spread it finely across a large surface area and makes it dry much quicker. This prevents sweat marks from appearing and keeps you feeling fresh even in hot humid weather.

FreshMax shirts are made from 100% cotton lighweight single layered fabric for the best comfort and softness. It has all the benefits of cotton on top of the amazing sweat hiding SmartWeave technology.

All FreshMax shirts are easy to iron. They are eco-Tex certificate and contains no harmful substances. Some care is required when washing. Avoid fabric conditioners.

Buy FreshMax shirts with SweatWeave, £50.

Black & Decker new Pivoting RapidRoller paint roller

Christina Bay — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 08:08:48 +0000

Black & Decker’s innovative new RapidRoller Paint Roller makes painting easier, cleaner and a lot faster. It’s handle holds and dispenses paint to the paint roller. No more going back and forth between the wall and paint tray. Keep painting longer and get the job done much faster than traditional paint rollers.

RapidRoller’s features an exclusive 3-position pivoting roller frame. You can adjust the pivoting paint roller in 3 angles to paint easier into tough-to-reach corners, edges and narrow spaces.

When your paint runs out in the handle, it is very easy to reload the roller. RapidRoller has a unique paint fill up system called the EZ Fill System. Simply place the fill lid on a paint can and draw paint directly into the handle to fill it up. Squeeze the ratcheting trigger to dispense paint to the roller and start painting. The roller has a splatter shield for a clean roll and lint-free finish.

Black & Decker RapidRoller is easy to use, saves time, eliminate clutter and less likely to make a mess compared to traditional paint rollers. The kickstand is a convenient feature allowing RapidRoller to stand on it’s own without support. And with it’s exclusive pivoting paint roller head, you can paint hard to reach places without putting unnecessary strain on your body.

“Painting has been among the most popular DIY projects for decades. Black & Decker is proud to provide a painting solution that solves common user frustrations,” said Steve Wiezorek, group product manager at Black & Decker. “The RapidRoller Paint Roller was designed with the customer in mind and helps speed up painting projects, eliminate trips to the paint tray and much more.”.

Buy Black & Decker Pivoting Rapid Roller, $35.