Housewares Reviews
Defy Gemini Cordon Bleu Oven
This is an oven which was provided by my husband’s office when we moved into this house so I really did not have much to say in terms of the which major kitchen equuipment to buy like this one. I had my misgivings initially because it looked already very …
Cuisinart Stainless Steel 4 Slice Toaster
The Cuisinart Stainless Steel 4 Slice Toaster is effectively two 2 slice toasters in one appliance.
The toaster has a beautiful appearance. There are two sets of controls on the front for “each” toaster, and include buttons for defrosting, bagels, reheating and cancelling, as well as a dial to …
Emerson Professional Series MW8115 SS Microwave oven
I purchased a counter-top Emerson Professional Series MW8115 SS Microwave oven it was black with a stainless steel handle and sides. Appearance wise this microwave is quite appealing and seems to go well with most other appliances regardless of color.
I have owned this microwave for a little over …
Asahi Single Burner
When I started living alone, one of the things that I did was to buy some supplies for my small place. One very important item for me is purchasing my kitchen wares. To minimize expenses, I bought cheaper items at first so I won’t run out of budget. The …
InterDesign Power Lock Ultra Soap Dish
I got this soap dish when I was making my own soap and needed a dish that would hold really large bars. This one definitely held a “hefty” bar of soap as advertised but it definitely had its qualms too.
Just to give an idea of how large of …
Martha Stewart Clean All-Purpose Cleaner
I bought Martha Stewart Clean All-Purpose Cleaner for $10 online, weighing 32 fl. oz. Here is my review.
Martha Stewart Clean All-Purpose Cleaner is an all-purpose cleaner which can help remove the stains and the odor which various germs and dirt have brought to your home. Its tough list of …
Arm and Hammer 2X Concentrated Liquid Laundry Detergent
I purchased a 68.75 oz. bottle of Arm and Hammer Laundry detergent at my local grocery store because it was on a buy on get on free special. It was $4.97 for one bottle so I figured why not get the second bottle for free. I wasn’t sure how …
Air Wick Aerosol Sprays
Recently, while browsing the air freshening products in the cleaning aisle of my supermarket, I noticed the Air Wick Aerosol spray cans. I had seen this product advertised before on television commercials, and after seeing them in the store I was interested to try them out and …
Egg Genie Electric Egg Cooker by Emson
We go through a ton of eggs at my house. It was the first thing that I learned to cook in Home Ec class, and I always know that I can come up with something when I have them on hand. The one thing that gets to …
Air Wick
We had pet odour so I bought Air Wick 2 in 1 Air Freshener in Rain Garden scent at my local supermarket. Often I prefer to light scented candles, but I had company coming and was in a hurry. I knew Air Wick was a trusted name in air …
Siemens Washing Machine
I am a proud owner of Siemens washing machine. I have used proud word here for my association with this washing machine is not out of focus. In fact, I was warned by my friend not to buy this one because of some faulty reports. At least for me, …
Dollar Tree Original Cleaning Wipes
I like to buy most of my cleaning supplies from the local Dollar Tree store. I like the fact that I can find almost anything I need for cleaning at a very low price of a dollar. I always find something new to use in their, and I …
Rachael Ray 10-Piece Stainless-Steel Cookware Set
I have bought this set cause I needed a new cookware set so I wanted to try this one out. I have owned it for about a month now and I think that it is great. It comes with an 1-1/2- and 3-quart saucepans with lids; 8-quart stockpot with …
Dart Insulated Foam Beverage Cups
The reason I like these beverage cups from the Dollar Tree is because they do a better job of keeping my warm drinks warm in the winter and my cold drinks cool in the summer. The cups are insulated and because of that, the cups do a better job …
Delonghi Three Dragon Oil-Filled Heat Radiator
For very long, I used to live in homes that used to have no central heating, electric storage heating or gas central heating. However, now gas central heating is such a necessity for me that I won’t even look at any homes that don’t have it.
For me, however, sometimes …
French Quarter Bed Spread from dEliAs
Bedspreads are one of my secret addictions. I can’t help but scan them at the stores or search for them on the web on a whim. I like owning a multiple of them so that I can change them out each season, and I also really like that bedspreads …
Slap Chop Vegtable Chopper
I know it’s gimmicky, but keeping with my try everything and review it style of living, I bought myself a Slap Chop. I found it in an online search for $19.98, the shipping was a little over five dollars and I’m kicking myself for not checking at Walgreens …
Dirty Works High & Dry Shower Cap
I have been looking for a shower cap and was not finding much of a choice, until I spotted this cute looking one from the Dirty Works toiletries range in Sainsbury’s. I already have a couple of Dirty Works products which I like. This range has copied …
DG Home Bleach
I absolutely love using bleach around my house. I use it for my cleaning, dish washing on occasion, and my white laundry. Bleach has always been a trusted cleaning agent for me and will probably always be one. I recently purchased a bottle of DG Home Bleach from Dollar …
Oxi Clean Stain Remover
Stains can give everyone a really hard time. The worse stains affect your furniture and carpets negatively. Stained items can lead people to look dirty or like there items are un kept. I hate people looking at me in this light. However, it is hard to keep things from …
Zyliss Cheese Slicer
I own several Zyliss kitchen tools and love them, and this cheese slicer is no exception. My husband likes to snack on cheese, and was always after me to buy a cheese slicer. When this was on sale I wanted to give it a try and see …
Dustbuster
The first new vacuum sweeper I ever had was a shiny red plastic Dustbuster loaded with lots of plastic attachments. I had upgraded from a reconditioned 1950 Kirby so I was pretty excited about the new spiffy, 12 amp, multifunctional cleaning machine. Compared to the old, all …
Clorox Anywhere Hard Surface - Daily Sanitizing Spray
I’m not usually one to get wrapped up in all this anti-bacterial, sanitized world nonsense. I’ve always taken my bathroom cleaning pretty seriously though. It’s the one room in the house I want to smell like bleach when I was done scrubbing it.
Or, I USED to. Now …
Gyro Bowl
When I first saw the commercial on TV for the Gyro Bowl, I knew I needed to have it in the house. I have young children in my care from the ages of 18 months to 2 years old. The kids have at least 1 snack a …
Holmes Hepa Air Purifier Mini Tower White (HAP9412W-TUA)
If you are looking for a small air purifier that packs a lot of punch in a small room then I can’t say enough good things about this one! I have to be sure to point out however, that the coverage of this is only for about a …
Totes Micro-Mini Umbrella from Tesco
I have lost the label to this umbrella but I think it was called a mini Tote, but anyway I bought it at Tesco for the very reasonable price of £7.50. I will describe it and hopefully you can work out which particular umbrella I am talking about. …
Hello Kitty Bathroom Matt
I picked up the Hello Kitty bath matt as one of the first things I bought when I changed my bathroom. I got it from Target, which has the entire line of Hello Kitty bathroom items. The matt sits right outside the bathtub so that when you climb out, …
Using Saddle Soap to clean leather
I have several very nice, expensive leather handbags that I do not use a lot. I had been storing them in one of those plastic storage containers in my garage; which was apparently a big mistake. Florida is famous for the green moldy substance that grows on the outside …
Febreze Noticeables
We live in a small apartment and have two cats so we are constantly battling pet odor in our home. I often trying different sorts of air fresheners looking for one that will take care of the cat odor while keeping our place fresh and clean smelling. I have …
Deft 01004-1 Interior Lacquer, Clear Wood Finish
I do a lot of wood work and Deft 01004 is one of my most favorite wood finishing products. I have tried several others and this product has been the best one that I have tried. This wood finish is sold in several different sizes and in …
Carpetright
A couple of years ago we had our carpet replaced in the house with wood effect laminate flooring. We decided to get a couple of companies to come out and give us quotes and show us samples of what was on offer. One of these companies was …
Nirali cookware
I have got some cookery sets as a gift on my wedding. I am using these sets now but I am not totally satisfied, in face I am quite UN happy with these products. This cookware cost little more money but they are not worthy. The …
Mr. Clean Magic Erasers
When you have kids, there is usually lots of mess that comes with it. My daughter has learned to draw on the walls. It’s just pencil ( for now) but it is pretty hard to get off! It just smudges and looks dirty,and I don’t want to use harsh …
Hamilton Beach Stay or Go slow cooker
I have always been a fan of slow cookers for making meal prep easier, but I recently purchased the Stay or Go Hamilton Beach Slow Cooker, and it takes it to a new level. It makes meal prep quicker and more accurate.
The large size and oval shape of …
Home Trends (Hotel) Shower Curtain Rod
Have you ever taken a shower and you’ve found yourself trying to hop around to keep that cold, wet shower curtain from sticking to you? Odds are that you have; we all have. I’ve got just the thing you need to make your shower relaxing and comforting! I found …
Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaning Kit
I recently purchased the Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaning Kit for my tiled shower/tub. According to product instructions, it will keep a clean shower clean and will clean a dirty shower after two weeks of continual use. I had just moved into a new apartment, and while …
Uniflame Aged Bronze Outdoor Firebowl with Lattice Design
After more years than I really want to think about, I finally had a small bit of yard in which I could put a fire pit. I’d been dying to get a fire pit for years, ever since a friend of mine bought one to keep in her backyard. …
Aqua sure Supreme 3000 water purifier
I was so lucky to come across this Aqua sure Supreme 3000 water purifier from the prestigious eureka Forbes group, considered leaders in the field of water purification.
It is such an attractive ‘white and blue’ unit that I literally fell in love with it on the first sight.
I found …
Brinkman Proseries 4415 Outdoor gas grill
I wanted a new gas grill for mother’s day the year before last. I had seen one very reasonably priced for 149 dollars at my local Aldi’s store so my husband bought it for me as a mother’s day present. It wasn’t a surprise since I had admired …
Ust FCART300 Stack and Roll Cart
I purchased this cart mainly to move boxes and other larger items and it has been perfect. I purchased it over a year ago and I have had no issues out of it so far. I purchased it from Lowe’s and I paid 50 dollars for it. …
Annie Chun’s Udon Soup Bowl
Over the past couple years, I’ve been working to find lots of things that I can have at work in very limited storage space that are tasty to eat for breakfast and lunches (luckily I am not usually at work long enough to have to eat dinner there as …
NordicWare Cast BBQ Sauce and Bean Pot
As a family we like to use our BBQ as much as possible in the summer months, but one thing that has always irritated me is having to go back inside to heat up beans or sauces using a saucepan. My fairly thin bottomed pans wouldn’t cope with the …
Harmonic Harvest Oak Flooring
I had a small tornado touch down in my neighborhood this past March.
I had some major damage to my home. I had a tree fall on my roof. It made a large hole in my roof and caused water and insulation to drip on the floor and carpet heavily …
Breeze Power Clean Concentrated Liquid Detergent
When it comes to Laundry I normally stick with powder detergents because I feel that they are more cost effective and clean just as well as liquid detergents while being less messy.
But, this time around when my husband went to the store to get the groceries he picked up …
ExSol Hot and Cold Water Dispenser (MYL31S-W)
In any modern household today, surely, a lot would concur with me that water dispensers are staples inside every kitchen. It’s hard to trust the quality of water coming out from the faucet. The potability of our water certainly hasn’t reached a toxic level to prompt us …
Lenco Refrigerator
We have a Lenco Refrigerator in the kitchen at work. We use it almost every day to store food that we buy or bring from home. My experience with it has been very good, and I would like to share it with you.
Let’s start with the fact that the …
Stanley 15-Inch Fat Max Hand Saw
This thing works wonderfully. I do a lot of wood work so I’m dealing with hand saws a lot and I have to say that I believe this is one of the best out there. It’s very effective and easy to use. I purchased it from …
Charmin Toilet Paper
I love Charmin. And as the commercial used to state, it really is “squeezably soft.” I have tried some of the other brands, either way cheaper or about the same price and Charmin beats them all in softness.
It is very strong and does not cause irritation or …
LG Washing Machine WD-1390 FB
Very recommended! That’s what I can say about this washing machine from LG. In the beginning, I was not so sure to buy this product. Since I don’t have any clue about the product itself. I was just guessing that it would be a great washing machine. And I …
Fox Superglue
There is one thing I dislike very much is that when I find my shoes worn out. But it doesn’t matter. I usually keep a can of Fox Glue available in my boarding house. So if at any time I find my shoes worn out and I have to …
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