Down with teflon pans, I say. Well all except for T Fall. About five years ago, I worked in a department store for the Christmas Season, October through December. I took advantage of the opportunity to also collect up on cookware items, catching the sales and …

A cheese raclette is best enjoyed during this time of the year when the weather is cold and you need to eat enough to keep you warm. I’ve had this raclette grill for some years now but I only get to use it when I am home. This Christmas, …

I don’t cook. It’s dangerous if I do. But my husband loves to cook and considers himself a bit of a new-found guru in the kitchen. We didn’t have a lot of kitchen appliances when he moved in with me and we got married, but slowly, over the last …

I always like my home to smell good, so after learning about the Yankee Candle range of wax tarts I decided to buy myself some - and obviously I needed a burner to make use of them. I chose the Petal burner simply because it was the cheapest …

I sent my daughter to the grocery store for some toilet paper when I ran outthe other day, and she returned home with a four pack of Angel Soft Toilet Paper.
This is not the usual brand of toilet paper that I normally buy, but since she had already made …

My mother likes to make homemade bread especially around the holidays. We got her this breadmaker about six years ago and it has really proven to be a winner. It will not only mix up the dough but will bake it also if you want it to. Because …

This review is for the Lock & Lock airtight containers by Starfirt. I have been very happy with these containers. They are safe for the microwave, dishwasher and freezer. Just make sure that when you put them in the microwave you open the lid a little. …

I am using Mr Sheen Multi-surface Polish for quite a long time. I am very satisfied with the this brand. Mr Sheen Multi-surface Polish as a name shows is a multi-surface cleaner. It comes in a form of spray. I spray on any surface and then wipe …

There are 2 things I love to use when I am cleaning my kitchen and bathrooms. One thing I love to use daily is bleach. The other thing I like to use is a multipurpose spray cleaner. Spray bottles make it easy to saturate dirty areas without a mess. …

Kordite Foam Plates are so flimsy and breakable. They don’t last. As soon as you place a piece of chicken or some other substantial item on your plate the food falls straight into the floor.
I used these plates at a picnic and I must say I was very disappointed. …

I love my Black and Decker Smart Brew Coffee Maker. I have had this coffee maker for over two years and have not had a single problem with it. It is a twelve cup capacity coffee maker and I like how it looks on my kitchen counter. …

SC Johnson and Company’s Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaning Kit is a fairly decent kit for keeping mold and mildew from building up in your shower. It is not meant for large bathtubs with shower-heads at one end, it is meant for a smaller shower stall, and that …

I got this blender when my Oster finally gave up on me after 10 years. Not exactly as I could’ve just changed the blades which were worn out. The machine was working fine. Unfortunately, these were not manufactured anymore, I decided to just upgrade my kitchen …

I have heard so much about Miele and how it seems to be at the top end of brands of home appliances. Unfortunately, this is one of the few remaining if not the only brand which is still being made in Germany. The rest are manufactured somewhere else and …

The Ariens riding mower is a high quality cutting machine that is cheap in quality in a few non-performance ways.
I bought the Ariens mower 2 summers ago. I couldn’t afford the price tag of John Deere, so I went to my local Home Depot, purchased the Ariens and started …

What really attracted me with Art and Cook Dessert Scoop is its color. I was then looking for simpler but effective ice cream scoop which even my small grandchildren could handle with ease when I came across this Art and Cook Dessert Scoop. When I saw the pink …

I don’t have a lot of surfaces to dust in my house, but like to keep the ones that do have to be dusted nice and clean. There is nothing that i hate more than a thick film of dust on my things. That will drive my husband and …

Thank God this was a gift from my parents, because I would have never bought such a thing. It was far more expensive than other electronic scales, and it wasn’t even that accurate. Had for a month now, and I’m not pleased with it. It’s particularly sensitive to vibrations, …

The Sharp R-530E Microwave is fantastic. It is one of the best microwaves that I have ever owned. I bought mine several months ago when I needed to replace my old microwave and this one is so much better that I don’t know how I got along without it.
First …

Glade Hawaiian Breeze is an aersol spray that is a room air freshener. I like this product because it has a light tropical smell.
It is very reasonably priced at about 1.59 per can. I think I got this aerosol at an off price store however. I haven’t priced it …

I wanted to have something that I could easily grill steaks on without having to broil them in the oven. I am not particularly fond of cleaning a broiling pan because they can be very difficult to get clean. I shopped at Walmart for a small indoor type grill. …

I usually buy cheap kitchen appliances. To me, they seem just as good as the major brand names and, most of the time, for a mere fraction of the price.
I used to own a Tesco Value Hand Mixer, but it eventually stopped working and instead of having it fixed, …

I use Goo Gone cleaner all the time for certain cleaning situations. I purchase Goo Gone at the grocery store, found in the cleaning aisle, for $4.99 and it comes in 8 oz. bottles. It is well worth the cost even though that probably sounds quite expensive to others. …

I’m a big fan of buying bargain brands and truly believe that with many products, store brought are just as good at a greatly reduced price. However in the case of paper towels I will always spend the extra money for Bounty because they are far superior to …

I liked the graphic yet organic look of these wall plaques in the store. I wasn’t sure exactly how I would use them, but I thought they might be able to help up the style quotient of my horribly outdated beige and brown bathroom. Actually when I first …

When our electric can opener gave out several months ago, we searched everywhere for another similar one. The reason I loved it so much, is because it cut the cans smoothly, leaving no rough edges that could lead to nasty cuts. But the only electric can openers that I …

Once summer has had its time in the sun and autumn starts blowing on in, I start spending more time outdoors and leave the windows in my house open for extended periods of time. I don’t simply do this because it’s more pleasant outside, although that’s certainly a plus, …

The Lysol Air Cleaner, Model 0030807, is a very good model of air cleaner, providing the promised air cleaning functions for smaller rooms. This model is meant for smaller rooms, 150 square feet or less, and delivers very well on it’s promise of eliminating 99.9% of air born …

I love spending time at the beach, picnicking in parks, and just generally enjoying myself outside during the summer months. So, I require plenty of good outdoor summer entertainment goods to be able to do that with the least inconvenience. I decided to buy a cooler I …

I had previously used the Mr. Clean magic eraser to clean up some pretty heavy duty stains. I sent my husband to pick some up for me and he came back with something else. He bough the Great Value Miracle cleaning eraser. I didn’t know if it would work, …

This purchase seemed indulgent at the time, because it’s about three times what I normally pay for a coffee grinder. But, one thing I am willing to pay extra for these days is clever and useful design and features. This coffee grinder has several of those.
First of all, I …

I’ve loved book boxes ever since I knew they existed. Over the years, I’ve bought them at Michael’s Crafts, Beverlys, book stores and specialtly gift shops. If you don’t know what a book box is, the premise is simple. It’s a box that looks like a traditional hardback book. …

Being a property owner has meant a number of things: bills, bills and more bills! Oh, and a few D.I.Y problems which require solving sooner than later in order to prevent them from escalating into something major (as my mother always used to say, “a stitch in time …

I was looking for another way of frying foods and grilling was the next best option for me to try so I bought, Gardenia Plus Series Chef’s Classics Grill Pan - 28 cm.

This stove top grill pan was what I was looking for because we prefer doing our cooking inside …

Sometimes I attempt to save money by purchasing products that cost less. My reasoning is that just because a product costs more, doesn’t mean it does a better job. There are times when my thinking is right on, but when I bought Sun Burst Clothes Detergent, I was totally …

For the longest time, we used dishwashing paste when washing our dishes and Axion was the number one product then. It really cleans our dishes, specially when it’s too oily, or is really dirty. It’s easy to use, though you really have to use a lot to take out …

I don’t have any deep roasting pans in my home. I don’t know why, but I just never came around to purchasing one. Instead I end up purchasing the throw away pans. I wanted to make a large amount of chicken for some guests I was having over and …

I’d had some luck using magic erasers in the past. I like them because they are small, inexpensive, and get the job done. I recently ran into a different brand of eraser that I had never use. I decided to give the Scrub It Quick Eraser sponges a try. …

I bought my Durabrand 4 Slice Toaster only 5 months ago. I had debated on getting it because I just had a bad feeling, but one day, in my weakness, I decided to go ahead and get it. My old one worked fine, but was just really old and …

I’ve had a long love affair with french presses. I got my first Bodum when I was 19, which was quite a few years ago. A friend of mine who was a Manager at Starbucks turned me on to this type of coffee maker. The one I had was …

I really like the Bounty Select-A-Size paper towels! I like that you can select a size and not waste it. I felt like when I bought regular paper towels, that I was wasting them. I’d have this big sheet for a little mess and it was …

I like to do crafts, and while I can do a lot of different crafts, I can’t embroider, so I bought this kit to help me. It says on the front that the kit contains many things, including iron on transfers and all the things one would need to …

We liked our small, cordless stick vacuum by Eureka enough to try this new Boss Smartvac upright cleaner. We bought it at Kohl’s and it was less than 130 dollars. My wife likes the fact that it has a HEPA filter. I like that the various parts are easy …

Like everyone, I have plenty of electrics in my home. To keep a lot of them running, I need batteries. Though batteries are a necessity, I have never felt it is necessary to spend 5 or 6 dollars on them. When I was shopping around a local dollar store, …

Finally a decent can opener!
In 20 years I’ve had alot of can openers, electric ones that I could never seem to get the can positioned correctly on that chewed through the lids leaving a trail of metal shavings behind them, and the not so trusty manual kind that …

Living in an old wood apartment means dealing with various insects since there are holes and the wood is weak in the course of time. Insect like cockroach has been a big problem in our house although we tried to keep our house clean to lessen the problem.
Dealing with …

When it comes to light bulbs, there is only one brand I trust, and it’s Philips Energy Saver Light Bulbs. I had proven it to be better than most of the brands in the market today.
If its advertisement is to be believed, it saves up to 80% of …

About once a month, the local grocery stores seem to get in a battle with each other and hold competing meat sales. On those weekends, you can be sure we will be at all of them buying the best cuts of meat at the best prices and it’s not …

I like old fashioned things and that includes in my garden. I love the look of the old times things. It reminds me of history and history is one of my favorite subjects. I saw a sundial for sale at Walmart. It cost $55.00 and it was just as …

junk junk junk.
This such a cheap piece of junk there isn’t even a brand name on it. It is a 27 LED AC/DC rechargable trouble light. Great in theory, actually gives off a good amount of light when working and has a resonable battery life (approx. 5 hours). That’s …