I picked up this burger press while browsing World Market’s grill accessories section. I have never owned a burger press before. I was always under the impression that it didn’t make a difference. But, I have to admit that I always get unpredictable results when I form my own …

Mold and dirt build up inside the toilet bowl can be both a unsightly and smelly problem. I just recently bought Clorox Dual Action Toilet Bowl Cleaner on sale at the grocery store and decided to give it a try! The bottle has two plastic compartments containing …

If you are looking for a great set of sturdy dishes and pans and bakeware you will want to get Correale Livingware Dishes. They are not expensive yet are always replaced should one crack or break. They are guaranteed for life. They wash beautifully both in …

Indian electricity supply has been unstable since ages. The voltage fluctuation has damaged many of my electrical appliance and since then I have been wises to use a good stabilizer which doesn’t allow the voltage fluctuation to effect directly to the appliance. All the electrical appliance from television ,fridge …

Wrinkle Free is usually sold in travel stores to pack into your suitcase so you can remove any wrinkles from your clothes that may have occured while you were traveling. It is a product that I have used extensively for the past several years. I like to …

In the month of June we gave a big party to all our friends on the even of our 4th wedding anniversary. At this party we got many gifts and the Yerra Pudding set is one of those very good gifts. The Yerra is a very popular …

I purchased my very first home a few years ago and I use Comet with Bleach to clean and deodorize most surfaces in the home including my appliances because of Comet’s promises to remove tough stains without scratching the surface.
Comet is an all purpose cleaner that is safe to …

I recently purchased this heater from Amazon.com for $58 (free shipping)and my only regret is that I didn’t buy it sooner.
I bought it for my son’s bedroom which is over the garage and is always freezing in the winter. When the outside temp drops below zero, you can’t …

Home maintenance is one of the essential day to day activities, faced by all individuals. When you think of maintenance, you can jolt down lot of activities, one major activity would be carpet cleaning, many of my friends pay lump sum amount for cleaning their carpet, if a female …

A few weeks ago, we ran out of garbage bags so, when my wife went to the store, I asked her to pick up some. She ended up coming home with a box of Great Value Kitchen Garbage Bags.
When she told me what she paid for them, I could …

My family goes through a lot of laundry so we go through a lot of laundry soap. Because I have children we are pretty hard on clothes and I rely on the laundry soaps I use to get out stains. I also do not have a lot …

If you have ever seen Project Runway then you know that they show all types of great sewing machines. I have always been into making cloths. Ever since my mother taught me how to create and sew, I have had a fond love for doing it I normally make …

I am in love with Senseo Coffee machine since the first time I used it. I did not find this kind of machine in the country where I lived before. I came from Asia, and when I moved to Europe, my husband introduced me to this great coffee machine. …

My father buys and sells products like these to businesses, and once or twice he might take home one of these products. One of these products was a pack of “World Star Highest Quality 6X10 LD Bags”. These are actually very small transparent plastic bags that I have found …

I bought one of these CFL (compact fluorescent light) bulbs more than 4 years ago. I remember I already had other CFL bulbs in my kitchen, in the bathroom and on my hallway so I placed my newly bought GE 13-Watt Energy Smart bulb in my bedroom. I remember …

When I was growing up my mother never allowed my siblings or I to us the dishwasher. We always had one, but she saw it as being lazy or a waste of water. So when I finally got my own dishwasher I was excited to get some use out …

This is one of the best smelling cleaning products I have tried in a long time. It is so easy to use. Just pull out a wipe and start dusting away for some marvelous results. I love the woody smell and the way the scent lasts. It is not …

I was visiting my sister in the states and was surprised to discover that she didn’t have a built in vacuum cleaner. I was helping out with her housework, and I asked her where her vacuum was, and she pointed to the closet. Surprised, I pulled out a very …

Anyone who has ever had the glass liner in a thermos break will appreciate the rugged design of the Alladin Stanley steel thermos. I have had a one quart thermos for over ten years, and it still performs its daily task as well as the day I got it. …

Baygon Mosquito Coil has been a common household item in my house. I usually buy this stuff during rainy days where mosquitoes are very rampant. This product is available in two variants but I usually buy the light green color. It is less scented. It contains a stainless stand …

When I was out shopping for a microwave I was looking for certain qualities. I wanted one that was white, small, inexpensive, that would last. After searching for a while, I ran into a GE microwave with those qualities. So I thought anyway. I decided to purchase a …

The Cuisinart Sandwich Grill is like a clone of the Xtreme Ready Set Go. I have to say that this is a bit of the same thing. The price is roughly $35 so that’s why I got this grill. However, I am no satisfied with it even at this …

The Brookstone 24″ Cordless LED Pre-Lit Christmas Wreath is one of several Christmas wreaths that I own. It’s one of my favorites, too, for a number of reasons. I bought this Christmas wreath a couple of Christmas seasons ago for thirty-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents. It must have been …

I got one of these air cleaners mainly because it was on sale. I paid $199.99 for it while the original price was $299.99. I also felt that I could really use one of these air cleaners, especially when it comes with odor control. I am actually really sensitive …

I don’t use saran wrap very often. I have always thought of myself as a foil or storage bag kind of gal. I much rather use those than saran wrap because it never seem to stick right for me. I used the saran wrap with first to wrap some …

Although I am not the greatest cook that the world has ever seen - not by a long shot, to be honest - I do still enjoy cooking and preparing food, and that means that I am often in need of a reliable and dependable kitchen timer. This simple …

Since I have no access to Body Shop’s Home Fragrance Oils, I decided to purchase air freshener spray. I stopped at one of the local stores which sells imported products. Of all the fragrance that were available, I picked “Lavender and Chamomile”. I really thought that this is a good …

Some time during my last move I lost my large curling iron so needed to purchase a new one. I like the large, one inch sized curling irons because I have natural curly hair and I don’t like my bangs all curly and crimped up so I use a …

My other Maytag lasted what seemed like a lifetime and I wanted another Maytag.
Although I like the refrigerator, it has some quirks. There are 2 spots in the of the refrigerator that have cold spots where things will freeze… I’ve set the inside temperature up 2 degrees and …

I moved into a new flat about eight months ago and my generous landlords (a local housing association) gave me a house warming gift of a large amount of Osram Energy Saving Lightbulbs. There were two different sizes in the lot I got; about 4.5 inches from the …

These cleaning cloths are terrible! They are much too rough on the surfaces of CDs! I’m very fortunate that I happened to use one on a CD-RW that contained files that also happen to be stored on my external hard drive. I have the same exact files on CD-RWs …

In Botswana, the house plots are really huge. I think this country has 3x more land than people in it. Everyone has a decent garden. My house is no exception. The yard is way bigger than the living space I have in the house. Water is however a …

I just purchased a new pedestal fan after my second tower fan inexplicably stopped working. The Climate Keeper 16 inch Oscillating Pedestal Fan was quite a bargain at 18.00 USD, and turned out to be even more powerful than the costlier tower fans.
Living in a …

Bleach has always been and will always be an important cleaning agent in my house. I love using bleach in both my kitchen and bathroom, because it is guaranteed to disinfect. I have never been too picky about the type of bleach I used until recently. I needed some …

Our family needed a good old fashioned coffee urn to satisfy our coffee needs, so we went ahead and bought a Hamilton Beach Coffee Urn because it looked very nice and very simple.
The coffee urn cost about $149.99, a lot more than a normal coffee urn, but I hoped …

I was looking for a large bowl so I purchased this bowl a little over a month ago and it’s amazing. I mainly use it for mixing but it works very well for other things also. I purchased it from Wal-Mart and I paid 15 dollars for …

This thing is fantastic and I don’t believe it could have been designed any better. First let me say that I own several Stanley made tools and they are some of the best that I have owned. I purchased this from Wal-Mart about a year ago. …

Many of us have rented the Rug Doctor carpet shampooer from vaious stores. I too have rented one over the years. I finally decided I needed to purchase one of my own after adopting many kittens and living in a small home.
I can’t say enough positive things in how …

Everyone should own one of these! The Bosch Tassimo Single Serve Coffee Maker produces a fantastic cup of coffee in about 60 seconds —“ how can you beat that. I used to own the Braun Tassimo maker until moving country (different voltage). Having reluctantly given my …

After spending the summer and early fall gardening I had a lot of clothes that had grass stains so I bought Spray ‘n Wash Laundry Stain Remover for grease and grass stains. This 650ml spray bottle is a great addition to my laundry room, and I have found some …

A couple weeks ago I made the decision that I was going to buy myself some fabric dye since some of my clothes had begun to look washed out even though they were still in pretty good condition. This would have been the first time that I would have …

Our house has well water and the toilet bowls can get very nasty looking at times because of it. I decided to try Clorox Toilet Bowl Cleaner with Bleach to try to get some of the staining out from it. I figured if nothing else would do the trick, …

This product is wonderful! I have pets and I have carpet near my back door, so obviously, when I open the door to let them in, the first place they run is all over the carpet. My carpets are always left with mud or dirt on them. Then the …

As luck would have it we lost our washing machine and dryer in weeks of each other. Both machines were 5 years old and on an already strapped budget we had to somehow find the money for both a dryer and a washing machine. The dryer my husband and …

I received the Presto 16″ Glass Covered Electric Skillet as a housewarming present from my mother. My old electric skillet had finally bitten the dust and I was very upset since I hate frying anything on top of the stove.
I have to say that I love this electric …

I’m an avid gardener and I love house plants. The garden is no problem, the house plants on the other hand do tend to get sick. I either can’t water them enough or I over-water them. So I decided finally to try the Aqua Globes. …

I use Downy once in a while when washing my baby’s clothes. Once in a while because it is so expensive I don’t understand why. It’s just like any other fabric conditioner I have used only much more expensive. the scent is not too long-lasting. When it comes to …

I wouldn’t say I’m a messy or sloppy person, or lazy, but I have to say that the thing I just try to avoid doing if at all possible is cleaning my toilet and bathtub, or the bathroom in general. There’s just something icky about it, and no amount …

I honestly think these are a bit to expensive for “regular” laundry but I do have them in my student’s apartment where I do about one wash per week. There are 15 packs of 2 tablets in the box but you need at least 2 for one wash (up …

I have had really good luck with this product every time I have used it. Terro Ant Killer II is produced by the Senoret Chemical Co. in St. Louis Mo. I first tried this product about 5 years ago when I had an ant problem in …