Let me say a few things about bathroom cleaners and how I feel about them. One of the things that I notice about most bathroom cleaners is that they are filled with so much. There are so many chemicals that make up what we use to clean out house …

With more than fifteen different stitching options, and an easy to thread system, I was thrilled when I was given the Singer Simple Sewing Machine. However, Model 3116 with all its bangs and whistles didn’t turn out to be quite so simple to use. The main problem I had …

If you are a bird watcher, you know how heavy binoculars can get walking around with them around your neck. My husband has a nice set of Bushnell Binoculars but they are the large ‘manly’ ones. I purchased a nice small pair at Wal Mart. They are Bushnell’s …

We all have times and places in our homes when there’s a bad smell. In my house I have four cats and a small dog a four year old daughter and an untidy and often dirty husband who brings his job home with him. You see my family lives …

I recently moved into an unfurnished apartment after staying with relatives for a few months. I had no furniture and needed a bed due to having back problems from trying to sleep on the floor. I wanted a raised air mattress that I could use every day like a …

Outback Power Systems is unquestionably the number one manufacturer of solar power components for residential use. It has a well-deserved reputation for quality and customer service.
I have owned two Outback MX-60 charge controllers for three years. Outback has renamed these FLEXmax 60 charge controllers, but to the …

Purex Complete 3-in-1 laundry sheets are awesome! Not only do they get your clothes clean, keep them soft with the built in softener but they also have the 3rd advantage of being an anti-static dryer sheet. You put the sheet in the washer with your clothes and simply throw …

The works sink and vanity cleaner is a cleaner that is sold by Dollar Tree. It is something that is supposed to help you clean and keep tidy your sink and vanity area in the bathroom.
I was curious to try this product because for a dollar …

With all of the holiday rush going on right now, I was looking for something to help make my time spent cleaning more effective. What I was wanting was something that I could use for all the surfaces in my house, something that I could just toss into the …

We have a septic tank for our waste water so I don’t like using those harsh lye based drain cleaners. They can mess up septic systems by killing off the organisms that break down the waste. I saw Roebic’s Bacterial Drain Cleaner in our local hardware store and decided …

This is by far my favorite of the Votivo scents, and I mean I love Votivo (though Voluspa is fast coming up behind it as my new fave). Black Ginger is a warm, sensuous smell that lingers for a long time with a few sprays. It makes my …

One thing that I can’t stand is when I wash my favorite garments and the colors start to fade or become dingy looking. This has happened many times with my clothes because I would use dollar store brands that weren’t made for color preservation. One day I decided that …

We have a deep bath tub in our bathroom, which makes it difficult when bathing babies since there is a need to bend way over, or stand and lean over in order to reach into the tub. This can be hard on my back, and the kneeling on …

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 …

I bought this square cushion from Walmart. The looks were stunning and that is what attracted me towards it. Home Trends is a known brand so I got confident about the product. The price was high for a cushion but the stuff was good. And I have been using …

I have always wanted a breadmaker as friends of mine had one that made beautiful bread. So for my birthday my partner got me a Sunbeam one. Well I think in the four months that I have had it I have had a fifty percent success rate which makes …

My five year old daughter takes a packed lunch to school every day, she’s not exactly a faddy eater but gets bored with the same kind of foodstuffs in her lunch box each day. After exhausting all the different sandwich fillings I decided to ring the changes by …

The only real reason why I bought this Portable Microwave oven was because my wife and I went on a trip together and I hate using the Microwaves that I run into. I hate not having my own stuff, so I went and bought the Wavebox Portable Microwave oven. My …

Fresh fruit juice is just the thing to get your system up and running in the morning. The `juicy` fruits with a high water content like grapes, melon, strawberries and citrus fruits are among some of the best ones to juice.
This Magimix juicer was featured in the Sainsburys magazine …

As water dispensers are for storage of potable water, so do rice dispensers in safekeeping grains of rice. Back in the days, the storage space designated for keeping rice was unsafe. Rice seemed to draw mice to that corner, no matter how tight the measures we implemented …

I was suffering from a spring infestation of ants in my kitchen, so I decided to buy Ant-B-Gon ant traps. They came in a package of three cylindrical metal traps, and I put two in my cupboards and one on the floor of my living room.
The reason I purchased …

I’m not a coffee person and I have never really been a coffee person. I mean I can drink a cup every once in a while but don’t think that I just run around drinking coffee all day long. That’s for people who are addicted to it. That’s why …

After my experience with the faulty KitchenAid toaster oven, I was reluctant to try anything else from the brand; however, I used to have a KitchenAid mixer that I just loved, so I gave them one more chance to redeem themselves. I picked the wrong product!
The KitchenAid Slow Cooker …

I have mostly Kenmore appliances in my house those of you who have read my previous reviews know this. One thing that I really enjoy is my Kenmore built in microwave oven. This microwave oven is mounted directly over the stove so it saves counterspace. This particular model the …

We often pop into our nearest Wilko store. The large high street retailer stocks a wide selection of DIY goods and home accessories. I often buy hair care products, soap, toothpaste, denture cream and cleaning products from Wilkinson’s because they offer good value for money. I have a large …

In my humble opinion, this is one of the greatest inventions of all time! I hate having to use twenty different cleaning products to clean my home. One - because of the cost and two- because of the chemical residues that get left behind even after you rinse.
I bought …

I started using Tide Total Care for my laundry detergent a year ago when a sales associate at Nordstroms who was not selling it told me I should buy it to keep the color of my clothing looking as dark as when I bought it. I …

Being a mobile repairer I need a good power station blower for attaching and detaching the I.C.(inter grated circuits) and other smaller chips the blower blows hot air and thus it gets easy to attach and detach the small chips from the main board I bought plenty of power …

There was this one time when it rained for about a week straight. It left most of my family staying indoors and getting bored, hoping for the downpour to finally stop. Adding to the problems and the boredom is the sudden leak that occurred in one of the sections of …

I replacing my heating and cooling air filter with this one a few months back and it’s been perfect. I love the fact that it’s washable. Since I purchased this one I have been able to re-use it without having to go out and purchase another one …

In Asia, you’d be hard pressed to find a kitchen without a rice cooker. They are as important as microwaves are here in America. I grew up in an Asian household, so I’ve used a great many assortment of rice cookers throughout my life… and when it was …

These thirteen inch red napkins are sold at the Dollar Tree for a dollar and twenty come in a pack. We purchased these napkins once for a summer get-together, along with red paper plates and red utensils. We weren’t entirely pleased with the napkins though, and so I don’t …

I might be one of the only people who actually ordered this off tv when I saw an informercial for it. I really don’t even know how many things I’ve bought from infomercials, because I try not to keep track since it’s actually an embarassing hobby of mine. …

Living in the south there is dirt and mud a plenty. Its for this reason that vacuuming everyday is a must. I have relatively pretty tan and beige carpets, but they are a little difficult to keep clean.
Thats why I bought the Hoover U5780900 Bagless Upright Cyclonic Vacuum. I …

WHen the “Ada Purejoy Laundry Detergent” was finished, I had to open a bag of “Ada Super-Clean Fragrant Laundry Powder” to finish another load of laundry. However, unlike the previous powdered laundry detergent; I somehow felt that even though it was from the same brand, it might be of …

The wind blew, and the scent from my carnations and snapdragons filled the air. A few months ago, I planted several species of Burpee flower seeds in my pool yard so it would look gorgeous in spring. I planted hollyhocks, rock roses, dwarf delphinium, tall snapdragons, and …

For anyone not familiar with stuff made by Miele, you should first know that everything this company makes is top notch and high end. This isn’t the stuff you can just pick up at a Walmart; it is high quality. Vacuums come in two types of models, …

I received my Keurig Coffee Maker as a Christmas gift from a friend last year. At first I was excited to get it because it was so unique and I had heard a lot of good things about it. Also …

We were given one of these little vacuum cleaners about three years ago as a gift. After charging it we set it to work on our floors. It did a good job of picking up surface dirt from low pile carpeting and vinyl flooring. You do have to …

One of the best vacuum cleaner that I ever use. I am using this Electrolux Z 3830 at this moment. I got it for free few months ago from a family. We got few electronics and housewares for free few months ago, and this is one of the …

I first purchased this thing a few years ago. I love it because since I purchased it I’m able to have a comfortable seat on the floor almost anywhere. It’s sold at Wal-Mart. I have not found this particular one at any other store in my …

I’m notorious for wanting to travel as light as possible. I like to travel with as many clothes as I can possibly fit in a tiny carry-on bag. I recently took a trip to visit a friend of mine and was going to be there for four days, but …

We all need lightbulbs, and I’m sure that somewhere in our houses we all have at least one that needs replacing. But do we really look at what we put in there? You should - and this review is for the Lumiere 60 Watt Bayonet Cap Lightbulb.
First of all, …

I have been using SMILE toilet paper. This is a good quality toilet paper and is very thick too. Unlike the other toilet papers that are dirty and has a lot of dust on them, this one is made clean. This is also made of 2 ply toilet paper. …

As someone who has mailed out a lot of packages, I finally got tired of trying to use my nails to get tape to pull out and then find scissors to cut the tape with. Half the time, the tape would fold down, onto itself. It was …

The white grouted area between the tiles and the bath had some black mildew (algae) on it which I was unable to scrub off or even remove with household bleach. I found Dettol Mould and Mildew Remover in the supermarket and decided to give it a try.
It …

On a recent trip to town I popped in to Harris Scarfe to see their Manchester sale. It was there that I came across the Ramesses Supersoft Bamboo Cotton 400 Thread Count Sheet Set sheets. Bamboo cotton is softer than cotton as it also contains silk. The bamboo cotton …

I am not one of these people who needs to have the latest, trendiest and most popular appliances in my house, just to keep up with the people whose homes always look like they should be in an interior design magazine. I like clean, simple and classic lines in …

I always wash the dishes in the by hand rather than using the dishwasher since in almost every meal there were only few plates to be washed and I don’t have to wait longer for the plates to be finished being washed. I like using this product because …