Housewares Reviews
Flash with Febreze Freshness All Purpose Cleaner in Thai Orchid
Having four children, plus a partner who really could be tidier, I spend a lot of my time cleaning so am always on the lookout for things to make my chores quicker or more pleasurable. I bought this All Purpose Cleaner from Flash initially because it was pink (shallow, …
Fisher & Paykel Refrigerator Model E522B
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 …
Fabulous All Purpose Degreaser
I like to keep a spray cleaner handy in my kitchen, and this one called Fabulous really caught my eye at the local discount store. Fabulous is made with orange oil which I know to be a tough grease fighter, and I thought this would be a great product …
Downey Wrinkle Releaser
Downy Wrinkle Releaser is one the best products ever! Ever since trying it for the first time, years ago, my ironing has drastically been reduced. Ironing was one chore I detested, and as a result, I sometimes wore wrinkled skirts and dresses with the hems turned up. No more! …
Rainbow RainMate Small Air Purifier
There is a story of how I became the owner of this unique, hydro-powered (but also electric) air purifier. I entered my name in a drawing somewhere in which a small RainMate air purifier was the giveaway prize and I ended up being the winner. It’s about 5 years …
Laundry detergent for all temperatures
I normally don�t buy Purex Laundry Detergent but I found a huge 5.17L bottle on sale for just $4.99CDN at my local Shoppers Drug Mart. I couldn�t beat the price, and even though I usually prefer powdered laundry detergent to liquid, this Purex bottle boasted that I would get …
Envirocare Corp Moldex Deck Cleaner
My deck had a lot of stains and dirt build up and I was looking for something to clean it with. A friend recommend this product so I decided to give it a try and I can say that I have been very satisfied with the results that …
Wisk Deep Clean Fresh Breeze laundry detergent
I am a laundry fanatic straight off the bat. My family is a family of sweaters and “stinkers.” I’m always looking for the next best laundry detergent that can get stains stink and gunk out of our clothes. I have tried all the major brands plus …
Healing Garden Pillow & Room Spray (Lavender)
I love lavender scent. I especially love it in my pillow or room spray. However, it is easy to mess up this scent, either making it too strong (which makes me sneeze) or too light (you can only smell it when it is sprayed). If blended correctly, a lavender …
Febreze Flameless Luminary Candle
I have six cats in the house and I love candles, but the two would never mix. There was the constant worry that one of the cats would jump up by the candle and either burn themselves or knock the candle over and start a fire.The Febreze Flameless Luminary …
La’s Totally Awesome Laundry Detergent
I have used both the red and the green bottles of La’s Totally Awesome Laundry Detergent. My experience with both has been horrible. First I will tell you about my experience with the red bottle and then I will tell you about the green bottle.
I first purchased a red …
Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day All Purpose Cleaner
I bought Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day All Purpose Cleaner for $40, with a pack of 6 a few months ago. Here is my review.
This all-purpose cleaner was made to help clean almost all types of surfaces or things. This product is like other cleaners I bought, including Greenworx but a …
Sterilite 36 quart wastebasket
I use this trash can for one of my bathrooms and it works very well. It’s made by Sterilite which always makes really good products and that’s one of the main reasons why I decided to go with this particular one. I purchased it from K-Mart about …
Cowboy Hardwood Lump Charcoal For Grilling
If there’s anything that would actually make me use regular charcoal briquettes and lighter fluid over real hardwood charcoal, it’s Cowboy Hardwood Lump Charcoal. Personally, I think grillers all over the world should unite and boycott the Cowboy brand, which also, also produces the lump charcoal marketed as …
Rubies New Year’s Eve Plastic Party Cups (Set of Four)
When I came across the Rubies New Year’s Eve Plastic Party Cups, I remember thinking to myself, “these plastic cups are really, really nice, but what in the world do they have to do with New Year’s?” I thought this because the plastic cups very much seemed far more …
Elite Pressure Cooker by Fagor
While visiting my mom a few weeks ago, I was introduced to my first pressure cooker. With her Elite Pressure Cooker by Fagor, my mom was able to cook meals in one third the time and everything had such incredible flavor. Besides saving time she also told …
LuminAid Solar-Powered Inflatable Light
I actually came upon this by accident and I ended up ordering it. I was browsing DudeIWantThat.com and found that this was listed. This concept is actually really interesting and quite practical as well. The idea is to have a maximum, but not blinding brightness at the same time …
Dynatrap DT1200 Insect Eliminator
For some odd reason my lawn seems to attract a ton of bugs, mosquitoes and many other insects. I’ve used several bug eliminators and I’ve et to find another that’s been as effective as the Dynatrap DT1200. If I could use one word …
Ranipal Fabric Whitener
I have been using Ranipal fabric whitener since many years and it is a time tested product. My mom used to soak clothes in this product when I was studying and staying with her. It was an integral part of her washing routine.
Since I started using this product I …
Bounce Fabric Softner sheets
My brother-in-law had recently sent Bounce Fabric softner sheets from US. There will be 70 sheets in a box. It looks like tissue paper. All we need to do is to put one sheet in the washing machine along with the clothes at start of drying. It gives …
Glad Food Storage Bags
I do not like Glad Food Storage Bags. I don’t like them because the bags do not hold what they say they will. I do not like them because the freezer bags do not keep your food from getting freezer frost. I can’t stand when my food gets that …
Weiman Stainless Steel Cleaner
After buying a new house which has all stainless steel appliances, I realized that I needed something to clean the front of all of these appliances. They never get really dirty or mucky, but they do seem to get fingerprints or wet hand marks occasionally, which do not …
Swiffer Sweeper WetJet Starter Kit
I wish I had bought this product much sooner. Everyone told me to try it out, but I was skeptical that anything could beat my old tried and true sponge mop. Finally, I had a coupon for Swiffer so I bought the Wetjet Starter kit. I was …
Itso Wood Laminate Storage Cubes
I love the Itso wood storage cubes! When we moved my room was smaller so I had to get rid of my big dresser. I started out with three Itso products: 1×1 cube with door, 1×1 cube with 2 drawers, and 1×2 cube with door.
The 1×2 cube has …
Swiffer Wet Cloths
When I bought my first Swiffer sweeper several months ago, after falling in love with the idea of them when I used a similar kind of item at work to clean the hardwood floors there, I bought a starter kit that came with the sweeper, some dry cleaning cloths …
Nellie’s All-Natural Laundry Nuggets
Okay, okay - I know that measuring out a capful of liquid detergent, or a cupful of powder laundry soap is not that big of a job. But, these are great. The are pre-measured little nuggets that you just throw into the washer and you done. …
Febreze Fabric Refresher
I am a smoker and on top of all the other household smells, like kitchen trash, the house can smell less than desirable. I decided to try Febreze Fabric Refresher for the carpet and drapes. I picked up a 16.9 oz. bottle at Walmart for $3.47. I thought that …
Bissell Deluxe Pet Deep Clean Premier with Heatwave Technology
I love the Berber carpets that I have in my bedroom and my children’s rooms. It is soft and the padding extra thick so walking on it is very comfortable. However, with three kids and pets, the carpets get dirty fast. I usually try to have my carpets professionally …
Bosch Cordless Drill/ Driver (PSR. 14.4)
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 …
Palmolive DishWipes
I am always concerned about germs in the kitchen, and recently a friend recommended I try Palmolive DishWipes. These disposable cloths can be used to clean your dishes and counters and then thrown away. I thought this sounded like a great alternative from having to habitually wash dish cloths …
Eddie Bauer 15×13′ Astoria Gazebo
We bought this gazebo for two purposes, to bring camping and also to use in the back yard. We wanted something that we could take with us to the campground that we could put chairs and a picnic table under and sit in with the screen sides to …
3M Cushion Wrap
This 3M brand of cushion wrap can be found at the Dollar Tree for just a dollar. The roll is six by twelve inches and has proven to be handy and sturdy cushioning material when storing fragile items. This cushion wrap wraps easily around glass and other fragile knickknacks …
Oxi-Clean Laundry Powder
If you’ve ever seen Oxi-Clean advertised on television, you might have been tempted to try it. I’m here to tell you that you should not waste your money. I paid around $6 for a canister of the powder form, and I want my money back.
The ads show this …
The Sylvanian energy Saving soft White CFL Light Bulbs
I have been going through my house changing everything to “green”. I started with my light bulbs. Someone told me about these particular bulbs, so I thought I would try them out.
These bulbs are recommended for use with the environment. In turn they will keep it greener a …
Kill-Paff electric insecticide
When summer comes, the mosquitos seem to appear everywhere. During the day you can go after them with a spray, but it’s true that I can’t be all the night on alert in case another one was hiding somewhere. That’s why I found useful to use an electric insecticide.
To …
Febreze Air Effects Spring and Renewal Spray
I’m a neat freak by nature and, as such, I appreciate a home that is not only clean but also SMELLS clean. If I don’t have scented candles going throughout my house at all hours of the day and night, then I’ll have french vanilla coffe brewing, just for …
Lasko 2534 Tower Fan
When our air conditioner stopped working last summer and we could not afford to fix or replace it right away, we found ourselves in need of a good fan. After much consideration and shopping around we settled on the Lasko 2534 tower fan.
One of the first things that …
NordicWare Snowflake Shortbread Pan
As a keen baker I like to make my own cakes and biscuits rather than buy them from the store, that way I know exactly what has gone into them and equally importantly they taste better than mass produced goodies. Â At Christmastime however things get a little trickier as …
Daewoo KoR6L0B 600 Watt Microwave
I’m so glad that I purchased this Microwave! It’s hard to find good appliances that are priced low, but this is certainly one of them. Daewoo was not a brand that I was particularly familiar with initially, so I had a bit of skepticism but, that skepticism …
Hello Kitty Shower Hooks
When I decided to redo my bathroom in a Hello Kitty theme, one of the first things I picked up was the set of shower hooks from Target. These little hooks worked with my old shower curtain until I bought the shower curtain that comes with them. Each one …
Multi functional Mandolin
This mandolin comes with 5 stainless steel blades. A grater, shredder, slicer, wavy slicer and one to Julienne. The all snap in and out of place and when not in use they are stored in compartments under the mandolin. It is made of plastic and stainless steel and best …
Aprilaire Model 201 Filters
We’ve been using Aprilaire Model 201 Filters for many years now. These units are for Aprilaire and Space-Gard systems.
The media itself (the filter replacements) are high quality. They last a long time, though it’s recommended to change them at a minimum of twice per year. They …
Walgreens Drain Opener
I like to save money. I don’t have a lot of it at times and I pride myself in stretching the cash I have for as long as I possibly can.
This is why I buy store brands more often than well-known brands. I usually can save up to a …
EB Wood Clothespins
Recently I needed some new clothespins and since I was going past Home Depot I thought I would stop in and get some. I just got a new clothesline in the basement and I needed a lot of clothespins to use with it. So I picked up a few …
Swiffer CarpetFlick
The belt on my vacuum broke recently and I have not yet been able to go get a new one. So naturally, dirt and dust started piling up on the carpet (especially because I have two dogs). So I saw the Swiffer CarpetFlick and decided to give it a …
Hamilton Beach Healthsmart Grill
This past Saturday, my wife and I really wanted to make chicken on our grill. But, the weather refused to cooperate and I ended up having to make dinner indoors instead.
I was just going to bake the chicken in the oven. But, my wife reminded me of the Hamilton …
Aquaguard UV water purifier Aquasure crystal
Lately i have been worried about health of my family because there have been some health related issues due to drinking water supplied in the society. The township is on outskirts of the city and No river water is supplied here. we are entirely depend for our water needs …
Swiffer Wetjet All-In-One Power Mop
When I first saw the Swiffer Wetjet commercial I was impressed and wanting it. The convenience, it’s fast, easy, and cleans the floor as good as any mop if not better. For me, I am not a person that wants to take alot of time cleaning anything so the faster …
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