When we first moved into our home in a suburb of Vancouver, BC, the previous own had allowed her two large dogs to tear up and ruin the lawn for years before we bought the house. Therefore, there were huge patches of dirt where the grass should have been, …

I love to deep fry things. But it can be a hassle if your deep fryer is not a good one. I recently got a Rival 1-liter Deep Fryer and I love it. To start with, one of the things I like about it the most is that is …

One of the first grills I ever saw was home-made, with its parts being taken from the bottom of a steel 55-gallon drum set inside a semi-square of cinder blocks and covered with some cast iron grill-work. It might not have been very efficient or pretty to look …

I got the Dyson Bagless Powerhead Canister Vacuum after my other vacuum broke. It was a push vacuum and basically it was a pain to clean. I had to get another one because the cord fell out. I got this Dyson a few days ago and I find it …

If you are in the market for a new waffle maker, or perhaps your first waffle make, I recommend that you take a serious look at the Krups F654 Waffle Maker. I look forward to getting up on Sunday and fixing a couple waffles in this maker because it …

I remember when I first saw George Forman advertising one of his indoor grills on TV. From the beginning I thought it sounded like a neat thing to have and I wanted one. Finally, a couple of years ago, I purchased one for the first time. I bought the …

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 …

The Swiffer Wet Jet is a product that I purchased as a replacement for my standard mop, with the hope that it would work as well and I was pleasantly surprised through my weekly use of the Wet Jet. I should also say …

When my old food processor bit the dust, I decided to order one from a catalog I receive in the mail. This model is the Hamilton Beach Prepstar 70550R.
I’ve had good experiences with Hamilton Beach products before so I figured it would be a good brand. …

My mom has been using Scott 1000 for years and I have started too. It may not be the softest tissue on the market, but it really does live up to its claim of lasting longer than any other roll. When I was using another brand at home, I didn’t …

One of the appliances that I acquired when I purchased my home was a dishwasher. It was so nice to not have to worry about such things when moving house, and I was just happy I wouldn’t have to wash dished by hand. However, after using it for several …

Dawn 2x concentrated is a dish detergent. I highly recommend Dawn 2x concentrated because it is very good quality. This dish detergent last forever, you only have to squirt a very tiny bit into your sink to get a full sink of dish detergent to wash your dishes. It …

I have been using Glade air fresheners for several years, mostly the lilac scent. During my last trip to Walmart I picked up another can of lilac and also decided to try something different. “Suddenly Spring” caught my attention. I don’t know whether it is a new, seasonal scent; …

A few months ago my mother bought a flashlight from Publishers Clearing House. It was a “buy one, get one free’ deal. She couldn’t get it to work so she called me over to look at it. Well, it was the worst flashlight I have ever seen! In fact, …

My neices and nephew came by to visit an dI wasn’t prepared at all. I had a guest room that was being renovated and painted. So there was no way for them to stay in there. I had to go out and shop around for a bed that I …

Living in Australia, we’re no strangers to spiders, insects and other creatures. I don’t mind if they’re outside, but I just can’t stand when they’re in my house. Because of this, I always have a can of Mortein Fast Knockdown Multi Insect Killer handy in case any …

I received a call from an old friend saying she was in the area and wanted to know if she could stop by in a few hours to say hello. In the time it took me to tell her how excited I was about seeing her, it was …

We recently bought a La Germania gas range. It was my mother’s wish to have one and ever since she’s been asking me if we could get one and since I was able to have money, we bought one. La Germania is one of the cheapest appliance brand here …

I have to say straight off I bought this pan at Safeway having no idea of what a Windsor Pan is or why I would want one. I chose it because it was half price and I think I was attracted to the unusual shape. I’ve been collecting cookware …

I enjoy the scents of Air Wick Fragrances so much, that I stock up on them everytime I go to Wal-Mart. They are only $2.46 a piece.
I like having a different fragrance in every room of the house.
I think Air Wick is now coming out with more scents. I …

I wanted some thing very handy for my bathroom. I wanted a cleaner which I can use as multipurpose. I want an additional cleaning product to clean my bathroom sink, bathtub, and also shower area ,work top etc.
I find AVIVA lemon all purpose Cleaner in store . It …

The “Libby Caiqi Enzyme-Added Double Clean Detergent Powder” was another one of those soap powders that I had not heard of until it was bought by a member of my family to do the laundry of the entire family. That is one of the reasons why I did …

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 …

The Cypress Home Harvest Blessings Hand Painted Ceramic Cake Plate with Glass Dome is a housewares item that can be used for cakes or pies. A cake or pie that a person buys or bakes can be set on the ceramic cake plate for serving purposes or to protect …

When it comes to getting a broom for my home I will never spend too much. I don’t think that a broom is the sole most important thing in the house but it is needed to keep a clean home. I won’t spend more than 2 dollars on a …

This is an Elite Home product that I purchased from Super Target and returned to Super Target. I returned the pillowcases because I wasn’t satisfied with them. If I’m going to pay fifteen dollars for two pillowcases, they better be heavenly comfortable, and heavenly comfortable is not how I …

Seeing how we like to vacation, we started looking for a replacement for our old cooler chest when it finally died. Granted, backing over it with a 5-ton Suburban didn’t help it much, but you get the point.
It had been years since I even thought about getting another …

I love a good cup of coffee in the morning, who doesn’t? I also like Black and Decker products which is what led me to buy this coffee maker. The previous one we had started leaking so it was definitely time for a new one. Heaven forbid should my …

The Dow Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner hangs over your shower head and, according to the manufacturer, will clean your shower so well if you simply push the button once a day that you’ll never have to clean your shower manually again. I’d say don’t throw away your …

I felt very inclined to write a review on these towels. We were given them as a Christmas present and couldn’t be happier with them. When I was ordering more from Bed Bath and Beyond the other day I saw that they were not given a 5 …

We finally purchased our King Size- Sealy Postrapedic matress and boxspring today from Rockaway Bedding on Kirkwood Highway in Newark Delaware. What a great store! What’s best? They are currently having a fifty percent after Christmas matress sale. We litereally paid half of the price …

The Tag Red Holiday Coir Mat is a Christmas doormat that measures eighteen inches in height and thirty inches in width. Thus, because of its dimensions, it’s a Christmas doormat that provides a comfortable amount of space to wipe one’s feet. I recall paying around twenty dollars or so …

Where we live, we have a problem with hard water. This makes for a lot of ring around the bath tub scenario’s from the junk in the water. We also get a lot of brown stains in both our toilet bowl, and tank, and I end up using a …

We love to grill during the summer, and our old grill finally broke down last year. We were looking for an inexpensive grill to get us by until we decided on another purchase. We wanted one that could last us through a couple summers, and then we …

We recently bought a Senseo coffee maker for $10 at a garage sale. It turned out to be quite a bargain because I searched prices on the internet and found these appliances retail for around $65. The coffee maker will make one or two cups of coffee …

I use Tide detergent powder to clean our clothes and I have been using it since 3 years and I really don’t have any kind of complaints about it and in fact I am satisfied very much with the result of it. Tide detergent powder cleans all the …

I decided to try one of these deep fryer mainly because I would like to avoid using the pan. I usually just use a pot and fill it with oil. I would like something a bit cleaner. A friend actually recommended this model for me and I decided to …

I recently purchased the Eureka Quick Up vacuum because my last vacuum which was similar in design handle broke and I was in desperate need of a new one. I purchased the vacuum at an incredible deal at my local Wal-Mart for only twenty-five dollars which was a bargain …

When I first got my Swiffer sweeper, I found myself sticking to the same old generic refill wipes. I, however, was getting tired of the horrible quality and decided I should purchase the real thing. I went into a local Wal-Mart store and picked up a container of the …

I had the opportunity to use Surf Anti-Bacterial Laundry Detergent several months ago when my local Wal-Mart was out of my preferred Gain. I took this as an opportunity to try a new laundry detergent and after seeing the words “anti-bacterial” in its name. I only paid about four …

Arial fresh is the detergent powder, which is used by my mother at our home to clean the clothes. The Arial fresh detergent powder comes in 2 different varieties or fragrances that is Mogra and Rose. The smell of these two kinds of detergent powder is good …

I love to go shopping at the Dollar Tree because I can get cleansers and even some foods at extremely low prices. I usually get the regular scent of fabric refresher, but I saw this product and decided to give it a try. I only paid a dollar for …

Del is one laundry product that I really love! Not only is it made affordable, it really does the job as well! I could say a hundred of good things about this product. I use this on my baby’s clothes and I could definitely attest that Del exceeds even …

My company just launched the Go Green Campaign which encourages us to save company resources including plastic cups from the pantry. In this connection, I decided to buy my own mug. I went to Starbucks and they are too pricey just because of the name. I then went to …

I purchased Spic and Span in order to mop the floor in my house. I had been using Mr. Cleanup until this point, but felt like my floor never really was getting clean, and the mr. clean smell was somewhat ghastly.
I really love the effects of Spic N’ Span …

When I’m performing the task of vacuuming I wouldn’t prefer any other! I’ve been using the Hoover S2220 for about 10 months now. One thing that I have noticed after using it on various floor types is that it seems to be the most effective when it’s used …

Like most home owners, I spend a great deal of time working outside to maintain both the attractiveness of my home and protecting the overall value of my investment as well.
One of my annual chores (which, by annual, I mean pretty much throughout the summer months) is trying to …

Fairy Ultra is a well known dishwashing soap, and I was using it for a while.
In the TV advert they were always saying that it lasted for really long, so you ended up saving money, and I wanted to try by myself if it’s true.
Well, first of all, it’s …

I was so amazed as to this new kind of style of peeler. Its not the traditional peeler of Y shape or those that looks like a knife but this ones has a handle and a shaft.
This is a full mechanical peeler only and doesn’t need any electricity. …

We heat primarily with a wood stove, but I bought a small Rinnai, the RCE-606TRA II Vent-Free Space Heater, to put in my basement as backup heat to give us the option of leaving home during the winter months without having the pipes freeze. Rinnai is well known …