I recently went on a camping excursion in Ionia, MI., at a campgroud infamous for its mosquito infestation. I wanted to be prepared, so I stocked my bag with a variety of insect repellants, sprays, wipes, and anti-itch sticks (I know how to pack for any occassion after all). …

For the past couple of months, I’ve been frequenting one place to shop for home fragrances: bath and body works. I had had some kind of a domestic love affair with Slatkin and Co’s fragrance oils before I tried the scented candles. I thought candles were so …

I was in the store to purchase some containers for food storage and I decided to purchase these. The main reason why I decided to purchase them is because they are manufactured by Rubbermaid. This is a well known brand, I own several other Rubbermaid products and …

A few months ago I decided it was past time to clean the coffee maker again and was rather tired of the results of using vinegar because there was still some residue inside the machine. I decided to purchase a bottle of Brew Rite Cleaner for the automatic drip …

Most members of my family are pizza lovers so it’s certainly essential to have a very good pizza pan. This one is perfect. It works well and it gets the job done. I have owned it for about a year and it’s still in great condition. …

As the weather turns colder im sure that we all look for economical ways to heat our homes. We run a log burner, but our study always seems really chilly, especially at nightime when it seems to be used the most.
De Longhi is a well known electrical brand and …

I am not loyal to any one particular brand of washing up liquid but Morning Fresh is a reliable brand that I have frequently bought and I am very happy with. It is one of the cheapest branded washing up liquids at only 78 pence for a 500ml …

It is getting harder to find my favorite dish washing/stain remover, SunLight dish washing Liquid. It has great cleaning properties and is the absolutely best for getting food, lipstick, etc out of clothes before washing. I’m the world’s worst at leaving lipstick in my pockets! I’ll …

I bought Eurow Microfiber Cleaning Cloths 12″ X 16″ for $24.95 online. Here is my review.
The kitchen towels measured 12″ X 16″ they don’t look too special or any different from the other kitchen rags I used before. Besides, they were made of cotton hence, they can be …

So many of my friends have recently invested in a Breadmaker, the rising cost of bread has spurred them into action. I have had this Morphy Richards model for a while now, a relatively easy machine to use and one that I have been recommending to all of my …

Living in a small apartment in upper New York for some reason apartments get infested here in April,and October with ants. I have tried every spray known and nothing seems to work. All the sprays do is keep them away for maybe an hour or two while …

I’d never really thought of buying Charmin, because I’ve always thought the pricing was outrageous. I don’t like spending 3 dollars on 4 rolls of something that is going to get flushed or thrown away. One day this was out of my control because I sent my husband to …

Oh I have fallen in love with the whole Gain experience. I have seen so many commercials on TV and most of the time I just ignore them. Well One day my sister and my niece came to the house and I smelled my niece. I couldn’t take my …

Living in Florida, bugs are always a problem, no matter how clean you keep your home. Cockroaches are especially common in this state, due to the amount of water and the fact that cockroaches love the heat. When we had lived in Indiana we never had problems with these …

I was given a NuWave Over Pro as a 2008 Christmas gift. It wasn’t something I wanted or needed….or so I thought. It seems to work very much the same as an oven does, except that the temperature is much more accurate and it does not heat …

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 …

Surf Twilight Sensations Small & Mighty Biological Washing Liquid is a rather sophisticated spin on a clothes washing product and I love it. This is different to any other product I have tried as it has a fragrance more like a beautiful perfume than the usual, basic, floral …

I really like this liquid fabric softener. Fleecy Dark Colours fabric softener comes in a 3litre bottle. Made by Colgate-Palmolive Inc., this fabric softener looks like milk inside the bottle.
It has a crisp clean scent, but not a harsh one, and softens my clother perfectly. Even when I dry …

Dry Cleaner’s Secret Woolite Dry Clean at Home, Quick & Easy Dry Cleaning Cloths have saved our family hundreds of dollars over time. I was so happy when a product like this came out. This is the perfect solution to the dry-clean only clothes that need to …

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 really love the concept of this stuff and it was easy to use but I wasn’t satisfied with the results. I was very disappointed after using it because it wasn’t very effective at all. The main thing that I look for when I’m buying …

I picked this up at a military grocery store for about ten dollars. I’ve actually always wanted an automated hand soap dispenser. I just think it’s kind of a cool idea. Lately, though I felt it would come in especially handy because I’ve been working with poultry a lot …

Washing away the dirt from the clothes by brushing them would sometimes make cause a lot of pain in my hand and if there was a stain then the condition would even worsen. Removing stains from white clothes was much easier because I would simple use a bleaching agent …

When I moved into my apartment, the previous tenants had left the bathtub quite a mess. In order to get the bathtub and toilet clean, I needed something strong. I had tried cleansing scrubs before such as Ajax on tubs and decided that it was too harsh to use. …

Every New Year I resolve to get to get my closet under control, and then by about March I start to notice the flaws in my well intentioned plans. Last year I invested in several pieces of the Space Bag system only to find out that the …

For the last year I’ve been cooking on a small gas cooker. It’s got the usual four burners, but the oven is smaller than normal and this was causing real problems for me.
According to the instructions, the oven has a temperature range from 50 to 300 degrees centigrade. Sadly, …

I purchased carpet from Lowe’s in April. I spent $4,000 with Lowe’s. I should have known from the beginning that this was going to be a bad experience. My husband and I went to the store in February and picked out …

This new automatic shower cleaning kit comes with a lot for the money and I like the job it does on the parts that it reaches. Like advertised it cleans in 360 degrees and cleans scum and stains. In fact its self cleaning and works for in …

All Small and Mighty Free and Clear is a fantastic laundry detergent, and it comes in a great version for those who don’t like scented or dyed detergents.
All Small and Mighty is super concentrated, so it does three times the loads as compared to a non concentrated bottle …

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 …

This is a great trash can and it’s hassle free to use. I use it outdoors and it really comes in handy especially if I’m using it for a party. I purchased it from Wal-Mart about a year ago and at the time I purchased …

MICROTEK DIGITAL INVERTER I stay in a place where we have frequent power cuts. Since we have hot and humid weather for almost 10 months it becomes difficult to bear the heat during power cuts. Having had enough of the situation I had installed an inverter at my place.
The …

Whilst I have a compact flat I find that my living room does not heat up as well as the other rooms; this is mainly due to the fact that my sofa sits in front of my large radiator (ok, it’s not the smartest place for it to go …

Chairs that can be folded and unfolded are usually not as comfortable as chairs that can’t be folded and unfolded, but they’re generally comfortable enough to sit in for a couple hours, and the Adventuridge Foldable Chair is a chair that I can sit in for a few hours …

When I was younger, there wasn’t as big a focus on the environment as there is today, however, I do believe that the environment is important so I have begun to make the switch to using environmentally friendly cleaners about my home.
I saw this product at my local …

We purchased a box of Kingcraft Self Adhesive Floor Tiles as a quick fix for our bathroom. Our bathroom tiles were very old and disgusting looking and we wanted to patch the floor without spending a lot of money. We decided to purchase the self adhesive floor tiles …

I have no idea why I bought this toilet bowel cleaner and to be honest with you I think it was a huge mistake. My wife has always told me that buying items that aren’t really known to work isn’t a good idea. And investing in items that don’t …

I purchased these lint rollers over a month ago and I have been very disappointed in them because they weren’t what I expected. When I purchased these rollers I paid 15 dollars for a 5 pack of rollers. In my opinion they are way to expensive especially …

I have just finished a bottle of Astonish Bathroom Cleaner and it is extremely effective so I will be getting some more with my next shop. This was £1.35 for a 500ml bottle that lasted me a good couple of months so it works out as very economical …

I bought this new glue stick for my four year old son for several different reasons. After having some time to use this product for myself and then having the opportunity to watch him use it, it is a fantastic product.
A huge like for me was watching my …

Dont you get annoyed when you realise youve forgotten to polish your shoes and you find you havent really got enough time on your hands? In the cadets and stuggle polishing shoes before a parade night or cant be bothered?
The way forward i believe is the …

I like to clean. I’m probably one of the few neat freaks out there who truly do enjoy cleaning any mess, toilets, bathtubs, you name it, and I’ve somehow put my cleaning name on it. I find it therapuetic in a variety of ways. The actual process may not …

I picked up this tube of vinyl wall decals with a fun cocktail theme a couple of months ago a Kohl’s. The main reason, other than I love the idea of removable wall decorations was that they were 80% off. The original price was 30 bucks, which I would …

I’m always suffering from a ridiculous amount of mosquito bites and, in extreme conditions, even ant bites and things of that nature, any time I head outside for more than twenty minutes at a time. And forget it if it’s a woodsy area, or an ill-kempt yard or a …

Downy Fabric Conditioner has greatly help me in my laundry task. I have proven it several times already. It comes in different variants which includes Downy Antibac, Downy Passion, Downy Original and more. I have used all of the mentioned items. They all have good quality. The best variant …

This is an absolutely horrible product! I have had two of these traps hanging in my yard for nearly three months (since May) and the only thing I have caught in them is one moth and two ants (for both traps). I know there are many yellowjackets and wasps …

The reason I chose this particular brand of clothes washing detergent was basically because I had loads of shopping to carry already and this comes in a relatively small bottle as it is so concentrated. It has a pump dispenser and according to the label you only need …

Lake Erie islands have been invaded by fowl conditions caused by the double-crested Cormorant These flying water fowl are no strangers to this area. The devastation they bestow on local habitat is recognizable from past experiences.
In an article written by Kristina Smith Horn, she describes an …

I’d been wanting to paint one of my walls with chalkboard paint for quite some time, but I had no experience with the paint. I asked an employee at Lowe’s, and Valspar Chalkboard Paint was what he recommended. I didn’t see any other colors in stock - though I’m …