Mosquito barrier – liquid, garlic-based mosquito repellent

It’s mosquito season again, and the perfect solution to keep the little bloodsuckers away has yet to be found. Many chemical or electric repellents are either ineffective or harmful to people or the environment. This Mosquito Barrier, although not perfect, at least has the merits that it’s effective and environmentally sound. It’s an organic, liquid solution that’s based on garlic and that can be sprayed around your premises.

Retrofit Adjustable Bed – Mattress Genie

Many people like to read or watch TV in bed, while others might suffer from acid reflux. These are all valid reasons to treat yourself to an adjustable bed frame, but they don’t come cheap. And they may not even be compatible with your current bed. This Mattress Genie bed lift system from Contour looks like a great alternative. It can be placed under the mattress and is inflated by the supplied compressor.

Replace Your Fluorescent Lights with LED Lights

With a combined target of a reduction in energy bills, a reduction in carbon emissions and other “green” considerations, many people have gone through the process of replacing their incandescent light bulbs with more efficient compact fluorescent lights/lamps (CFLs). A new kid on the block – still in the same form factor – are LED lights, which are even more energy-efficient than CFLs. Until recently, however, there were no decent replacement options for standard fluorescent lighting. But now new products such as posilight and ReLED fill that gap in the market.

Inflatable Chimney Pillow Stops Drafts (and Santa)

The Black & Decker Thermal Leak Detector (TLD100) shows you where there’s room for improvement in your home’s thermal insulation. If your chimney is a cold spot in your house, you’ll probably have felt the draft without needing the TLD for that. But what can you do about it when you still want to be able to make use of the chimney sometimes? This energy saving chimney balloon might be the answer.

The $0.01 Drill Dust Collector – Ceiling Model

You've probably already seen the wall model of our do-it-yourself (and make-it-yourself) drill dust collector. Because of the many requests, and being confronted with the need ourselves, we've done extensive research to produce a ceiling model as well.

Wireless Motion-Sensing Light Switches

Do you often forget to switch off the lights in your garage, basement or laundry room? Did you ever consider installing an energy-saving motion detector to switch the lights on and off automatically, but didn't fancy the effort or want to spend your money if your home is rented? Now there are solutions that you can simply screw into an existing light socket without any hassle and in just 60 seconds or, alternatively, wireless motion detection switches.

The 0.01 $ Drill Dust Collector – Wall Model

Drilling a hole in the wall is a man's job (sorry, ladies) – the times of hunting large animals and fighting neighboring tribes being long gone, attaching a coat rack to the wall or checking the car's oil level are some of the few things left for us.
Do-it-yourself is fine, but who doesn't hate moving half of the furniture out of harm's way before you can start to drill, and cleaning up the dust afterwards? We can of course ask our wives to hold the vacuum cleaner when we're drilling, but hey, then we'd have to admit that we can't even manage that without help.

Radiator Booster Increases Heating Efficiency and Speed

Compared with “traditional” radiators, convector heaters warm up a room very quickly and don’t send half of the energy into the wall to which they are attached, but often they are built into the floor or they are mobile and work on electricity. The Radiator Booster turns your existing radiator into a convector, thereby increasing both speed and efficiency.

Black & Decker Thermal Leak Detector TLD100 – Insulate Your Home

Energy-saving has not exactly been a top priority in the past. But now that global warming and rising energy costs are making our priorities change, it's ti

me to see where there is room for improvement. Most houses, except maybe the most recent ones, have thermal leaks, wasting our precious energy. But how to know where they are and how bad they are? Black & Decker has announced the TLD100, a tool that can help you find out.

No more clogged drain traps with the No Clog T-Trap, Safe-T-Trap, or PermaFlow

Sooner or later, every drain trap gets clogged, causing frustration and making many of you waste your time and harm the environment with chemical drain decloggers. Well, they don't all get clogged, there are the No Clog T-Trap, the Safe-T-Trap, and the PermaFlow, three innovative and "green' products that promise to keep your drain open without the need for chemicals or excessive labor.