Solar-powered Bluetooth Car Kit from Nexxus / IOGEAR Hands-free car kits for vehicles – tried many, liked few. I’ve tried dedicated car kits, phones built into the dashboard, Bluetooth earpieces, wired headphones and hands-free Bluetooth kits, to name just a few. I’ve never found a solution ...

VuPoint Magic Wand Portable Scanner This portable scanner from VuPoint can be easily carried wherever you go, but it still allows you to quickly make a color scan of an area as large as 8 ½" x 50". No need to take a computer with you either, since the device stores the scanned documents in its in...

Tools to Work on Ladders and in Other Difficult Places When you’ve been working on a ladder, flat on your back underneath a car, or in any other difficult spot, you know how much difference it makes when you have your tools at hand. The MagnoGrip and the Autoloader screwdriver are two original p...

25+ Tips and Products to Travel Light and Compact It’s hard to imagine what people (oops, I almost said ladies) take with them on a short business trip. Their luggage looks like they plan to travel around a continent for the next six months. A real vacation luggage assembly, in its turn, makes y...

CompoSphere Composting Tumbler Makes Composting Easier Last year I was enthusiastic about the EarthMaker rapid no-turn composter because you don’t need to turn the compost on a regular basis in order to aerate it. This CompoSphere compost bin is another alternative that not only makes turning ea...

Your Travel Stroller is Your Luggage Too – The Ride-on Carry-on Plane or train travel with little children is tough. Carrying one bag on your back, pulling a suitcase behind you and trying to steer a stroller with your one free hand takes more coordination than most people can handle. Not to men...

Easy-threading Needle – Spiral Eye Needle Cancel that order for your new prescription glasses! Here’s a needle that you can thread with your eyes closed. Even a mild manifestation of Parkinson’s disease won’t stop you from threading this within seconds – and I’m not kidding. Now you kn...

Smush Can Self-powered Compacting Trashcan Boxes, bags and other empty packaging fill your trashcan quickly and force you to take out more air than trash, almost on a daily basis. This new trashcan lets you compact the trash inside your home, and it doesn’t need electricity to work. Now you don�...

Free Remote PC Support for Your Relatives – Netviewer A few months ago, we posted an article on ShowMyPC, a free software package that helps you to control someone else’s PC remotely from your own chair at home. Ideal for helping relatives and friends when they're stuck with their computer. Bu...

Paint Your House Fast – Dulux Weathershield BackPack Roller Time to paint the masonry of your house once again? It’s not the most pleasant of chores, and it’s either too hot, too cold, too windy or rain is expected shortly. You might want to get it over with quickly, then. That’s exactly wha...

Rechargeable Batteries that Don’t Lose Their Charge – LSD cells NiCd rechargeable batteries have been around for decades, preventing tons of toxic battery waste, before the new NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride) types were designed to cure the old NiCd’s “memory effect”. So far so good but, unt...

Solar-Powered Bluetooth Headset – Infinite Standby Time What’s the advantage of Bluetooth headsets anyway? Admittedly, you don’t have a wire dangling around, but on the downside it’s yet another device that you need to charge. And now you have two batteries that can run out in the middle o...

Free Backup Solution – The Software Is Already On Your PC Have you backed up your PC lately? No? Do you hear that strange sound coming from your hard disk? Maybe it’s too late already! Just kidding, but it’s very unwise not to make regular backups, and there’s no reason not to do so. There�...

tesa Insect Stop – Adhesive Fly Screen for Use in Holiday or Rented Home We’ve written several articles already on mosquito repellents and how to stop mosquito bites from itching. Better still is to keep mosquitoes and other annoying insects out of your home, a fly screen being the best sol...

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 w...

Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Review – Link Your Notes With Your Audio Recording - A six month test. The Livescribe Pulse smartpen is one of the most innovative products I’ve seen in years. The pen allows you to write on paper, but when you dock it into its USB charger, your notes are automatica...

ShowMyPC – Give Your Relatives Remote PC Support, No Need for Technical Knowledge It’s great that older people are also embracing the possibilities of the Internet and multimedia, but less so when they regularly ask you when you’re in the neighborhood and if you can spend a few hours to help t...

Racor Gravity Bike Rack – Organize Your Garage Bikes are a nuisance in the garage. They always take up too much space, making it hard to park your car or to open your car door to get in or out of your vehicle. The obvious garage-organizing solution is to store them vertically by hanging them on ...

Bushnell GPS BackTrack Guides You Back to the Exact Spot The Bushnell BackTrack, also marketed under the name “GPS Homing Device”, is a useful and simple handheld GPS location-finder for people who need to memorize a spot in a city or landscape and who don’t want to operate a more complex GP...

Make Compost Fast and Without Turning It Over Composting is good for the environment and great for your garden, but it’s not exactly fun. A large compost pile in your garden needs frequent turning to mix the material, it does not smell very nice (mind the neighbors) and it takes a long time to c...