Category: Smart Home

Dreame AirStyle Era: two-minute review The Dreame AirStyle Era is an eight-in-one multi-styler that works as a dryer and creates smooth, curly, bouncy, or straightened styles from a single device. On paper, it looks like one for TechRadar’s best hair styler roundup, and it’s the follow-up to the seven-in-one AirStyle Pro, addressing some of that…

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Cuisinart Power Blend Immersion Blender: one-minute review American manufacturer Cuisinart is known for its range of high-quality kitchen appliances at affordable prices. The Power Blend Immersion Blender follows suit, offering versatility and convenience for less than $70 / £50 / AU$90. his powerful four-in-one stick blender comes with several convenient accessories and attachments, including a…

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Thinking about investing in a Fire TV Stick? You’ve timed it well — there’s another Amazon Prime Day fast approaching, and these little gadgets are almost certainly going to be heavily discounted during the event. A Fire TV stick plugs into your TV’s HDMI port to turn it into a smart TV, from which you…

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Last month, I delved into the weird and wonderful world of cat tech. Then afterwards, I felt a little guilty, because really, I’m more of a dog person. My spaniel would not be impressed…. Check out the original article: [Techradar.Com] 9 dog-care gadgets that are so clever they deserve a treat — including an ingenious…

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Verdict The Ecovacs WINBOT W2S OMNI is a brilliant robotic window cleaner that’ll take out the effort of internal and external window cleaning. I liked how it cleaned with precision with the voice assistant confirming a beginning and end, but I didn’t like that no time was saved (I watched it) and it couldn’t clean…

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Ninja French Door Air Fryer and Countertop Oven: one-minute review The Ninja French Door Air Fryer and Countertop Oven is an efficient and flexible cooking appliance. It has 10 cook modes: Air Fry, Air Roast, Whole Roast, Bake, Pizza, Broil, Reheat, Dehydrate, Toast, and Bagel. You can quickly cook or heat up just about anything…

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Sure, traveling with other people is fun, but I also absolutely love a solo trip, when I can switch off and go completely at my own pace. But in order for things to proceed smoothly, there are certain gadgets I need. Over the years I’ve honed my essential solo traveler kit list, and I’ve shared…

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Verdict On paper, the Anthbot M9 ticks a lot of boxes; it can handle lawns up to an acre and inclines of up to 45%, it doesn’t require pesky physical boundary lines, and features a wide cutting blade with five razors. But while it cuts well and shows real promise on a perfectly flat lawn,…

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Verdict Sitting just 470mm deep, the Hisense WF5I9043BWFS is a KitchenFit model that will sit flush with your counters and cupboards. If space is at a premium, this kind of washing machine will make a lot of sense, although I did find that the shallow drum wouldn’t take the largest loads or items. With a…

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The Little Life Got a small home? Perhaps an apartment, or a tiny house? Our Little Life series will help you find the best compact tech that’ll help you make the most of your space. If you rent, you need to be careful not to make any permanent changes to your landlord’s property, but that…

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Philips Café Aromis 8000 Series: two-minute review The Philips Café Aromis 8000 Series is a premium automatic coffee maker that works brilliantly by itself, and even better when paired with the Philips HomeID mobile app. The Café Aromis offers a huge menu of over 50 different hot and cold drinks, and encourages you to tinker…

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Meraki Espresso Machine Gen 2: two-minute review The Meraki Espresso Machine Gen 2 is a manual coffee machine that sits more at the prosumer end of the market. Its whole raison d’être is around helping you make barista-quality coffee by hand and, it achieves this thanks to the assistance of some smart features that help…

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Capsule coffee makers get a bad rap, but if you choose the right machine and the right pods, you can enjoy genuinely delicious espresso drinks at home in two minutes flat. I’m TechRadar’s resident coffee expert, and I’ve put together a list of the top four capsule machines I recommend if you need your coffee…

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