Gift Guide – House and Home

Mathletes appreciate the Pi shower curtain

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/pi.jpg">You’ve been adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing all day long. The sweat gathers in the arm pit region of your short-

Review: Panasonic 360 Degree Quick Iron

Gift Guide: Gadgets for the Home

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/iFrame_2.jpg">Gadgets need not be relegated to the darkest corners of your home office or rumpus room. There are plenty of options that c

Review and giveaway: Thirsty Light Snowflake

Short Version: Much like the original Thirsty Light, the Thirsty Light Snowflake is a single purpose gadget designed to tell you when your Christmas tree is thirsty. Drop the dongle into your tree&#82

Animated musical Star Trek lamp

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/78088.jpg">Ah, perfect. Use your Star Trek cologne to woo the ladies and then wow the ones you bring home with this $100 Star Trek bedsid

Doormat alerts thieves that your house is filled with Apple products

<img src="http://crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/slide_to_unlock.jpg" alt="doormat" />Get it? It's like the "slide to unlock" feature on your iPhone except it's on a doormat and you can't re

Review: Dirt Devil AccuCharge 15.6 Volt Stick Vac

Short Version: The Dirt Devil AccuCharge 15.6 Volt Stick Vac is a powerful, cordless, rechargeable vacuum cleaner that really, really sucks. It’s priced quite nicely at $65.99, too.

Review: Jack Zatorski's Push Up Pro

Head over to your local drug store and, next to the other crap marked “As Seen on TV,” you’ll find these Push Up Pros – not to be confused with the Perfect Push-up which is ess

Review: SmartParts SPX8WF Wi-Fi digital frame

NOTE: SmartParts is closing shop. Do not buy this product unless it is on sale. Short Version: A built-in e-mail address for sending photos directly to the frame and a gorgeous 8-inch screen barely ev

Review: Pod coffee makers and you

In lieu of a stand-alone review of all of the pod coffee makers I’ve been reviewing this year I’m going to offer a quick head to head of the two major competing systems in the U.S., Tassim

Review: Black and Decker 10-speed Cyclone blender

Like my review of the Juiceman, Jr., the Black and Decker 10-speed Cyclone Blender caused me to move beyond my staple meals of ramen noodles, chicken wings, and beer.  I spent time in parts of the gr

Review: Juiceman, Jr.

Many of the gadgets mentioned on CrunchGear are geared for the living room or office.  There does exist, however, an entire range of under-represented gadgets designed for the kitchen.  For you, dea

Review: FURminator Pet De-Shedding Tool

Sometimes, the simplest tools are the best: the wheel, the hammer, the chopstick. Today, we can add to that list the FURminator, the pet de-shedding tool. You might say “Oh, it’s just a pe

Review: Black & Decker Power Monitor

If you’re anything like me, you have a slew of gadgets and a large electric bill. So when Black and Decker came out with their Power Monitor, I knew that this device was going to help raise awarenes

Review: Black & Decker Smart Driver

Since we started our Gift Guide I’ve been leaning towards ever more esoteric yet thoughtful gifts for the nerd in your life. That said, I present to you the Black & Decker Smart Driver, one

Review: Logitech Pure-Fi Anytime for iPhone/iPod

Quick Version: The $99.99 Pure-Fi Anytime is a good choice as an alarm clock and single-room speaker system. If you’ve got your life on your iPhone, you’ll appreciate this gadget as it pulls doubl

Review: Tanita BC-573 InnerScan Scale

While I often blame food on my morbid obesity, I can actually only blame myself. Food doesn’t jump into my mouth unbidden, correct? And sitting on the couch all night when I used to actually run

Review: G.E. Goog-411 Cordless Phone

The G.E. Digital Speakerphone System offers two nifty features over your standard cordless phone package. First, it has a dedicated speakerphone unit. Second, it has a dedicated Goog-411 button. But w

Review: 3 Digital Picture Frames from Digital Foci

This review might be cheating the CrunchGear 300 a little bit, since it’s covering three products in one post, but they’re all from the same manufacturer and all do pretty much the same th

Review: Heineken Draught Keg

Think back on the last party you attended. Perhaps you enjoy sitting around an impeccably decorated living room and sipping glasses of cold, frosty beer poured by a nattily attired waitress named Nico
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