Lidl are advertising a ‘Tidy Home‘ range of offers on sale from Monday 2nd March 2014 and among the items on sale will be the VAX S2S-1 hard floor master steam mop. Lidl seems a bit confused as they call it a VAX S25-1 in one place instead of a S2S. This Vax steam mop seems to be fairly widely […]
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Looking to buy a SD memory card, microSD card, USB memory stick or similar? There are plenty on sale at a range of prices and it can be tempting to go for the cheapest available even if that is from an unknown source or a random seller on Ebay. The video from AintBigAintClever below shows why that could very easily […]
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Want to win a British made touchscreen Ebac S-Series washing machine? Well to promote the fact that Ebac, the UK company best known for dehumidifiers and water coolers are launching their new range of washing machines they are giving away a top of the range model. Enter here – But be quick as entries close on 31st March 2015.
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My web browser has just told me there is a new update for Adobe Flash Player it wants to install. I clicked to allow the update and it came up with a box giving details and asking to press ‘OK’ to continue. That was fair enough but what was not was the pre ticked box that if I had not […]
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I spotted Swan branded washing machines on sale on the Very mail order web site and decided to find out more. Swan used to be known for cookware such as frying pans and small kitchen electrical goods like kettles, not major appliances such as washing machines. It seems over time the Swan brand name has passed through various hands and […]
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Are British mains electricity plugs better than other the mains plugs of other countries? Well Tom Scott of tomscott.com does and has made the YouTube below to show why. No doubt there is a smidgen of patriotism going on here but it does illustrate just how well designed the BS1363 UK mains plug and socket are.
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Lidl are going to be selling a Parkside wet and dry canister vacuum cleaner as one of their short term offers from Monday 23rd February 2015. As usual with Lidl weekly deals the price looks good. The nearest equivalent I could find is the own brand Wickes wet & dry vacuum cleaner with blower which also has a 20 litre […]
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I recently spotted the Kazam X4.5 sim free Android mobile phone being advertised on the Ideal World shopping channel web site. The Kazam X4.5 is a dual sim smartphone with a 4.5″ screen. Priced at £79.99 it looked a good deal but I wondered how it stood up against the Motorola Moto E Android smartphone available sim free for a […]
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Does the motor on your tumble dryer have problems starting? Or does the dryer stall when loaded? The problem may well just be the motor capacitor failing. If the tumble dryer is one made by Indesit, Hotpoint or Creda then the guys at Buyspares have come up with the short video below demonstrating how straightforward it is to replace the […]
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Parents, grandparents, childminders etc often fit plug in socket covers into the mains electricity sockets in there houses thinking they make the sockets safe from little fingers, but do they? Well UK mains sockets have to confirm to a British Standard which insists the live and neutral holes are shuttered closed when no plug is inserted and so socket covers […]
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