The Sears Craftsman lawn mower with the powerful 6.5 Horsepower Eager-1 engine is a very manly grass-whupping machine.  What's most important about it to me though, is the fact that my wife can operate this beautiful beast with hardly any effort at all.  I am disabled, and the lawncare duties have been relegated to my better half. This Sears Craftsman mower makes what could...

   Rarely have I been more disappointed with a product than I am with the Hoover Steam Vac Deep Cleaner.   I ordered it from Kohl's for $229.99, and was looking forward to receiving it and giving the living room carpet and furniture a good going-over.   When it arrived there was some basic assembly like attaching the handle, etc. I filled up the tank with water...

  My new "Cuddle Recliner" has quickly become my favorite place to sit in the whole house.  I had never heard of this type of chair before, until I saw it at Big Lots. It was $399.99 (Compared to $499.99). It is a super plush, extra-wide RECLINER. It's size is in between a regular recliner and a loveseat. As the name implies, it is for 2 people to sit close together and ...

   I have severe scoliosis, and therefore walk with an abnormal stride. This results in me being really hard on shoes. They wear unevenly, and very quickly. Add this to the fact that my disability requires me to need an extremely stable, yet still comfortable shoe, and you can see why it has been hard for me to find a decent pair, and why I have gone through so many.   Fortu...

  There are many different Hannah Montana games/toys flooding the market, and according to my 7-year old daughter, the Hannah Montana Dance Mat is one of the better ones.  It is a dance mat that connects to the TV, and your child performs dance steps upon the appropriate boxes on the mat that correspond to the ones that are being demonstrated on the TV screen. There are 4 of Hannah...

I am a big guy, and I was looking for a beefy bike that would be sturdy, yet not be as heavy as a tank. I did alot of research online, and in stores, and decided on the Raleigh M-55. For  $399.00, it had a great mix of quality components, a beefy steel frame, was extremely comfortable to ride, and surprisingly comparatively lightweight. Shimano Acera-X and Alivio brakes and derailleurs are...

There are alot of deep fryers on the market, with prices ranging from $20 to several hundred dollars. The Emerilware T-Fal Deep Fryer sets itself apart with the way it handles the number one problem with deep fryers - What do you do with the oil? This fryer is stainless steel with a computerized brain. When you are done cooking, you open the drain. The computer will only let it drain out when i...

  My little dog really loves the "Chew-eez" strips made by Purina. They are rawhide strips, and come in both beef and chicken flavored.  The 9 oz. box costs $4.99, and contains about (20) - 2" x 6" strips of what the box says is real beefhide (the flavoring is added).  Each strip is at least 70% crude protein, and Purina recommends that you give your dog at le...

I am a big guy. (300+ lbs.). I compared virtually every treadmill on the market before I decided on the ProForm 995SEL. Not only is it sturdy enough to take a pounding from all my weight, it has a powerful motor to handle the load. Also, the belt is 22 inches wide. That was an important factor for me. Most treadmills have 18 or 20 inch-wide belts, and the cheaper ones even have only 16 inches w...

  Just before Christmas I came across an incredible deal on the boxed set of my favorite television show of all time - the Sopranos.  The entire series consists of seasons 1 - 6,2, and, if each one were purchased individually, it would cost $514.99. Lucky for me, I found it on sale for only $199.99 on Amazon.com under their "Gold Box Deals".  Produced by HBO Home Video,...

  The Drill Doctor 750X is one of the best money and time saving devices ever for home do-it-your-selfers, and especially professional conractors.  It is a drill bit resharpener and repairer. Instead of throwing away dull, useless bits, they can be made like new again, for up to 30 times!  It has already about paid for itself just in my home use. As soon as I got it, I went throu...

Apple has recently lowered the price of it's 1MB ipod Shuffle from $79.99 to $49.99, making a great value into an extraordinary one. It is the size of a quarter, holds 240 songs, and clips on to any part of your clothing with a fierce grip. It is absolutely perfect for any kind of excercise, because it is so lightweight you don't even feel it on you, and you don't need a pocket, or ...

   Big Men's clothing is hard to find, especially at a reasonable price. Most stores don't even carry anything beyond  XL, and if they do, it's just the obligatory single rack of ugly overpriced items. There are entire stores catering to the Big & Tall, but these are, in my experience, ridiculously expensive. It's like they know you have no other choice, so th...

  I am a huge fan of Apple and  their products, but I feel as if I've been taken for a sucker for buying the Apple Ipod Remote.   Their Ipods are truly innovative and incredible products, and I love my 30GB Video Ipod, but for some reason they don't include an FM radio feature on any of their Ipods. Its a truly basic function, and most other brands of Mp3 players come wit...

   I am a father of 3, and two of them are boys. That is alot of trips to the barber throughout the years. So I invested $29.99 in the Wahl Clip-n-Trim kit, and enlisted the aid of my wife.   The kit comes in a nice black case and includes - the electric trimmer, 11 different length/style attachments, scissors, comb, plastic gown, cleanup brush, oil for blade maintenance, an...

   The problem that I've found when taking water bottles with me when bike riding, or when I use to play tennis, etc., is that they didn't keep my drinks cold very long. Either the ice melted and I had warm water, or the ice melted and I had warm DILUTED Powerade. YUCK!   The 24 oz. insulated Polar bottle solves that problem. It is the standard shape/size, with a lay...

   If you have a dog like I do, that requires constant grooming, the Wahl Deluxe Pet Grooming Kit is a great investment.   My dog is a Maltese/Bichon Frise mix (Maltichon), and that breed is one in which their coat is constantly growing. I didn't realize this when I bought him, and the professional groomer's bills were quite a shock. They can run anywhere from $30 on...

  I believe that one of the greatest things that we can do for our kids is getting them interested in reading. The Hannah Montana series of paperbacks is a great place for a 6(+) old to start.  There are at least 20 of them available now, and each one is based on an episode of the wildly popular Disney Television Network show. The books are approximately 125 pages long, and the text i...

 The new Mead "Press It/Seal It" envelopes have a great new feature that eliminates the very thing I hate about using envelopes - licking the awful glue to seal them! They come with an adhesive strip where the glue used to be. You just peel off the thin plasic cover to expose the sticky area, fold the flap over, press, and it forms a tight seal from edge to edge! No more ter...

  My son just bought himself a laptop computer,and of course wanted to be linked up to the internet. The problem was there isn't a phone line in his room to get access via dial-up, nor a cable line in an accessible place to hop on board that way, which is how we get our internet access for the household desktop computer.  After getting an estimate to have the cable company come ou...