Rowenta Air Force: Dork Review
I have a long-term hatred for cleaning the house. As much as I envy those people with pristine, pet hair-free homes, I’d rather spend my Sunday afternoons on the sofa watching a boxset then fluttering around the place with Mr Sheen. Sadly, cleaning is a vital chore for those that don’t yearn to be a case study for How Clean Is Your House?
We’ve already looked at a few cleaning gadgets on Dork Adore (check out Katie’s reviews of the Dyson City Wool + Wood DC26 and the Black & Decker Flexi Hand Vac). So, um, here’s another one!
The Rowenta Air Force is a cordless, bagless vacuum cleaner with a pointed front to get into all those nooks and crannies. A cleaner I can potentially use without getting up from the sofa? Definitely worth a try.
Five of the best alarm clocks
Alarm clocks are a necessary evil if you have any desire to get to work on time every day. But as the mornings stay darker for longer, the idea of waking up and leaving your cosy duvet is a pretty hideous one. Katie has already covered the best SAD lights to combat the change of seasons, but I’m a sucker for an old-fashioned alarm clock. This... Read
The Shakeweight: Dork Review
A couple of months ago, a video did the rounds of a brand new piece of workout equipment that promised to eradicate bingo wings and have people queuing up for a ticket to the gun show. I watched the promotional video. About five times. What can be so interesting about a glorified dumbell, I hear you cry? Check out the video to see why it’s worth... Read
iPhone App Magnets
A little while ago, we did a piece on gorgeous looking fridges. The featured white goods really were aesthetically pleasing, but I think I’ve found just the thing to really ramp up the dork factor. iPhone app magnets. That’s right, you can replicate the interface of your mobile onto the open space of your refrigerator. Sure, it might get... Read
Dyson City Wool + Wood DC26 review
I’ve been using the Electrolux Intensity for many years now (here’s a video of me talking about it back in 2007), and the simple fact is, it doesn’t matter how great its suction is, how splendidly small it can be folded and how smart it looks, it’s heavy, it can’t do stairs, corners or cobwebs, and the bag is so tiny it... Read
Soda Stream: Review
Back in the days of double denim and the SNES, there was only one way to get your fizzy caffeine kick, the SodaStream. Kitchens across the country were dominated by this huge white machine and all of its accessories and flavour bottles. Inevitably, the sheer size of the machine led to it being relegated to the attic (not to mention the dubious quality... Read
Tefal Actifry. Dork Review
Diets suck. Cutting out all the good stuff, eating salad and counting calories is a seriously boring way to spend your time. But for many of us, it’s essential to keep an eye on our food, to ensure we don’t end up shopping in the tent section of Argos. One way of doing that is by altering the way we cook our food. Which is where the Tefal... Read
Retro Rebellion: Bringing back the landline
Who actually uses cordless home phones these days, aside from the elderly and the technophobic? Mobile phones may have replaced much of the need for a home phone, but this home basic still has its benefits. For a start, the battery tends to last longer, you don’t need to worry about lost signal, and (as the BT advert rightly points out) you’re... Read
Apple iPhone bedding: there should be a nap for that
There is a thin line, between being a normal run-of-the-mill dork, and becoming The Uber-Dork. Buying this iPhone bedding set on the right would shove you right over that line. The set is from Swedish website Ellos, and is aimed at the teen and ‘tween’ market. Displaying the standard iPhone icons and a mini iPhone for the pillow, you can... Read
Magimix Vision see-through toaster
Until this very moment, I had no idea how much I wanted to watch my breakfast develop from plain old bread to tasty toast. Previously, I simply popped my chosen bread into a boring old toaster, and waited until it popped up. The Magimax Vision Toaster changes all that. The toaster maintains the high standards of Magimix with its stainless steel cooking... Read
